Journal of Design History

Journal of Design History is a leading journal in its field. It plays an active role in the development of design history (including the history of the crafts and applied arts), as well as contributing to the broader field of studies of visual and material culture. The journal includes a regular book reviews section and lists books received, and from time to time publishes special issues.

Quarterly: Spring, Summer, Autumn, Winter.

Publisher: 
Oxford University Press
ISSN (print): 
09524649
ISSN (online): 
17417279
URL: 
http://jdh.oxfordjournals.org/

Latest articles

Volume 26 (3)
Historicizing Shininess in Design: Finding Meaning in an Unstable Phenomenon
Maffei, N. P., Fisher, T., vol. 26 (3): 231-240
Daguerreotypy, Democratizing and the Fall of Light
Thwaites, S. L., vol. 26 (3): 241-256
'Good' and 'Bad' Shine: An Examination of the Material Interactions in Women's Hair Care in the UK
Hielscher, S., vol. 26 (3): 257-269
Soviet Modernity and the Aesthetics of Gleam: The Moscow Metro in Collective Histories of Construction
Vujosevic, T., vol. 26 (3): 270-284
A World of Colour and Bright Shining Surfaces: Experiences of Plastics after the Second World War
Fisher, T., vol. 26 (3): 285-303
Selling Gleam: Making Steel Modern in Post-war America
Maffei, N. P., vol. 26 (3): 304-320
The 1920s Silent Movie Poster Collection at Kungliga biblioteket, The National Library of Sweden
Lunding, E., vol. 26 (3): 321-330
The Question of Agency in the Understanding of Design
Dilnot, C., vol. 26 (3): 331-337
British Film Design: A History
Christie, I., vol. 26 (3): 337-339
Scandinavian Design: Alternative Histories
Taft, M., vol. 26 (3): 339-342
America's Doll House: The Miniature World of Faith Bradford
Thatcher, P., vol. 26 (3): 342-344

Volume 26 (2)
Veronese's Goblets: Glass Design and the Civilizing Process
Rihouet, P., vol. 26 (2): 133-151
Ishbel Aberdeen's 'Irish' Dresses: Embroidery, Display and Meaning, 1886-1909
Helland, J., vol. 26 (2): 152-167
Louis Kahn and the Architectural Barbecue
Marcus, G. H., vol. 26 (2): 168-181
Deconstruction Fashion: Carnival and the Grotesque
Granata, F., vol. 26 (2): 182-198
The Getty's 'Pacific Standard Time' Initiative: Exhibiting Los Angeles as an Epicentre of Mid-century Art and Design
Thabet, A., vol. 26 (2): 199-214
Knoll: A Modernist Universe * Knoll Textiles, 1945-2010
Brown, S., vol. 26 (2): 215-217
Rechte stoelen, rechtschapen burgers. Wonen volgens 't Binnenhuis (1900-1929)
van Bergeijk, H., vol. 26 (2): 217-220
Windows on the War: Soviet TASS Posters at Home and Abroad, 1941-1945
Guffey, E., vol. 26 (2): 220-222
The Stylemakers: Minimalism and Classic-Modernism 1915-45
McNeil, P., vol. 26 (2): 222-224
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