Design History & Criticism

A theoretically informed investigation that relates the philosophies of aesthetics and imagination to understanding design practice. In The Aesthetics of I...

“An instructive trip through the mind of one of America’s great designers.” —Communication Arts (1996) Hailed upon its publication as “discrimina...

A Superlative Study Of The Roots Of The Modern Fashion ShowCategories: HistoryWorld

The practice of interior design has become ever more specialised as new technologies have expanded how designers can use light, space, colour and decoratio...

Design History has become a complex and wide-ranging discipline. It now examines artefacts from conception to development, production, mediation, and consum...

This lavish volume invites the reader into the glamorous fashions of the 1920s. To coincide with the release of the film The Great Gatsby, we are pleased to...