Best Manifesto
The "Manifesto of Surrealism" is a 1924 text written by French writer André Breton that formally launched the surrealist movement. In this foundational pamphlet, Breton defines surrealism as "psychic automatism," placing dreams, the unconscious mind, and the irrational at the center of artistic expr...
The Agile Manifesto is a foundational document in software development created in February 2001 by a group of 17 software developers. Drafted during a meeting at a ski resort in Utah, it outlines four core values and twelve principles for agile software development. The manifesto prioritizes individ...
The "Dada Manifesto 1918" is a foundational document of the Dada art movement, written and delivered by Romanian poet Tristan Tzara in Zürich, Switzerland. The text defines the movement's anti-rational, anti-bourgeois, and anti-art stance as a direct reaction to the horrors of World War I. It remain...
The Redstockings Manifesto, a 1969 pamphlet by the collective, presents a foundational argument for radical feminism in America. It identifies women as an oppressed class and calls for the dismantling of male dominance structures. The document remains significant for its articulation of feminist the...
The "First Things First Manifesto" is a foundational design document written by British graphic designer Ken Garland and published in 1964. It was signed by numerous prominent designers, photographers, and students, calling for a shift in the priorities of the graphic design industry away from consu...
The Founding and Manifesto of Futurism is a foundational art and literary text written by the Italian poet Filippo Tommaso Marinetti. First published on the front page of the French newspaper Le Figaro in 1909, the document officially launched the Futurist avant-garde movement. In the manifesto, Mar...
The Port Huron Statement is a political manifesto adopted in June 1962 at a Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) convention in Port Huron, Michigan. Its primary author was Tom Hayden, then a University of Michigan student. The document called for participatory democracy, civil rights, nuclear dis...
The Futurist Manifesto is a 1909 document written by the Italian poet Filippo Tommaso Marinetti, originally published in the French newspaper Le Figaro. It served as the foundational text for the Futurist movement, rejecting historical tradition and museums in favor of modernity. The manifesto glori...
The Manifesto of Suprematism is a 1915 statement by Russian artist Kazimir Malevich outlining the principles of Suprematism, an abstract art movement emphasizing basic geometric forms such as squares, circles, and crosses. Malevich argued for the supremacy of pure artistic feeling over representatio...
De Stijl Manifesto I was published in 1918 in De Stijl, the Dutch art journal founded by Theo van Doesburg in 1917. The manifesto advocated for a universal artistic language based on geometric abstraction, straight lines, rectangular forms, and primary colors, rejecting naturalistic representation....
Released in 2002, Loud is the debut studio album by German electronic music producer and DJ Timo Maas. The album blends elements of progressive house, techno, and trance, reflecting the sound that established Maas as a recognizable figure in European dance music during the early 2000s. Maas had prev...
The First Things First 2000 Manifesto is a foundational document on design ethics, published in 1999 as a revival of Ken Garland's original 1964 manifesto of the same name. It was co-authored and signed by 33 prominent international graphic designers, including Tibor Kalman, Rick Poynor, and Milton...
The Realistic Manifesto is a 1920 text written by sculptors Naum Gabo and Antoine Pevsner. Originally posted on the streets of Moscow, it serves as a foundational document of Russian Constructivism and modern sculpture. The manifesto rejects the static nature of traditional art, advocating instead f...
The "Second Surrealist Manifesto" is a foundational text written by French writer André Breton, originally published in 1929 and later released in book form in 1930. The document was designed to redefine the Surrealist movement, demanding stricter adherence to political and artistic commitments, par...
The Riot Grrrl Manifesto is a feminist text published in 1991 by musician and activist Kathleen Hanna. It originally appeared in the second issue of the 'Bikini Kill' zine, a primary publication of the riot grrrl movement. The manifesto advocates for female empowerment, anti-racism, and the creation...
"The Cluetrain Manifesto" is a set of 95 theses organized as a call to action for businesses operating in the emerging internet marketplace. Written by Rick Levine, Christopher Locke, Doc Searls, and David Weinberger, it was originally published online in 1999 before being released as a printed book...
"Futurist Painting: Technical Manifesto" is a 1910 document published by Italian artists Umberto Boccioni, Carlo Carrà, Luigi Russolo, Giacomo Balla, and Gino Severini. Building upon Filippo Tommaso Marinetti's earlier writings, the manifesto outlined the aesthetic goals of the Futurist movement in...
Raoul Vaneigem’s *The Revolution of Everyday Life* offers a radical reimagining of society through a blend of political theory and poetic expression. Published in the 1960s, this influential work explores how everyday activities can be transformed into acts of liberation. It draws on Situationist id...
The Unabomber Manifesto is the common name for Theodore Kaczynski's Industrial Society and Its Future, a 35,000-word anti-technology text published in 1995.
The BITCH Manifesto is a U.S. feminist text by Jo Freeman, writing as Joreen, that reclaimed a slur for assertive women in the late 1960s.
SCUM Manifesto is Valerie Solanas's 1967 U.S. manifesto, notorious for its separatist attack on patriarchy and male-dominated society.
