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> > designinform > Design Abstracts Retrospective > Design ProFILES > ReVIEW > designinform Research Guides > > > > designinform Digitization Project Progress Report > Dear Members > > > I thought you might like to know that our two-year project to digitize most of > the major US and European art, architecture and design serial literature > published between the 1870s and 1920s for the designinform database ReVIEW is > well underway. >>>> > In addition to the 35 or so titles already announced, see: > http://www.designinform.co.uk/review.htm we will also be digitizing the > following titles: >> >> > American Art Annual > > New York, NY: American Federation of Arts, monthly, 1898- [The period covered > by designinform ReVIEW will be 1898-1923. Available 2013] > > > LıArt et les Artistes. Revue Mensuelle dıArt Ancien et Moderne >> > Paris, France: Au Bureau de 'L'Art et les artistes', monthly, 1905-1939 [The > period covered initially by designinform ReVIEW will be 1905-1922. Available > 2014] > > The digitization will also include many of the special issues produced by > lıArt et les Artistes > > > Design in Modern Industry. The Year Book of the Design & Industries > Association > > London, England: Ernest Benn Ltd., 1922-24 [The period covered by > designinform ReVIEW will be 1922-24. Available 2013] > > > Drawing and Design > > London, England: Proprietors of Drawing and Design, monthly, 1920-1926 [The > period covered by designinform ReVIEW will be 1902-1926. Available 2013] > > > Dresslerıs Kunstjahrbuch / Dresslerıs Kunsthandbuch > > Berlin: Ernst Wasmuth A.-G., etc.: irregular,1906-1930 [The period covered > by designinform ReVIEW will be 1906-1921. Available 2012] > > Contains biographical information on thousands of contemporary German, > Austrian and German-speaking artists, architects and designers not included in > Thieme-Becker, Benezit, etc. Also contains profiles of most of the leading > art galleries, museums, art societies, art schools, etc. in Germany and > Austria. Very few libraries, even in Germany, have copies of this invaluable > research source. The volumes for 1906-08 were published in Gothic script. We > have converted there into modern German script > > > The Englishwomanıs Domestic Magazine > > London, England: S.O. Beeton, etc., monthly, 1852-1879 [The period covered by > designinform ReVIEW will be 1860-1879. Available 2014] > > > Femina > > Paris: Lafitte et Cie, monthly, 1901-1938 [The period covered by designinform > ReVIEW will be 1901-1925. Available 2014] > > > Industrial Arts > > London, England: Bernard Jones Publications, quarterly, 1936 [The period > covered by designinform ReVIEW will be 1936 (all published). Available 2013] > > > Kunst und Handwerk > > Munich: Druck und Verlag R. Oldenbourg, monthly, 1897-1920 [The period covered > by designinform ReVIEW will be 1897-1920. Available 2013] > > > Transactions of the National Association for the Advancement of Art and its > Application to industry > > London England: National Association for the Advancement of Art and its > Application to industry, annual, 1889-1891 [The period covered by designinform > ReVIEW > will be 1889-1891. Available 2012] > > Contains essays by William Morris, Walter Crane, Christopher Whall, J.D. > Sedding, C.R. Ashbee, T.J. Cobden-Sanderson, Emery-Walker, W. Holman Hunt, > John Brett, Heywood Sumner, Lewis F. Day, Patrick Geddes, Selwyn Image, > Stanhope Forbes, , G.F. Watts, A.H. Mackmurdo, Henry Holiday, W.S. Frith, etc. > > > Wendingen > > Amsterdam: MHCHIJ De Hooge Brug, monthly, 1918-1931 [The period covered by > designinform ReVIEW will be 1918-1925. Available 2013] > > > Whoıs Who in Architecture > > London, England: The Architectural Press, irregular, 1914, 1923, 1926 (all > published) [The period covered by designinform ReVIEW will be 1898-1923. > Available 2013] > > Only these three volumes published. Invaluable as a source for research on > British architects active during the years covered > > > Whoıs Who in British Advertising > > London, England: Gainsborough Publishing, 1924-1929 [The period covered > initially by designinform ReVIEW will be 1924. Available] > > > The Yearıs Art > > London, England: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington, annual, 1880-1947 > [The period covered by designinform ReVIEW will be 1898-1923. Available > 2013-14] > > For research on the history of British art during the years covered, this is > an indispensable source. Its digitization will formidable challenge > > >> > All the titles will be cross-searchable. We are now also adding biographical > data on all artists whose work is discussed or illustrated in these > publications; translating the titles of articles in foreign journals; and > subject indexing articles and images >> >> > We have plans to digitize a number of books and exhibition catalogues on > topics that compliment the journals we are digitizing. The first topic we have > chosen is The Art of the Poster. It will include a number of significant > titles published between the 1890s and 1920s. Future topics will include > International Exhibitions on Worldıs Fairs, and the Special issues of The > Studio magazine. > > We will be exhibiting at the forthcoming ARLIS conference in Pasadena and > would be pleased to talk to attendees about ideas we have for the future > development of designinform and the ReVIEW digitization project We will be > issuing a username and password to enable free access during the run up to and > for a period after the conference > > Best wishes >> > Chris > > Chris Mees > Editor designinform > Design Research Publications . Poundsford . Vicarage Lane . Burwash . East > Sussex . 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