All guides: Furniture Design, Industrial Design and Product Design: Journals and magazines

Academic journals

Journals contain articles that report research findings or review research developments within a subject area. Articles from academic peer-reviewed journals go through a process of review by one or more experts in the subject area.

Search collections of journals using the databases listed on the key resources page or get access directly to a recommended selection of design journals below:

Design Issues
The first American academic journal to examine design history, theory, and criticism. Features include theoretical and critical articles by professional and scholarly contributors, extensive book reviews, and illustrations. (peer-reviewed)
Journal of Design History
Plays an active role in the development of design history, as well as contributing to the broader field of studies of visual and material culture. (peer-reviewed)
FormAkademisk
An open access research journal of design and design education – is a peer-reviewed scientific forum for the documentation of design and design education research from a perspective of innovation and sustainability. (peer-reviewed)
Design Studies
A leading international academic journal focused on design activity across all domains of application, including engineering and product design, architectural and urban design, computer artefacts and systems design. (peer-reviewed)
Journal of Modern Craft
This academic journal addresses all forms of making that self-consciously set themselves apart from mass production—whether in the making of designed objects, artworks, buildings, or other artefacts. (peer-reviewed)
Design Management Journal
A refereed journal devoted to articles and academic research exploring how design, products, and environments are a component of every organisation that can be effectively managed to make important contributions. (peer-reviewed)
Journal of Engineering Design
A leading international publication that provides an essential forum for dialogue on important issues across all disciplines and aspects of the design of engineered products and systems. (peer-reviewed)
Journal of Cleaner Production
A peer-reviewed journal focusing on cleaner production, environmental, and sustainability research and practice. (peer-reviewed)
Human factors
Publishing peer-reviewed scientific studies in human factors/ergonomics that present theoretical and practical advances concerning the relationship between people and technologies, tools, environments, and systems. (peer-reviewed)
Journal of Industrial Design and Engineering Graphics (JIDEG)
A referee journal of the Society of Engineering Graphics aiming to advance the science of engineering graphics and industrial design by creating a national organisation that is responsive to the needs of scientists and engineers concerned with graphics and design problems all around the world. (peer-reviewed)
Human factors and ergonomics in manufacturing
Covers issues relevant to manufacturing system design, engineering, social, and organisational design issues. (peer-reviewed)

Trade journals and magazines

Trade journals and magazines are excellent sources for the latest news and trends for a subject area. They generally have a focus on one industry and provide in-depth information on trends, new products and other topics of interest to people working in that discipline.

Artichoke (Design Institute of Australia)
Showcases interior architecture, design, objects, people and products. Australia’s design magazine presents examples of design excellence and engaging discussion of design issues to industry professionals as well as a broader audience.
Cubic Journal
An open access publication aimed at the dissemination of design related research. Operating from within The Hong Kong Polytechnic University’s School of Design (PolyU Design).
Damn Magazine
An independent publication sharing new ideas on design, architecture, and art. Each issue has a focus on a subject or theme.
Domus
A renowned Italian magazine focusing on ideas regarding style in homemaking and furnishing with an international perspective.
Frame
Featuring contemporary interior and product design content aimed at design professionals.
Form
Based in Germany, Form magazine features the work of cutting edge and modern designers in the fields of architecture, interior design, and product design.
Cabinet maker: the furniture and furnishing weekly
A print journal focusing on cabinet and furniture making, including industry news and trade.
ReNew
Provides readers with all the latest emerging technologies, trends, products, and best practice in sustainable living from Australia and around the world.
Innovation
A quarterly journal of the industrial Designers Society of America (IDSA), serving the needs of industrial designers.
Inside: interior review
Presenting the latest in interior projects and insightful discussions addressing design, both globally and locally, and the creative process that drives it forward.
Newdesign
A print magazine reporting on the latest design thinking, techniques and trends.
Axis magazine
A Japanese based design magazine containing projects that consider the future of society and design.
Eureka
A trade journal with a focus on industrial design, specifically mechanical engineering, and material information.
Design News
A monthly US trade publication providing information in the field of design and engineering.

How to locate e-Journals

See the Library’s e-Journals guide for tips on locating e-journal titles and full-text articles.

Weatherhead & Stitt, Design and Illustration, 1964, RMIT Design Archives.

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Furniture Design, Industrial Design and Product Design

Academic journals

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Newspapers

Is it a peer reviewed journal?