Edited by

Elizabeth Guffey, State University of New York at Purchase, USA

Associate Editors
Guy Julier, Leeds Metropolitan University, UK
Pekka Korvenma, University of Art and Design, Helsinki, Finland
Matt Soar, Concordia University, Canada

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Print ISSN: 1754-7075
Online ISSN: 1754-7083
Frequency: 3 times per year starting in March 2009


Design is a vibrant field. The so-called 'edges' are increasingly becoming its driving forces. Crossovers between traditional design disciplines and other professions are becoming enriched. Design and Culture will occupy a vital role in tackling these changes head-on by situating design within the full range of cultural contexts. It will also examine design in relation to other academic disciplines, including marketing, management, cultural studies, anthropology, material culture, geography, visual culture and political economy. Peer-reviewed, full-color and handsomely designed throughout. 
Design and Culture is the official journal of the Design Studies Forum.

Topics will include the relationships between design and:

- Processes
- Theory and ideology
- Society and new media
- Political economy
- Value 
- Consumption 
- 'Peripheral', 'transitional' and 'development' contexts 
- Leisure and tourism 
- The senses 
- Craft & art 
- The studio
- The urban environment
- Brands 

 For so long design has been neglected as an area worthy of serious academic study and cutting edge analysis. At last a journal to fill the void by finally addressing the enormous impact and relevance of design in contemporary culture. Alison Clarke, University of Applied Arts, Vienna, Austria