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Inhalt :: Content
Der Online-Service bietet einen umfassenden Überblick über die Geschichte, Theorie und Praxis des Kunsthandwerks und des Designs in der ganzen Welt von 1500 v. Chr. bis zur Gegenwart. Die Datenbank enthält eine wachsende Anzahl einschlägiger Referenzwerke, darunter die dreibändige "Bloomsbury Encyclopedia of Design", hrsg. v. Clive Edwards, mit über 1.700 Beiträgen, das zweibändige Referenzwerk "World History of Design", hrsg. v. Victor Margolin, die "Encyclopedia of Asian Design", hrsg. v. Haruhiko Fujita und die "Encyclopedia of East Asian Design", hrsg. v. Haruhiko Fujita und Christine Guth sowie rund 100 Fachbücher zu einem breiten Spektrum an Themen aus den Bereichen Kunsthandwerk und Design.
Ferner enthalten ist eine umfangreiche Auswahl an Museumsobjektbildern, die vollständig durchsucht werden können, u.a. aus den Beständen des Museum of Arts and Design in New York, dem Philadelphia Museum of Arts sowie The National Archives (TNA), Kew. Updates: jährlich.
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Verlagsinformation :: Publisher's information
Providing unrivalled coverage of global design and crafts from 1500 BCE to the present day, this authoritative resource is the ideal research and learning tool for design studies and other visual arts.
Waht's included: at a glance
Bloomsbury Design Library offers cross-searchable access to a broad range of reference works, e-books, images, exhibitions collections, and more:
- The landmark, 3-volume Bloomsbury Encyclopedia of Design including an expanding range of peer-reviewed articles with comprehensive coverage of design history and theory, written by leading international scholars
- World History of Design a multi-volume work by eminent design historian, Victor Margolin, covering a history of global design from prehistoric times to the end of World War II
- 17 online exclusive articles from the Encyclopedia of Asian Design, the first publication to provide authoritative coverage of design and craft practice across Greater Asia
- The Encyclopedia of East Asian Design, the first comprehensive publication to focus on East Asian design and its histories, divided by country to reflect specific regional and national histories and geographies
- Over 100 books in design and craft studies by leading scholars including Glenn Adamson, Tony Fry, John Heskett, Penny Sparke, Judith Attfield and Nigel Cross
- Museum collections, with over 2,000 images featuring a range of forms from the Museum of Arts and Design in New York; the Philadelphia Museum of Art’s extensive collection of costume and textiles; and textile, glasswork, and other designs from The National Archives, UK
- Exhibition archives providing essential information and images from key museum exhibitions including the Designmuseum Danmark and the Museum of Craft and Design, San Francisco
- Exclusive lesson plans and bibliographic guides to help users navigate key content, with inspiration to bolster course teaching, and thematic guides to introduce core readings on individual topics
- More than 100 Designer Pages providing essential details and links to further reading about key figures including Ettore Sottsass, William Morris, Charles Eames and Ray Kaiser Eames
- An interactive timeline providing an illustrated and linked overview of global design and crafts history, within its social, technological, economic, and cultural context
Features and Benefits for Research and Learning
- Enhance contextual understanding with an interactive timeline offering an illustrated overview of global design history
- Navigate seamlessly between relevant designers, places, and periods using the powerful search function and taxonomy
- Discover regular content updates every year, including new reference articles, image collections, and exhibitions from an expanding number of museum partners
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