Design Abstracts Retrospective/Design ProFILES(DAR/DP), is published by Design Research Publications and distributed exclusively by ProQuest on the CSA Illumina platform. It forms a retrospective complement to Design and Applied Arts Index (DAAI), covering design journals and yearbooks published between 1900 and 1987, the year in which DAAI began, with a particular focus on titles that have not been indexed or abstracted before. The project is ongoing, with journals being indexed in their entirety from first issue, on a title-by-title basis.

The index was launched in April 2007, and titles in the initial releases have been selected because of their outstanding international coverage and breadth of scope, with articles on all aspects of applied arts, from architecture to embroidery. When complete, the index will cover at least 68 titles.

Design ProFILES is a unique resource which is included with a subscription to DAR, and consists of more than 16,000 profiles of designers, architects, craftspeople, photographers, studios and other institutions. This already makes it far and away the largest and most comprehensive dictionary of design and designers available, and the publishers expect to add a further 5,000 profiles per year.

‘Design Abstracts Retrospective and Design Profiles are critical resources for libraries serving art and design communities’, Ellen Petraits (Rhode Island School of Design), Art Libraries Journal (2009).

Titles covered in current release (July 2009):

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Major areas of coverage include:
• Advertising
• Architecture
• Book Design
• Calligraphy
• Ceramics
• Embroidery
• Exhibition Design
• Fashion
• Furniture Design
• Glass Art
• Graphic Design
• Illustration
• Industrial Design
• Interior Design
• Metalsmithing
• Mosaic Art
• Mural Painting and Decoration
• Packaging
• Photography
• Poster Design
• Theatre Design
• Typography

1900-1986

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More than 41,000 records as of July 2009.

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TI:	Title Raymond Loewy Associates: modern American industrial designing
AU:	Author Clarke, C F O
SO:	Source Graphis., vol. 2, no. 13, pp. 94-97, Jan-Feb. 1946.
IS:	ISSN 0017-3452
SA:	Subject/Artist Loewy, Raymond [1893-1986. USA. Industrial Designer] ; Raymond Loewy Associates [1944-1977. USA. Design Studio]
P3:	Profiles Loewy, Raymond [1893-1986. USA. Industrial Designer] [DARD123081] Raymond Loewy Associates [1944-1977. USA. Design Studio] [DARD158462]
AB:	Abstract A profile of the US industrial design consultancy Raymond Loewy Associates, founded by Raymond Loewy in 1944. The firm currently has offices in New York, Chicago, South Bend and Los Angeles, and employs a staff of some 160 designers. The article looks at how the firm operates and at the range of products it has designed which include high speed locomotives, pens, tractors and food packaging. [11 illustrations]
IL:	Illustrations illus.
LA:	Language English
SL:	Summary Language French; German
PY:	Publication Year 1946
PT:	Publication Type Article
UD:	Update 20070207
AN:	Accession Number DARA136656
PB:	Publisher Graphis. Originally published by Amstutz and Herdeg, Zurich From 1986 it has been published by: Graphis Inc., 307 Fifth Avenue 10th Floor New York NY 10016 USA Tel: +1 212 532-938. Fax: +1 212 213-3229.
EA:	Email Address [mailto: info@graphis.com]
FQ:	Frequency quarterly, from 1952, bi-monthly
PU:	Publisher Information 1944-. Principal subjects covered: graphic design; advertising graphics; illustration; photography; art direction; typography; industrial design; furniture. 'Graphis' was first published by Amstutz & Herdeg 'Graphis' Press, Zurich, in September 1944. It was edited by Dr Walter Amstutz and Walter Herdeg (1908-1985). Fom the outset the text was provided in three languages - German, English and French, and it had the subtitle 'Internationale Monatsschrift für Frei Graphik. Gebrachsgraphik und Dekoration. International Monthly for Graphic and Applied Art. Revue Mensuelle Internationale d'Arts Graphiques et d'Art Applique'. In 1986 the magazine was acquired by B. Martin Pedersen and its offices were relocated to New York City. With issue no.356 onwards 'Graphis' was divided into three separate magazines - Graphis Design Journal', 'Graphis Photography Journal' and 'Graphis Advertising Journal' Originally 'Graphis' focused on advertising, graphic design and related areas, however, over the years the magazine broadened its scope fields of design activity to include architecture, furniture, product design, photography. It also went from being a quarterly magazine to a bi-monthly in 1952

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AB = Abstract
AN = Accession Number
AU = Author
EA = Email Address
FQ = Frequency
IL = Illustrations
IS = ISSN
JI = Journal Issue
JN = Journal Name
JP = Journal Pages
JS = Journal Supplement
JV = Journal Volume
KW = Keywords
LA = Language
PB = Publisher
PT = Publication Type
PU = Publication Information
PY = Publication Year
RE = References
RL = Resource Location
SA = Subject/Artist
SL = Summary Language
SO = Source
TI = Title
UD = Update


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