The Journal of Design History, the Society's periodical, is published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the Design History Society. It is the leading journal in its field and plays an active role in the development of design history.
In publication since 1988, the research-focused mouthpiece of the Design History Society (DHS), the Journal of Design History (JDH) –- embraces the history of a range of design-related subjects, from furniture to product design, graphic design, craft, fashion, textiles, architectural interiors and exhibitions. Its orientation and reach are global. The Journal addresses the history of design from a humanities perspective primarily, but it also borrows methods from related fields including the social sciences, material culture studies and cultural studies. Having established design history as a discrete discipline, the JDH also aims to be of interest to historically aware and critically engaged design practitioners and educators.
The Journal includes articles - in-depth case-studies with a level of general appeal; shorter pieces addressing museums and archives; and book reviews. In addition to the general issues, special issues focus on selected themes.
Members of the Design History Society receive the JDH quarterly as part of their subscription.
To find out more about publishing in the Journal of Design History, please read our instructions for authors and guide to online submission. To submit your work for consideration, please use our manuscript management system.
Access
Members of subscribing academic institutions with an Athens username and password should be able to access the full text of articles published from the start of 2004. If you don't have an Athens username and password, you can still read the full text of some articles from 2004 only. If you don't know what an Athens username or password are then you should speak to your college or university librarian.
The Journal of Design History is available as full-text online, with further information available here.
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2 June 2022
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1 March 2022
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15 December 2021
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16 November 2021
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16 November 2021
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1 June 2021
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1 March 2021
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4 December 2020
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3 September 2020
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2 May 2020
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2 January 2020
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4 November 2019
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3 September 2019
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2 May 2019
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1 February 2019
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1 November 2018
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3 September 2018
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31 May 2018
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1 February 2018
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1 September 2017
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1 February 2017
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2 December 2016
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2 December 2016
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2 December 2016
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1 September 2015
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1 March 2015
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4 November 2014
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1 September 2014
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1 November 2013
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1 September 2013
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1 May 2013
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1 February 2013
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1 May 2011
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1 March 2011
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1 December 2010
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1 September 2010
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Editorial Board
Prof Grace Lees-Maffei (Chair of the Editorial Board) University of Hertfordshire, Hatfield, UK
Dr Sarah A. Lichtman (Managing Editor) Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, USA
Asst. Prof Dr Jane Tynan (Reviews Editor) Vrije University, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Sally-Anne Huxtable (Editor, Archives, Collections & Curatorship and Ex Officio, Chair of the DHS) London Metropolitan University, UK
Dr Harriet Atkinson (Obituaries Editor) University of Brighton
Prof Dr Kjetil Fallan (DHS JDH Translations Editor, and Conference Publications Liaison) University of Oslo, Norway
Dr Sarah Cheang (JDH Explorations Editor) Royal College of Art, London, UK
Dr Livia Rezende (JDH Explorations Editor) University of New South Wales, Australia
Assoc. Prof Dr Priscila Lena Farias, University of São Paulo, Brazil
Prof Dr Cat Rossi, University for the Creative Arts, Canterbury, UK
Advisory Board
Visiting Prof Suchitra Balasubrahmanyan, New Delhi and Ahmedabad, India
Prof Ana Maria Fernández Garcia, University of Orviedo, Spain
Prof Fredie Floré, KU Leuven, Belgium
Prof Ben Highmore, University of Sussex, UK
Associate Prof Helena Kåberg, Nationalmuseum, Sweden
Prof Pat Kirkham, Kingston University, UK
Associate Prof Deirdre Pretorius, University of Johannesburg, South Africa
Associate Prof Yasuko Suga, Tsuda University, Japan
Prof Fedja Vukić, University of Zagreb, Croatia
Prof Jonathan Woodham, University of Brighton, UK
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22 December 2023
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9 October 2023
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