Metahaven - White Night for A Manifesto

The pamphlet White Night Before A Manifesto discusses contemporary conditions of design practice ; and some of their political consequences. The publication is divided in three short essays. The first two texts ; ’Surface’ and ’Value’ ; are combined under the title ’White Night’. Written from the perspective of the design practitioner engaged in an almost automatic and unquestioned alliance with the virtual ; this text addresses large scale incoherence in the conception and existence of design objects. The third text ; ’Before A Manifesto’ ; comprises an analysis of the manifesto form and its adherence to non-professional ; passion-driven definitions of labour. White Night Before A Manifesto pays tribute to the Utopian legacy of the manifesto.