| Graphic Tables and Figurative Maps | Charles Minards | 1861 |
| The Ideal Book | William Morris | 1883 |
| The Arts and Crafts of To-Day | William Morris | 1889 |
| The Founding and Manifesto of Futurism | F.T. Marinetti | 1909 |
| Manifesto of Futuristic Architecture | Antonio Sant’Elia | 1914 |
| De Stijl Manifesto | | 1918 |
| Bauhaus Manifesto | Walter Gropius | 1919 |
| Down with Seriousism! | Bruno Taut | 1920 |
| Manifesto of the Painters’ Union | Taller de Grafica Popular | 1922 |
| Topology of Typography | El Lissitzky | 1923 |
| The New Typography | László Moholy-Nagy | 1923 |
| First Things First | Ken Garland | 1964 |
| The Artist’s Contract | | 1971 |
| Ten Rules of Good Design | Dieter Rams | 1987 |
| A Scandinavian Design Council Manifesto on Nature, Ecology and Human Needs for the Future | | 1990 |
| The Social Role of the Graphic Designer | Pierre Bernard | 1991 |
| The Munich Design Charter | | 1991 |
| The Riot Grrrl Manifesto | Kathleen Hanna | 1991 |
| The Hannover Principles | William McDonough | 1992 |
| Viewer’s Declaration of Independence | | 1996 |
| A Declaration of the Independence of Cyberspace | John Perry Barlow | 1996 |
| People’s Communication Charter | | 1998 |
| The Manifesto of January 3, 2000 | Bruce Sterling | 2000 |
| First Things First | | 2000 |
| Incomplete Manifesto for Growth | Bruce Mau | 2000 |
| Socialist Designer’s Manifesto | | 2001 |
| Designers Against Monoculture | Noah Scalin | 2001 |
| Triangular Design Manifesto | Conceptual Devices | 2002 |
| The Economy of Ideas | John Perry Barlow | 2003 |
| Free Culture Manifesto | | 2004 |
| Draft Craft Manifesto | Ulla Engeström | 2005 |
| The Public Role of the Graphic Designer | Design Academy Eindhoven | 2006 |
| Free Font Manifesto | Ellen Lupton | 2006 |
| The Designer’s Dilemma | | 2007 |
| 1000 Words: A Manifesto for Sustainability in Design | Allan Chochinov | 2007 |
| White Night Before A Manifesto | Metahaven | 2008 |
| Parametricism as Style – Parametricist Manifesto | Patrik Schumacher | 2008 |
| Conditional Design Manifesto | | 2008 |
| The Repair Manifesto | Platform21 | 2009 |
| A Short Manifesto on the Future of Attention | Michael Erard | 2009 |
| Information Visualization Manifesto | Manuel Lima | 2009 |
| The Awesomeness Manifesto | Umair Haque | 2009 |
| Charter for Innovation, Creativity, and Access to Knowledge 2.0.1 | | 2009 |
| The Role of Design in the 21st Century, Danish Designers Manifesto: A Vision for the Future of Danish Design | | 2010 |
| The Obstructionist Manifesto | Mark Goldman | 2010 |
| Anti Design Festival Manifesto | Neville Brody | 2010 |
| The Win Without Pitching Manifesto | Blair Enns | 2010 |
| A Design Education Manifesto | Mitch Goldstein | 2010 |
| Icograda Design Education Manifesto | | 2011 |
| First Things First | | 2014 |
| DesignX: A Future Path for Design | | 2014 |
| The Oslo Manifesto | | 2015 |
| The Arts Emergency Manifesto | | 2015 |
| The Montreal Design Declaration | | 2017 |
| The Copenhagen Letter | | 2017 |
| Reconstrained Design: A Manifesto | | 2017 |
| Design Justice Network Principles | | 2018 |
| A Manifesto for Decolonising Design | | 2019 |
| Society-Centered Design | | 2020 |
