Links to design manifestos that span 100 years of creativity is an awesome find…

nomada:

• 1909   The Founding and Manifesto of Futurism, F.T. Marinetti
• 1914   Manifesto of Futurist Architecture, Antonio Sant’Elia
• 1922   Manifesto of the Painters’ Union, Taller de Grafica Popular
• 1923   Topology of Typography, El Lissitzky
• 1923   The New Typography, László Moholy-Nagy - a call for design against the bourgeois, in support of the proletariat.
• 1959   The journal “New Graphic Design,” though not explicitly a manifesto, called for a radical rethinking of design along more scientific lines.
• 1964   First Things First, Ken Garland
• 1971   La coscienza del designer, Albe Steiner
• 1978   Atlante Secondo Lenin - not so much a design manifesto, as a designed manifesto. The innovative infographics visualize theories for gaining power.
• 1979   Ahmedabad Declaration on Industrial Design for Development
• 1983   The Free Software announcement, later clarified in 1985’s GNU Manifesto
• 1987   Design memorandum. Dall’etica del progetto al progetto dell’etica.
• 1989   Carta del progetto grafico
• 1991   The Social Role of Design, Pierre Bernard
• 1996   Viewer’s Declaration of Independence
• 1998   Ne Pas Plier statement
• 1998   People’s Communication Charter
• 2000   First Things First update - not just about advertising this time, but setting new values.
• 2000   Incomplete Manifesto for Growth, Bruce Mau (though I thought Dean Allen did a tidy job ofdemolishing this.)
• 2001   AIAP, diseno etica e comunicazione
• 2001   Socialist Designer’s Manifesto - a series of ideologically driven limitations along the lines ofDogme 95.
• 2002   First Declaration of the St. Moritz Design Summit
• 2004   The Free Culture Manifesto
• 2006   The Public Role of the Graphic Designer
• 2006   Free Font Manifesto, Ellen Lupton
• 2006   Owner’s Manifesto, The Maker’s Bill of Rights
• 2008   Metahaven, White Night Before A Manifesto
• 2009   The Repair Manifesto from Platform21

And a few un-/anti- manifestos:

• 2008   Project H Design (Anti)Manifesto: A Call To Action For Humanitarian (Product) Design
• 2009   This is Not Manifesto — towards an alternative design practice - hard-hitting anarchist perspective