The Design History Reader

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Rebecca Houze is Associate Professor of Art History at Northern Illinois University USA. Her publications include as co-editor The Design History Reader (Berg 2010) and as author New Mythologies in Design and Culture: Reading Signs and Symbols in the Visual Landscape (Bloomsbury 2016) and Textiles Fashion and Design Reform Before the First World War: Principles of Dress (2015).Grace Lees-Maffei is Professor of Design History and Director of the Professional Doctorate in Heritage (DHeritage) at the University of Hertfordshire UK. She is Chair of the Editorial Board of the Journal of Design History and Series Editor with Kjetil Fallan of the book series Cultural Histories of Design (Bloomsbury). Her publications include Design at Home (2014) and with Nicolas P. Maffei Reading Graphic Design in Cultural Context (Bloomsbury 2019). For Bloomsbury Grace edited Writing Design (2012) and Iconic Designs (2014). With Rebecca Houze Grace co-edited Design and Heritage (2022) and with Kjetil Fallan she co-edited Designing Worlds (2016) and Made in Italy: (Bloomsbury 2014).