Routledge Research in Design History
About the Book Series
Routledge Research in Design History is a new series focusing on the history of designed objects, including architecture, fashion, crafts, interiors, textiles and graphic design. Proposals for monographs and edited collections on this topic are welcomed.
Design, Displacement, Migration: Spatial and Material Histories
1st Edition
Edited
By Sarah A. Lichtman, Jilly Traganou
May 26, 2025
Design, Displacement, Migration: Spatial and Material Histories gathers a collection of scholarly and creative voices—spanning design, art, and architectural history; design studies; curation; poetry; activism; and social sciences––to interrogate the intersections of design and displacement. The ...
Sartorial Japonisme and the Experience of Kimonos in Britain, 1865-1914
1st Edition
By Arisa Yamaguchi
May 26, 2025
Using interdisciplinary research and critical analysis, this book examines experiences through (or with) kimonos in Britain during the late Victorian and Edwardian periods. Bringing new perspectives to challenge the existing model of ‘Japonisme in fashion’ and introducing overlooked contacts ...
Design Theory, Language and Architectural Space in Lewis Carroll
1st Edition
By Caroline Dionne
December 18, 2024
This volume offers spatial theories of the emergent based on a careful close reading of the complete works of nineteenth-century writer and mathematician Lewis Carroll—from his nonsense fiction, to his work on logic and geometry, including his two short pamphlets on architecture. Drawing on ...
Design and Science in Modern China
1st Edition
By Lisa Claypool
October 28, 2024
What is design in modern China? And what are the ecological stakes in understanding how modern Chinese design encourages us to see? This book takes up these questions though exploration into the work of three famous designers who were actively engaged with the natural sciences in early ...
Nordic Design Cultures in Transformation, 1960–1980: Revolt and Resilience
1st Edition
Edited
By Kjetil Fallan, Christina Zetterlund, Anders V. Munch
May 27, 2024
Covering the 1960s and 1970s, this volume explores new ways of investigating, comparing and interpreting the different domains of design culture across the Nordic countries. Challenging the traditional narrative, this volume argues that the roots of the most prominent features of Nordic design’s ...