Futurism was an Italian art movement of the early twentieth century that aimed to capture in art the dynamism and energy of the modern world. The Futurist movement was founded by poet Filippo Tommaso Marinetti in 1909 after he published his Manifesto of Futurism on the front page of the Paris newspaper ‘Le Figaro.’ In Italy the weight of past culture was felt as particularly oppressive so Marinetti stated ‘we will free Italy from her innumerable museums which cover her like countless cemeteries’ and proposed that Futurism brings about a forward thinking world, creating art which celebrates the world of technology, speed and industry.
In 1909, Marinetti published the “Manifesto of Futurism” in Le Figaro, a Paris newspaper, which was more modern than anything of it’s time. Within the newspaper, Marinetti broke the symmetrical page using bits of type, articles, adverts and printer marks to create his work.
The typography which was used by the influential artists of the futurism movement broke the boundaries of traditional type design, as well as punctuation and grammar. Typography in the Futurist movement uses different fonts within each word, as well as a difference in scale with each letter, creating images through typography.
PHOTOS
Marinetti – Après la Marne, Joffre visita le front en auto (After the Marne, Joffre Visited the Front by Car), 1915.
Marinetti – Cover of Zang Tumb Tuuum, 1914.
TEXT
http://www.designishistory.com/1850/futurism/
https://www.tate.org.uk/art/art-terms/f/futurism
Futurism (Movements in Modern Art series)
Ben Jackson 