project 03 :: project statement

Since publications were extremely popular among the works produced by Futurists, I will create the "Destruction of Syntax–Imagination without Strings–Words-in-Freedom" manifesto by Marinetti into a publication featuring the classic Futurist look of words-in-freedom.

However, to bring the ideals of Futurism into a contemporary context, I will make this a digital, interactive publication. From my research I gathered that the Futurists champion speed, movement, and technology. But the technology they were so excited about included the telegraph and the newspaper – now we have e-books, smart phones, and the Internet! They would get so excited! Back then they wanted to defy the norms of printing and traditional layouts – that's how they got "words-in-freedom" – but they were constrained by the printing technologies of the day. Now, I can take their ideas even further by not even using a traditional paper book.

Using InDesign to create an animated, interactive words-in-freedom publication that will be distributed on the Internet, I will highlight the Futurist ideals of speed, movement, technology and expressive type in a contemporary context.