Italian Futurism

イタリア未来派 / 1909–1940s / Style / Avant-garde

Converts speed, noise and shock into the size and trajectory of letters, setting the quiet page in motion.

Words-in-freedom / Radiating type / Onomatopoeia / Extreme jumps in scale

Italian Futurism — Filippo Tommaso Marinetti, ZANG TUMB TUUUM, 1915Italian Futurism — ボッチョーニ『空間における連続性の唯一の形態』1913Italian Futurism — ボッチョーニ 習作 1913
Filippo Tommaso Marinetti, ZANG TUMB TUUUM, 1915 ／ ボッチョーニ『空間における連続性の唯一の形態』1913 ／ ボッチョーニ 習作 1913

Dictionary entry

Best used for
Converting sound and speed into still images · Controlled explosions for titles and announcements
Type
Treat differing weights, widths and angles as volume
Composition
Fix one point of impact; radiate and accelerate the words
Material
Black and off-white with one warning color
Caution
Never split the movement's innovation from its embrace of war and Fascism; handle it critically.
Further study
F. T. Marinetti / Fortunato Depero

Related entries

Source: Wikimedia Commons — ZANG TUMB TUUUM

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