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Bibliography of Design

image: “Museums and collections”, from A Bibliography of Design in Britain, 1851-1970, by Anthony J. Coulson, London, Design Council, 1979, p. 51.
Where can bibliographies on design be found?
Besides list of references included in books, monographs, and essays on design, it is really hard to find bibliographies on design issues as a discrete subject — but [...]

Design has entered the Golden Age
Is it 1950 or 2009?

«Design has entered a golden age. Lauded in the popular press, design and designers are becoming household names. Major museum exhibitions explore design’s relevance to daily life while bringing new designs to the general public’s attention. A flurry of schools with innovative approaches to the field are just beginning to make an impact, launching the [...]

Random Quote

… every respectable historian changes his or her mind. — Gillian Naylor, Journal of Design History, 1997, 10/3, p. 245

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