“Depero futurista” Published 1927
Known as “The Bolted Book” because of its famous binding
By Fortunato Depero, Italian Futurist artist/designer 1892-1960
Pages can be viewed at link below
Select two pages from the book
Compare and contrast them in terms of
Typography usage, page layout, color
The book itself is an interesting and unusual design object.
The bolts that hold the book together at its spine can be untwisted, and the pages taken out;
It is one of the rarest collectable art books around
The Bolted Book is a visual tour de force filled with ground breaking typographic experiments and bold explorations in nearly every art and design medium, including advertising and the form of the book itself
