when the word “manifesto” comes up, it’s hard not to associate it with the likes of marxist revolutionaries. but artists have manifestos too, and they are rooted in ideas that are just as radical.

i took this idea and ran with it while designing a book spread for the text contained in tristan tzara’s “dada manifesto” (1919). dadaism was about taking systems and ideas that were already in place and completely ripping them up, and arose out of protest when world war i began and started ravaging communities and people. because of this, i was inspired by the style and the portability of texts like marx and engels’ “communist manifesto” (1848), which at the time were typically circulated widely, quickly, and cheaply in pamphlet format so it could be accessible to as many people as possible. the shapes are cutting and graphic and the text is atypically laid out, as an homage to the likes of Hannah höch and her contemporaries who pushed boundaries with their collage-based artwork.