Design History Books

New and Published Books

1. An Introduction to Design and Culture

   1900 to the Present, 3rd Edition

   By Penny Sparke

   This third edition of An Introduction to Design and Culture has been revised and updated throughout to include issues of globalization, sustainability and digital/interactive design. New for this edition is a chapter which covers key changes in design culture. Design culture has changed...

   Published December 6th 2012 by Routledge
2. The Architecture of Information

   Architecture, Interaction Design and the Patterning of Digital Information

   By Martyn Dade-Robertson

   This book looks at relationships between the organization of physical objects in space and the organization of ideas. Historical, philosophical, psychological and architectural knowledge are united to develop an understanding of the relationship between information and its representation....

   Published May 24th 2011 by Routledge
3. Global Design History

   Edited by Glenn Adamson, Giorgio Riello, Sarah Teasley

   Globalism is often discussed using abstract terms, such as ‘networks’ or ‘flows’ and usually in relation to recent history. Global Design History moves us past this limited view of globalism, broadening our sense of this key term in history and theory. Individual chapters focus our attention on...

   Published March 3rd 2011 by Routledge
4. Perspective, Projections and Design

   Technologies of Architectural Representation

   Edited by Mario Carpo, Frédérique Lemerle

   The essays selected for this book, presented in chronological order, discuss various aspects of image-making technologies, geometrical knowledge and tools for architectural design, focusing in particular on two historical periods marked by comparable patterns of technological and cultural change....

   Published September 25th 2007 by Routledge
5. Fashion Theory

   A Reader

   Edited by Malcolm Barnard

   Series: Routledge Student Readers

   From its beginnings in the fifteenth century, intensified interest in fashion and the study of fashion over the last thirty years has led to a vast and varied literature on the subject. This collection of essays surveys and contextualizes the ways in which a wide range of disciplines have used&...

   Published May 2nd 2007 by Routledge