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The ADAM Project (ADAM)

adam.ac.uk
The Art, Design, Architecture & Media Information Gateway, is a searchable catalogue of Internet resources that have been carefully selected and catalogued by professional librarians for the benefit of the UK Higher Education community.

Arlis.net

http://www.arlis.net/
Directory of the art, architecture and design resources available in libraries, archives and other collections in the UK and Ireland.

Art/Design/Media Subject Centre (AMD-HEA)

http://www.adm.heacademy.ac.uk/
The ADM Subject Centre is dedicated to supporting and developing learning and teaching in art, design, media and the history of design in higher education.

Arts and Humanities Data Services (AHDS)

ahds.ac.uk
Working on behalf of the academic community to collect, catalogue, manage, preserve and promote the re-use of scholarly digital resources.

Arts Humanities Research Council (AHRC

http://www.ahrc.ac.uk/
Provides funding and support to UK researchers in the arts and humanities

BUBL

link.bubl.ac.uk/arts/
A catalogue of selected Internet resources.

DesignObserver

www.designobserver.com
With a leaning towards graphics, but with articles often across the broad range of design, this blog not only has explores issues with design but also has a daily updated resources section.

Dialogues in Design

dialoguesindesign.wordpress.com
a RCA/V&A History of Design postgraduate workshop.

Dezeen

http://www.dezeen.com/
Online design magazine

Globalising Art, Architecture and Design History (GLAADH)

http://www.glaadh.ac.uk/
Initiative which ran between 2001-2003 with the aim to embed cultural diversity in art, architecture and design history curricula. Website still includes reports, workshop overviews, bibliographies, conference papers etc.

Inview – British history through the lens

https://www.bfi.org.uk/inview/
Hosted by BFI the resource is available to British FE and HE students and staff. An easily searchable online archive of over 2000 non-fiction moving image from the 20th century.

Material World

blogs.nyu.edu/projects/materialworld/
A blog on research, conferences and key issues in material culture, with a special leaning towards anthropological frameworks.

Teaching Design History Network

teachingdesignhistory.blogspot.com/
A forum for anyone involved in teaching design history and theory.

Things Magazine

http://www.thingsmagazine.net/
Occasional weblog and magazine devoted to curatorial tendencies, random collections, objects old and new, contemplations and discoveries

Visual Arts Data Service (VADS)

vads.ahds.ac.uk
Providing, preserving and promoting quality digital resources for the visual arts.

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