Following a competitive search, Sarah A. Lichtman has been named chair of the Department of History of Art and Design in the School of Liberal Arts and Sciences (SLAS). A design historian and educator ...

It’s easy, for me at least, to be cynical about the state of design. Our visual environment can feel bland, everything from brands to buildings homogenized around similar styles. The ever-impending AI ...

Foreword / Tim Barringer ; A history of graphic design pedagogy, or so they tell me / Geoff Kaplan ; Design pedagogy's traces: notes on evidence and method / Colin Fanning -- From practices to ...

In the opening paragraphs of the British design writer and editor Charlene Prempeh’s new book, she recalls a conversation she had in the late summer of 2020. (A conversation via Zoom, of course.) ...

Revised edition of "History of furniture : a global view" - published 2009. (from back cover). In today's globalized world, every aspect of our lives is affected by global interconnectedness from what ...

This book is a charming ride through the rich history of graphic design. Handsomely illustrated, the key figures and trends of the field unfold over 224 pages. Should you find yourself bitten by the ...