LibGuides: History of Design & Curatorial Studies: Periodicals

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To locate a specific periodical, search the 'Books & More' tab on the library website. On the results page, use the menu to refine to 'Journals.'

Look under 'Online Access' to find links to electronic periodicals.
Physical periodicals do not circulate but can be scanned or photographed.
- Recently-published physical periodicals are kept onsite in the library.
- Older issues are bound together and kept offsite; request using the library catalog.
Additional electronic and print periodicals can be accessed at Consortium Libraries (NYU, Cooper Union, New York School of Interior Design) with your New School ID card.

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Learn how to request physical periodicals or scans from our offsite facility.

Request articles that we don't have in library collections using InterLibrary Loan.

Design and Curatorial Studies Periodicals

Current issues of print periodicals are shelved in the Periodicals Collection at the University Center, 6th floor.

Abitare
American Arts Quarterly
Art and Antiques
Casabella
Ceramics Monthly
Crafts - London
Design and Culture
Design Issues
Design Journal
Domus
Dwell - At Home in the Modern World
Fine Woodworking
Form: Nordic Architecture and Design
Form - The Making of Design (Germany)
Frame - the International Review of Interior Architecture and Design
Glass
Graphic Design USA
HA - Icelandic design and architecture
Harvard Design Magazine
Journal of Design History

Journal of Textile Design, Research & Practice
Koreana
MD - Moebel Interior Design
Metropolis
Metropolitan Museum Journal
Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin
New Design
New Glass Review - Corning
Objekt International
Objekt USA
Ornament
Print - America's Graphic Design Magazine
Shuttle, Spindle and Dyepot
Surface Design Journal (EBSCO online)
Textile - The Journal of Cloth and Culture
Textile History
Textile View Magazine
Toile
Wallpaper

Older issues are bound and can be requested from offsite. Request physical delivery of an entire issue, or a scan of an article.

American Ceramics
Antiques / The Magazine Antiques
Bulletin of the Metropolitan Museum of Art
Casabella
Craft Horizons
Design (London)
Design Quarterly
F.M.R.
Folk Art

Hali
House & Garden
I.D./Industrial Design
Lapidary Journal
Mobilia
L'oeil
Metropolitan Museum Journal
Ottagono
Studies in the Decorative Arts
Textile Museum Journal

Access by searching by title in the library catalog.

CoDesign: International Journal of CoCreation in Design and the Arts (T&F)
Curator: The Museum Journal
Design and Culture
Design for Health
Design Issues
The Design Journal
Design Management Review (Wiley)
Design Philosophy Papers
Design Studies
Digital Creativity
Interiors: Design, Architecture, Culture
International Journal of Design (open access)
International Journal of Design (Taiwan)
International Journal of Design Creativity and Innovation (T&F)

International Journal on Interactive Design and Manufacturing (IJIDeM) (Springer)
Journal of Curatorial Studies
Journal of Design, Business & Society
Journal of Design History (Oxford)
Journal of Industrial Ecology
Journal of Interior Design
Journal of Material Culture (Sage)
Journal of Modern Craft
Material Culture
Objective: Journal of History of Design and Curatorial Studies
PLOT(S) : Journal of Design Studies
West 86th: A Journal of Decorative Arts, Design History
& Material Culture
Winterthur Portfolio

A selection of magazine archives available through the libraries.

Architectural Digest Archives
Famed international design magazine from its early issues in the 1920s through 2011, in a comprehensive cover-to-cover format.
Art & Architecture Archive
A full-text archive of magazines comprising key research material in the fields of art and architecture, dating from the late-nineteenth century to the twenty-first. Subjects covered include fine art, decorative arts, architecture, interior design, industrial design, and photography.
Country Life Archive
Spanning more than a century, Country Life Archive is an extensive collection, containing every page and issue of this historical British culture and lifestyle magazine from its first issue in 1897 (when it was known as Country Life Illustrated) to 2005.
Harper's Bazaar Archive
The Harper’s Bazaar Archive includes the complete run of U.S. Harper’s Bazaar, from 1867 to the present, fully indexed and searchable.
The New Yorker
Full content of issues from February 21, 1925 to present are digitized.
Vogue Archive (ProQuest)
A complete searchable archive of American Vogue, from the first issue in 1892 to the current month, reproduced in high-resolution color page images. Every page, advertisement, cover and fold-out has been included, with rich indexing enabling you to find images by garment type, designer and brand names. The Vogue Archive preserves the work of the world's greatest fashion designers, stylists and photographers and is a unique record of American and international fashion, culture and society from the dawn of the modern era to the present day.
Vogue Italia Archive
A complete searchable archive of Vogue Italia, from the first issue in 1964 to the current month, reproduced in high-resolution color page images. Every page, advertisement, cover and fold-out has been included, with rich indexing enabling you to find images by garment type, designer and brand names. The Vogue Italia Archive preserves the work of the world's greatest fashion designers, stylists and photographers and is a unique record of American and international fashion, culture and society from the dawn of the modern era to the present day.
Women's Magazine Archive
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This archive contains full or nearly full backfiles of 13 mass-market magazines for women, with coverage ranging from the late 19th century to 2005. Titles include Better Homes and Gardens, Cosmopolitan, Essence, Good Housekeeping, Ladies Home Journal, Redbook, Seventeen, and Town and Country.