AWTP

First things First mani­festo 1964

So far our group dis­cus­sion has­n’t been a dir­ect response to the First Things First mani­fes­tos; though we have been cov­er­ing many of the top­ics and themes that they address. With this in mind and in response to Ian Nobles brief com­ments last Wednesday and Eleanor’s earli­er post of the art­icle from Graphik, I thought it would be a good idea to col­lect togeth­er some online resources, such as links to both mani­festoes, to help us get a bet­ter under­stand­ing of their con­text, what has already been said about them and who are some of the prot­ag­on­ists. It is in no way an exhaust­ive list and I will add to it as and when we find fur­ther material.

If we want to tame some of the same debate sur­round­ing the exist­ing mani­fes­tos with our own pro­pos­al then this inform­a­tion may be useful.

Ken Garland: Original author of the 1964 manifesto.

1964 Manifesto

The 2000 mani­festo in eye magazine + plenty of links to fur­ther reading.

First Things First Revisited By Rick Poynor in Émigré

A response by Michael Beirut to the 2000 manifesto.

A response by Jan Michl to the 2000 mani­festo. I have not heard of this man before (not neces­sar­ily bad thing). He is a pro­fess­or at The Oslo School of Architecture and Design in Norway.

More reac­tion to First things First 2000.

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