Introduction. The origins of typography and graphic design -- 1. Art nouveau I : a new style for a new culture -- 2. Art nouveau II : Scotland, Austria, and Germany -- 3. Sachplakat, the First World War, and Dada -- 4. Modern art, modern graphic design -- 5. Revolutions in design -- 6. The Bauhaus and the new typography -- 7. American art deco and the Second World War -- 8. The triumph of the international style -- 9. Postmodernism, the return of expressionism -- 10. Contemporary graphic design.