The Bolted Book Facsimile: An Exact Copy of Depero Futurista

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Help us publish the first exact copy of Fortunato Depero’s 1927 iconic work of avant-garde graphic design and book-making.
Backers: 1315
Average Pledge Per Backer: $194

Funded: $254,971 of $249,000
Dates: Oct 18th -> Dec 1st (46 days)
Project By: Designers & Books
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December 1st - via: kickstarter.com
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We’ve Reached Our Goal, with Two Days to Go! Thank You All!

November 30th - via: kickstarter.com
Thank you to all our supporters, believers, and cheerleaders who have helped us to reach our funding goal. You made it happen! We are beyond excited that we’ll be able to bring The Bolted Book back to life for all of you. We still have two days to... (Read More)

New! Give The Bolted Book for the Holidays, with a Handwritten Touch from Louise Fili, and Help Us Reach Our Goal!

November 21st - via: kickstarter.com
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Join Us for a Live Show & Tell, and our Friday Flash Sale, and Help Us Reach Our Goal!

November 10th - via: kickstarter.com
We are so grateful to our more than 1,000 backers who have helped us reach almost 60% of our goal. But we still have lots of work to do to get The Bolted Book Facsimile published, and we need your help. Can you refer a friend (or better yet, two... (Read More)

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November 2nd - via: thebookseller.com
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November 1st - via: kickstarter.com
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Three Kickstarter Campaigns for Designers

October 30th - via: graphics.com
The Bolted Book was first released in 1927 and is of interest now as a record of the incredibly fertile period in the 1920s (Read More)

The Bolted Book Facsimile: An Exact Copy of Depero Futurista - Kickstarter Fund Project #39

October 29th - via: seattlereviewofbooks.com
If you love art history, design history, and book history, then this project is the junction point where all three collide (Read More)

Refer a Friend to The Bolted Book Kickstarter and Receive a Free Print

October 24th - via: kickstarter.com
Special Offer for Backers of The Bolted BookBecause you are a valued member of our community, we would like to make you a special offer on the book WIRED calls “one of the world’s most iconic design books.” If you pledge (or have already have... (Read More)

We’ve Bolted Out of the Gates! Thanks for Your Day 1 Support!

October 19th - via: kickstarter.com
Thank you to our many wonderful first-day supporters of The Bolted Book Facsimile. We’re on our way to getting Fortunato Depero’s incredible book out into the world again. To quote Pentagram’s Michael Bierut in this morning’s... (Read More)

Kickstarter Launches for a Facsimile Edition of Depero

October 18th - via: finebooksmagazine.com
Depero Futurista was bound together by two large industrial aluminum bolts, allowing the pages to be removed for display, or rearranged as the reader preferred. The bolts led to the nickname,  (Read More)

The Bolted Book: Campaign to revive a rare typographic book by Fortunato Depero

October 10th - via: creativeboom.com
To view all of the contents of the original book, and stay in the loop about the upcoming campaign, visit www.boltedbook.com. (Read More)

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