Graphic design : a new history

1. Art Nouveau 1: a new style for a new culture. The Arts and Crafts Movement -- French Art Nouveau -- The United States -- England -- 2. Art Nouveau II: Scotland, Austria, and Germany. The Four -- Vienna Secession -- Wiener Werkstätte -- Germany -- 3. Sachplakat, the First World War, and Dada. Sachplakat in Germany -- The First World War -- The United States -- France -- The central powers -- Dada -- 4. Modern art, modern graphic design. Montparnasse -- Cubism -- The London Underground -- Futurism -- Purism -- Art Deco in France and Britain -- Art Deco and colonialism -- 5. Revolutions in design. De Stijl -- Revolution in Russia -- The Russian Revolution and the Bolshevik poster -- Russian suprematism and constructivism -- 6. The Bauhaus and the New Typography. Dada and Russian Constructivism -- German Expressionism -- The Arbeitsrat für Kunst -- Weimar Bauhaus -- Dessau Bauhaus -- The New Typography -- 7. American Art Deco and the Second World War. The American magazine -- Government patrons -- The Museum of Modern Art -- Pulp magazines -- Germany in the 1930s -- The Second World War -- 8. The triumph of the international style. "Swiss style" -- England and the International Style -- American innovators -- Corporate identity in Germany and America -- The International Style in corporate architecture -- 9. Postmodernism, the return of expression. Psychedelic posters -- Early Postmodernism -- Mature Postmodernism -- Postmodern architecture -- Postmodern typography -- Postmodernism of resistance -- 10. Contemporary graphic design. Eclectic experiments -- The technology aesthetic -- Web design 1.0: beginnings -- Web 2.0: interactivity -- Motion graphics -- Contemporary typography -- Global graphics? -- Design it yourself -- The "citizen designer".

Contents: p. 5-9.

Preface: p.10-11.

Introduction. The origins of typography ang graphic design: p. 12-29.

Conclusion: p. 421.

Glossary: p. 422-430.

Bibliography: p. 431-439.

Index: p. 440-462.

Picture credits: p. 463-464.