Biographies in the Design Files category
Series documenting the "careers of lesser-known and underappreciated female designers of the 20th century."
Industrial Designers Society of America
Comprehensive digital coverage back to 1980 is available for this internationally renowned U.S. newspaper through LexisNexis Academic.
HarpWeek lets you directly experience the richness and historical significance of Harper’s Weekly, America's leading 19th-century illustrated newspaper.
Search America's historic newspaper pages from 1836-1922 or use the U.S. Newspaper Directory to find information about American newspapers published between 1690-present. Chronicling America is sponsored jointly by the National Endowment for the Humanities and the Library of Congress
Online indexing of the Times (London) from 1790-1980 and the New York times from 1851-1923. Indexes can be searched individually or in combination by names, events, and subjects with Boolean, proximity, wildcard, and truncation search operators. Also includes the full text of Times (London) articles from 1785 to 1870.
Website for professional organization.
Full text of the journal from 1958 to the present.
Books at UI that cover human factors and ergonomics.
Resources from the US Department of Labor
Open Design Lab at Penn State
MaterialDistrict is the world’s leading match-making platform in the field of innovative materials. MaterialDistrict’s value as a high-end materials inspiration source is clear: R&D and design professionals of all industries are using our platform to discover new material solutions.
The online shared source for design material collections.
Browse or create an account (free) to save and create design boards.
A resource dedicated to in-depth material investigation in design. Online counterpart to physical lab/library.
The premier global non-profit organization that connects, promotes, and elevates the role of Design, Design Management, and Design Innovation in business, culture and society.
The Furniture Society is a non-profit, member-based organization representing, promoting, and connecting furniture makers, designers, collectors, curators, educators, and manufacturers from around the world.
The Industrial Designers Society of America's (IDSA) mission is to promote the practice of industrial design through education, information, community and advocacy.
ICoD is the world’s largest representative of professional designer entities.
ISFD a non-profit, professional organization dedicated to advancing and supporting furniture design and its impact in the marketplace.
