from pioneers of modern typography, H. Spencer:

Raoul Hausmann, cover of the first issue of the periodical Der Dada, 1919

Marinetti, Parole in liberta', Futuristes, 1919

Gropius

"the artist is an exalted craftman...proficiency in his craft is essential to every artist"

We all can really find inspiration from these few words.

I like the table setting project as general idea of setting culture and unsetting it straight after.

Joost Schmidt and Hausmann, Zwart, Karel Teige, henryk Berlewi etc to be remembered as ruler setters and ruler breakers.

the fundamental difference between traditional, centered and modern typography is that one is passive and the other is active, though not necessarily aggressive. Asimmetry and contrast provide the basis of modern typography