designinform is a new online resource for researching the history of modern design and the applied arts. It contains three separate design databases on one platform: Design Abstracts Retrospective, Design ProFILES, and ReVIEW.
Design Abstracts Retrospective (DAR) is an abstracting and indexing service that covers many of the most important design and applied arts journals and annuals published during the twentieth century. DAR covers articles on all aspects of design, from architecture to embroidery.
Design ProFILES (DP) is a biographical dictionary of modern designers, craftspeople, artists, and architects. It includes profiles of every single designer, architect, craftsperson, studio, workshop, etc., whose work is discussed or illustrated in the journals and yearbooks covered by DAR.
ReVIEW contains full-text nineteenth and early twentieth century art journals. ReVIEW aims to digitize many of the most important decorative and fine arts journals published in Europe and the USA during this period.