For the Voice Pl.22
1923
El Lissitzky designed this striking page for 'For the Voice' (1923), a revolutionary book of poems by Vladimir Mayakovsky that treats typography like a machine. Notice the clever design: a giant red 'O' does double duty, completing both 'Khoroshee' (Good) and 'Otnoshenie' (Attitude) for the poem title 'Good Attitude Towards Horses.' The little symbols flanking the top letters—red dashes, black dots, and squiggles—act as 'index tabs' on the page edges, turning the book into a navigable tool like a telephone directory so readers could flip straight to specific poems. This bold, geometric Constructivist style turns words into visual building blocks, perfectly capturing the energy of the early Soviet avant-garde.
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