Depero Futurista – The Bolted Book – a New Facsimile
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Welcome to the official website for the Bolted Book, featuring the first exact copy of Fortunato Depero’s 1927 masterpiece of graphic design and bookmaking—Depero Futurista. This historic facsimile—hailed by de Volkskrant in Amsterdam as “the most beautiful book released in 2017”—was  published last year by Designers & Books in collaboration with the Center for Italian Modern Art in New York and the Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art of Trento and Rovereto, Italy. All 240 pages of the original book are shown below. As with the original, the bolts that bind the facsimile can be removed, allowing it to be disassembled and the pages to be displayed individually.        

ANNOUNCING A 2nd PRINTING OF THE BOLTED BOOK!

Sign up by November 12, 2018, for these special Bolted Book offers

  • Email notification the day the Kickstarter for the 2nd printing of the Bolted Book launches in November
  • Access to the best Early Bird Kickstarter discount for the Bolted Book, 2nd printing
  • Access to the best Early Bird discount on the new specially designed Bolted Book display stand (Estimated book and display stand delivery date: June 2019)
Sign Up Here

New Specially Designed Display Stand The Kickstarter campaign for the 2nd printing of the Bolted Book will offer a custom wood stand designed to display the book. The stand accommodates the book's two bolts and allows the book to be shown face out on a bookshelf or flat on a coffee table.
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