Welcome to The Official Bolted Book website. We are pleased to be publishing the first exact copy of Fortunato Depero’s 1927 masterpiece of graphic design and bookmaking—Depero Futurista. WIRED magazine calls it “one of the world’s most iconic design books.” This historic project is a collaboration between the Center for Italian Modern Art in New York, the Mart, Museum of modern and contemporary art of Trento and Rovereto, Italy, and Designers & Books.
All 240 pages of the book are shown below. As with the original, the bolts that bind the book can be removed, allowing it to be disassembled and the pages to be displayed as individual pieces of art. The Bolted Book will be published thanks to a successful Kickstarter campaign concluded on December 1, 2016. It is now available by special arrangement for additional pre-publication purchase until February 28, 2017 ONLY. After that date the print run with will be finalized with the printer and no additional orders will be accepted. The book will be shipped in July 2017.
