This exhibition catalogue of selections from the Merrill C. Berman Collection is organized into four sections: Design and the Avant-Garde; Design and Commerce; Design and Social Change; Design and Politics. In addition to Yale, the catalogue was published by Willliams College of Art and Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum. Berman's collection is the premier graphic design collection of the 20th century works in the United States. In her introductory essay, "Writing a History," Maud Lavin points out that Berman collected with aggression and dedication for twenty years starting in 1975, shaping the history of graphic design during the period when the scholarly field of design history was emerging. Berman viewed graphic design works as objects of art, politics and cultural history. His collection "covers innovative design used in the politics of everyday life, in persuading consumers, in propagating for political causes, in redesigning ever-industrializing cultures, in papering modern and contemporary cities, in transmitting new ideas about art, and in promoting new modes of transportation and communication." Deborah Rothschild contributes a chapter "Dada Networking: How to Foment a Revolution in Graphic Design." Ellen Lupton writes about" Design and Production in the Mechanical Age." Darra Goldstein's contribution is "Selling an Idea: Moderism and Consumer Culture." Illustrated in the catalogue and also held by the Sackner Archive are"Les mots en liberte futuristes" by Marinetti, "Birthday Eulogy Poster" by Iliazd, "La couer a barbe" by Zdanevich and Tzara, "Kleine Dada soiree" by Schwitters and Van Doesburg, ""Of Two Squares" by El Lissitzky, "For the Voice" by El Lisstzky and Mayakovsky, "Parole in liberte" by Marinetti, "Depero Futurista" by F. Depero, "Kirsanov has the floor" by Telingater, "N.C.W. Cable" by Zwart, "Press Koln" by El Lissitzky, -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.