Mute: the accidental label ; 1978-1979: Warm leatherette and letraset. How to make a record ; Early Mute design ; 1980-1982: Taking the charts. Iconic photograpy ; Anton Corbijn + Depeche Mode ; 1983-1989: The other side of Mute. The grey area + the triumphant legacies ; The subsidiaries ; 1990-1999: ’Spreading the news around the world’. Techno Mute ; Krautrock connections ; 2000: Into tomorrow. The Mute synth ; Disobey, Irregular, Short Circuit and the Festival of Mute ; Albums + singles catalogue ; Picture credits ; Index ; Acknowledgements.