Design Special Collection

Level 2, Prahran Campus Library

The Design Special Collection is a collection of Historical source material and contemporary design related material.

• Historical source material
  Journals, leaflets and ephemera on Australian art, architecture, interior design, fashion, costume, performing arts, circus, graphic arts and industrial design. The period covered is mainly the first half of the 20 th century.
  
• Contemporary material
  Design tools such as colour charts and samples of printed objects in unusual format

You are welcome to use this collection. Please ask the staff at the Service desk for access. Material may be used only in the library and is not available for loan.

Search an index of articles in the Collection

The following periodicals have been indexed:

• Architecture and Arts
• Art in Australia
• Australia Beautiful
• Australia Today
• Australian Journal of Architecture and Arts
• Decoration and Glass
• Everyones
• Home and Garden Beautiful
• The Architectural review
• The Australian Furnishing Trade Journal
• The Australian Home Beautiful
• The Australian Women’s Weekly
• The BP Magazine
• The Home Annual
• The Home
• The Lone Hand
• Women’s Day