El Lissitzky & the Constructivist Perspective

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I am an eye.


ma I na .eye


I am an eye.


ma I na .eye


I am a mechanical eye.


a ma I lacinahcem .eye


I am a mechanical eye.


a ma I lacinahcem .eye


I,


,I


I,


,I


a machine,


,enihcam a


a machine,


,enihcam a


am showing you a world,


gniwohs ma ,dlrow a uoy


am showing you a world,


gniwohs ma ,dlrow a uoy


the likes of which only I can see.


fo sekil eht I ylno hcihw .ees nac


the likes of which only I can see.


fo sekil eht I ylno hcihw .ees nac


The printed surface transcends space and time.


detnirp ehT ecafrus sdnecsnart .emit dna ecaps


The printed surface transcends space and time.


detnirp ehT ecafrus sdnecsnart .emit dna ecaps


The printed surface,


,ecafrus detnirp ehT


The printed surface,


,ecafrus detnirp ehT


the infinity of books,


fo ytinfini eht ,skoob


the infinity of books,


fo ytinfini eht ,skoob


must be transcended.


.dednecsnart eb tsum


must be transcended.


.dednecsnart eb tsum


Economy of expression:


fo ymonocE :noisserpxe


Economy of expression:


fo ymonocE :noisserpxe


optics not phonetics.


ton scitpo .scitenohp


optics not phonetics.


ton scitpo .scitenohp


The words on the printed surface are taken in by seeing,


no sdrow ehT detnirp eht era ecafrus yb ni nekat ,gniees


The words on the printed surface are taken in by seeing,


no sdrow ehT detnirp eht era ecafrus yb ni nekat ,gniees


not by hearing.


.gniraeh yb ton


not by hearing.


.gniraeh yb ton


The


ehT


The


ehT


design of the book space set according to the constraints of printing mechanics,


ot gnidrocca tes ecaps koob eht fo ngised ,scinahcem gnitnirp fo stniartsnoc eht


design of the book space set according to the constraints of printing mechanics,


ot gnidrocca tes ecaps koob eht fo ngised ,scinahcem gnitnirp fo stniartsnoc eht


must correspond to the tensions and pressures of content.


tsum ot dnopserroc snoisnet eht serusserp dna .tnetnoc fo


must correspond to the tensions and pressures of content.


tsum ot dnopserroc snoisnet eht serusserp dna .tnetnoc fo


The design of the bookspace using process blocks which issue from the new optics.


ngised ehT -koob eht fo gnisu ecaps ssecorp hcihw skcolb eht morf eussi .scitpo wen


The design of the bookspace using process blocks which issue from the new optics.


ngised ehT -koob eht fo gnisu ecaps ssecorp hcihw skcolb eht morf eussi .scitpo wen


The supernatural reality of the perfected eye.


ehT larutanrepus eht fo ytilaer .eye detcefrep


The supernatural reality of the perfected eye.


ehT larutanrepus eht fo ytilaer .eye detcefrep


Inkpot and quill-pen are dead.


dna topknI era nep-lliuq .daed


Inkpot and quill-pen are dead.


dna topknI era nep-lliuq .daed


The new book demands the new writer.


.retirw wen eht sdnamed koob wen ehT


The new book demands the new writer.


.retirw wen eht sdnamed koob wen ehT


The continuous sequence of pages:


:segap fo ecneuqes suounitnoc ehT


The continuous sequence of pages:


:segap fo ecneuqes suounitnoc ehT


the bioscopic book.


cipocsoib eht .koob


the bioscopic book.


cipocsoib eht .koob


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