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3D World is designed for all CG artists, covering animation, VFX, games and arch-viz. Every month enjoy new tutorials written by leading CG creatives.
Published twice a year by the Architectural Association School of Architecture, AA Files looks to promote original and engaging writing on architecture. It does this by drawing on the AA School’s own academic research, lecture programme, exhibitions and events, as well as a rich and eclectic mix of architectural scholarship from all over the world.
Adbusters describes itself as “a global network of artists, activists, writers, pranksters, students, educators and entrepreneurs who want to advance the new social activist movement of the information age. This is their advertising-free, activist magazine.
One of the leading magazines on art, design, photography, architecture, music, film and performance
In-depth considerations of the work of contemporary artists, as well as essays on art history and critical theory.
Published monthly by the American Society of Cinematographers
A magazine all about the art, business and technology of animation
AnOther Magazine features a blend of high fashion and world-class photography with features on the arts, politics and literature. Published twice a year, AnOther Magazine quickly established a reputation for highly original content brought together in its pages by an emerging set of photographers, stylists and writers bound by a search for creativity and authenticity. Each beautifully crafted edition is a collectors’ item.
Quarterly magazine with a focus on photography
Industry-led weekly British architectural magazine. Includes current news and in-depth project articles.
Covering both news and theory for the industry, each edition is edited by an invited guest editor.
AR features an unrivalled collection of significant buildings from around the world, brought to life by compelling critiques and beautifully illustrated with superb photography, drawings and technical details.
Peer-reviewed journal of the Architectural Humanities Research Association, Architecture and Culture investigates the relationship between architecture and the culture that shapes and is shaped by it.
Building reviews, opinion and analysis, detail design and building product specification information.
A fashion magazine for men published biannually since 1994, ‘brother’ magazine to the women’s fashion biannual Pop. Regular long-time contributors have included David Bradshaw, Steven Klein, Steven Meisel, Simon Foxton, Bruce Weber, Karl Templer, Alasdair McLellan, Joe McKenna, Panos Yiapanis, Nicola Formichetti, Olivier Rizzo, Tim Blanks, Murray Healy, Paul Morley, David Sims and Thom Murphy.
Art Libraries Journal is the main international forum of the art library profession worldwide, with contributions from key specialists in art librarianship and the management of visual resources, and also from archivists and museum curators.
Available online.
One of the UK's leading contemporary art magazines
An international monthly magazine specialising in contemporary art
Baseline sets out to reflect all aspects of type, including its design, history, use, and links to the graphic, art and craft scenes. The magazine’s contents are deliberately eclectic. It publishes historical and new material, from academic as well as journalistic sources. Currently on hiatus.
The first trend magazine for flowers and plants and how they relate to fashion, interiors and other industries. Ceased publishing 2021.
Architecture and design magazine offering a mixture of criticism, news and feature writing. Ceased publishing 2021.
British Cinematographer is Europe's No.1 magazine covering the art and craft of international cinematography.
In-depth articles, profiles of photographers, analyses, and technological reviews.
A quarterly magazine of arts and culture that believes curiosity is the very basis of ethics. No longer published.
Bilingual magazine which is written in both German and English which concentrates solely on the photography of contemporary visual artists.
Cereal is a biannual, travel & style magazine based in the United Kingdom.
Bimonthly magazine devoted to motion picture visual effects.
The whole universe of accessories, from bags to footwear, belts and bijoux in a single magazine. Over 200 photographs in 4 issues each year; two dedicated to the prêt-à-porter fashion shows and two to brands, the photographic reportage on leading trends and the latest ideas from each brand, man and woman. Ceased publishing 2020.
The complete visual survey on the designer shows compiled in two issues; in March and October, showing the Milan and New York collections as well as reports from Hong Kong, Rio de Janeiro, Sao Paulo and Barcelona; in April and November, the collections from Paris, London and Madrid. Ceased publishing 2020.
Collezioni Haute Couture presents the latest collections of the top couturiers, as shown in Paris and Rome, captured by more than 2000 colour photos and including the most beautiful materials, wedding dresses and accessories. Ceased publishing 2020.
The most complete compendium on modern sport and streetwear. Research fashion labels, trend setting brands, the most innovative designers. From street to international catwalks, passing through specialised salons, a three monthly which gathers together and previews all the sector trends. 2 issues per year. Ceased publishing 2020.
A complete and compact seasonal overview of men’s fashion (Classic, formalwear, special occasions, sportswear and knitwear) featuring designer collections and the most important international shows. Ceased publishing 2020.
'A magazine about the rest of the world'
Founded in 1959, Communication Arts is a source of inspiration for graphic designers, art directors, design firms, corporate design departments, advertising agencies, interactive designers, illustrators and photographers—everyone involved in visual communication.
An essential read for graphic designers, illustrators or creative professionals looking to develop their skill set and career. Offers insightful guides, inspiration, industry advice and creative software skills.
Costume is published in January and June each year by the Costume Society, who aim to promote the study and preservation of historic and contemporary dress.
The Costume & Textile Association seeks to promote the unique costume and textile collection of the Norfolk Museums Service.
Crafts magazine is produced by the Crafts Council, highlighting the work of current contemporary craft, including news, reviews and maker profiles.
The magazine focuses on commercial creativity, covering design, advertising, photography, branding, digital products, film and gaming. The magazine is published bimonthly in print and also has an online magazine and a podcast.
Online full text available up until 10/01/2016.
Founded by Jefferson Hack and Rankin in 1991, the independent British fashion, culture and arts magazine has a strong global reputation for its groundbreaking and trendsetting editorial and its support of new generations of fashion, art, literature, photography and music talent. DazedDigital.com, their online magazine, is updated daily, hosting interactive projects, extra editorial content, exclusive music and fashion film.
Design and Culture reflects the state of scholarship in the field of design and nurtures new or overlooked lines of inquiry that redefine our understanding of design.
Design for Health is an international refereed journal covering all aspects of design in the context of health and wellbeing.
International, professional journal dealing with architecture and construction. Every issue focuses on a different aspect of construction, giving contemporary examples which are illustrated with plans and photographs. DETAIL also archives all its project information on their database ‘DETAIL Inspiration’, including images and research for over 3000 projects.
The world’s most influential architecture, interiors and design magazine.
DOAJ (Directory of Open Access Journals) contains almost 17 500 peer-reviewed, open access journals covering all areas of science, technology, medicine, social sciences, arts and humanities.
In a beautifully designed large format, this architecture and design magazine is written in both Italian and English. Published 11 times a year, Domus has article and news based content.
A design/art magazine founded by Stuart Bailey, Peter Bilak and Jürgen X. Albrecht which was published between 2000-2010.
Drapers is your key to the UK fashion business. Every week, Drapers features the finest news, trends, catwalks, top fashion jobs, exclusive sales data and insightful viewpoints. Access online content via https://www.drapersonline.com/subs-offers/norwich-university and set up your account using your NUA email address.
Promotes and disseminates drawing research with a focus on contemporary practice and its theoretical context.
E-flux is a publishing platform and archive, artist project, curatorial platform, and enterprise which was founded in 1998. Its news digest, events, exhibitions, schools, journal, books, and the art projects produced and/or disseminated by e-flux describe strains of critical discourse surrounding contemporary art, culture, and theory internationally. Its monthly publication e-flux journal has produced essays commissioned since 2008 about cultural, political, and structural paradigms that inform contemporary artistic production.
Ecotextile News, the environmental magazine for the global supply chain. It provides expert comment and news stories on environmental and social compliance in the global textile supply chain, an influential voice among retailers, brands and influences the buying decisions of key international companies on how they can – and should – source textiles and clothing in their supply chains. Online content is only accessible on campus.
Multi-format video game magazine
El Croquis (Spanish for "The Sketch") is an award-winning architectural magazine with each edition showcasing a leading international architect. NUA Library classifies each of these as books, so you will find them in the main section of the library rather than with the other journals. If you click on "Access Resource", filter the results by "Books" to get the results for our copies of the El Croquis journal.
A quarterly art, design and culture magazine.
Produced by the Embroiderer’s Guild to raise the profile of textiles and stitched art, this journal includes current news of the latest shows and events from around the UK.
Emigre was a graphic design magazine published between 1985 - 2005. It was one of the first publications to use Macintosh computers and had a large influence on graphic designers moving into desktop publishing (DTP). Its variety of layouts, use of guest designers, and opinionated articles also had an effect on other design publications.
Twice yearly international art magazine for contemporary photography and new media.
A quarterly printed magazine about graphic design and visual culture.
The Face is a British music, fashion and culture monthly magazine originally published from 1980 to 2004, and relaunched in 2019.
Fashion and Textiles is a peer-reviewed Open Access journal which aims to advance knowledge and to seek new perspectives in the fashion and textiles industry worldwide.
Fashion Practice is the first peer-reviewed academic journal to cover the full range of contemporary design and manufacture within the context of the fashion industry.
‘Fashion Theory takes as its starting point a definition of ‘fashion’ as the cultural construction of the embodied identity. The importance of studying the body as a site for the deployment of discourses has been well established in a number of disciplines’
Bimonthly magazine focused on contemporary art
International photography magazine.
Frame is devoted to interior design, architecture, product design and exhibition design.
Leading magazine for contemporary art and culture
A magazine about issues of Arts and Culture
FX reports on the design of offices, hotels, healthcare, education and leisure interiors, as well as fostering debate and discussion within the design industry.
gal-dem is a new media publication, committed to telling the stories of people of colour from marginalised genders. With our online and print magazine, we’re addressing inequality and misrepresentation in the industry through platforming the creative and editorial work of our community across essays, opinion, news, arts, music, politics and lifestyle content.
Quarterly peer reviewed international journal that publishes innovative theoretical and empirical research about games and culture within interactive media. The journal serves as a premiere outlet for ground-breaking work in the field of game studies.
An arts and culture magazine conceived, written and illustrated by artists, each issue has a distinct theme and features essays, fiction, gallery profiles and previews, artist features, film club, interviews and comment.
Probes beyond the established design disciplines to enrich and diversify current discourse. Scholarly, poetic, and visually lush, each issue triggers new interpretations of design’s defining role in today’s culture. Distinguished and unexpected voices from the fields of architecture, landscape architecture, and urban planning meet those from the realms of art, science, literature, and beyond. Publishes twice yearly.
Hero strives to be a magazine and website that is not afraid to be visually led and arresting. It has beautiful photography, amazing fashion and great, informal interviews with actors, designers and friends – something to celebrate and revel in.
An interdisciplinary, peer-reviewed journal dedicated to the critical understanding of the domestic sphere, its artefacts, spaces and relations, across time-frames and cultures.
Long standing quarterly international photography magazine
For the culturally and visually hungry, Hunger is a biannual magazine from photographer and publisher, Rankin.
Hypebeast is the leading destination for men's contemporary fashion and streetwear.
i-D has come a long way since its pre-digital, cut-and-paste days, developing into a glossy magazine that documents fashion and contemporary culture, while also breaking ground defining it.
British architecture and design magazine established in 2003 by Marcus Fairs.
Focuses on graphic design and typography, published in Tokyo.
The IEEE Transactions on Games (T-G) publishes original high-quality articles covering scientific, technical, and engineering aspects of games.
The articles in this journal are peer reviewed in accordance with the requirements set forth in the IEEE PSPB Operations Manual
A general magazine about illustration – the artists, the collectors, the collections, the exhibitions, the history, the philosophy and the key events relating to this subject. Covers the work of great artists from the past as well as new graduates currently coming out of college.
Features digital and traditional drawing skills.
Brings together the best critical work on the analysis of all types of spaces. This journal investigates the complexities of the interior environment’s composition and its impact on the inhabitant from a trans-disciplinary perspective.
The International Journal of Film and Media Arts is an open access, subsidized by the Film and Media Arts Department of Lusófona University, Lisboa, Portugal. IJFMA is a semiannual publication focusing on all areas of film and media arts research and critique, namely animation, television, media arts and videogames, and their varied social and cultural forms of expression and materialization.
Academic, peer-reviewed journal entirely dedicated to food design research and practice.
Quarterly journal highlighting the best in Japanese architecture.
An established journal, supporting and promoting the continuing expansion in interdisciplinary research focused on consumption and consumer culture, the journal reflects the need to engage critically with modern consumer culture and to understand its central role in contemporary social processes.
The Journal of Contemporary Painting (JCP) is a discursive peer-reviewed publication concerned with the practice of contemporary painting in its broadest sense
This journal 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.
The journal encourages new critical writing on illustration, associated visual communication,and the role of the illustrator as visualizer, thinker, and facilitator.
This journal publishes articles about research through textile designing and making; research informed by textiles; and research for textile design education.
Juxtapoz is a quarterly magazine that documents and makes accessible the creative life. Includes illustration, graphics, street art, sculpture, film, textiles, fashion.
Delving into home, work, style and culture, Kinfolk promotes quality of life and connects a community of creative professionals from London to Tokyo
A French fashion magazine first published in 1921, this journal targets upper-income educated women aged 25 to 49.
Established in 2004, LE GUN is an art collective consisting of five artist illustrators (Bill Bragg, Chris Bianchi, Neal Fox, Robert Rubbish, and Steph von Reiswitz) and two designers (Alex Wright and Matt Appleton) who met as graduates at London’s Royal College of Arts. This is their self-titled cult magazine. After being on hiatus for some years, the magazine made a come-back with issue no. 6 in 2018.
NUA Library holds all issues (1-6) in its Special Collection, please ask a member of staff if you would like to see Le Gun.
Independently published magazine covering film and cinema. Features lots of original illustration.
A platform for the practice and perception of architecture. Mark is a visual, non-academic publication full of first-hand information from creative people.
'The definitive international source for analysis of contemporary art and culture'
Contemporary art magazine.
International feminist art journal
New Design covers product and industrial design, including innovations and design processes.
Nobrow is a London-based publishing company, started in 2008 with the aim of providing an independent platform for graphic art, Illustration and art comics in the UK and abroad. This is their bi-annual magazine.
NUA Library holds all issues, 1-10, in the Library’s Special Collection at 755.4 NOB. Please ask a member of staff if you would like to see Nobrow.
Notebook is a daily, international film publication. Our mission is to guide film lovers searching, lost or adrift in an overwhelming sea of content. We offer text, images, sounds and video as critical maps, passways and illuminations to the worlds of contemporary and classic film. Notebook is a MUBI publication.
Magazine featuring the best in contemporary graphic design, illustration, photo design, corporate design and typography. In the novum plus section each issue takes a close look at a different field of design such as typography, paper, book design or illustration. The individual themes are looked at from the point of view of technical experts, clients and designers.
Nylon is an American multi-platform media company and magazine that focus on pop culture and fashion. Its coverage includes art, beauty, music, design, celebrities, technology and travel. Its name references New York and London.
Influential typographic magazine produced by the design practice 8vo between 1986-1992.
At the forefront of art criticism and theory, October focuses critical attention on the contemporary arts—film, painting, music, media, photography, performance, sculpture, and literature—and their various contexts of interpretation.
Oh is about new ways of looking inside ourselves and out at the world. A mindfulness magazine with a fresh perspective – where mindfulness is nothing more of less magical than the good stuff we knit into our days, in the most ordinary ways. With beautiful photography and illustration at its heart, oh is a place to meet new people, hear their stories and leave you looking at life with a little, welcome fresh perspective.
Paper is a New York City-based independent magazine focusing on fashion, popular culture, nightlife, music, art and film. No longer in publication (Spring 2020).
Parkett was an international magazine specializing in contemporary art. The magazine ceased publication in Summer 2017 with its 100th issue.
Triannual peer-reviewed academic journal published by Routledge.
Photoworks commissions new photography, produces exhibitions and events including the Brighton Photo Biennial, publishes books and an annual magazine.
POP celebrates fashion, art, design, retail, pop culture, pop music and much more in our rapidly shifting world. Pop is the magazine the international catwalk creatives look to for a fresh perspective on all that is new and truly exciting.
Rather than focusing on the how-to of design, the experts who write for Print cover the why—why the world of design looks the way it does, how it has evolved, and why the way it looks matters. The paper version of the magazine ceased publication at the end of 2017, but it continues as a website.
The authorized Journal of the Royal Society of Painter-Printmakers. Comments on aesthetic, educational and theoretical matters relating to printmaking, as well as bringing the reader new developments in print technology and re-assessments of traditional methods. Many of our writers are printmakers and speak from experience.
Bridging the gap between art and fashion since 1992.
Raw Vision is the world's only international journal of the art of “unknown geniuses”. Untrained, unschooled and uninfluenced by the art world, their work stuns and amazes. They invent their own forms, techniques and create private worlds.
An American alternative rock-and-roll magazine, first published in 1992 in Santa Monica, California. Led by founding art director David Carson, along with founding editor Neil Feineman, it explored experimental magazine typographic design and unique angles on the pop cultural currents of the 90s. The editorial content was framed in a chaotic, abstract style, not always readable (it once published an interview with Bryan Ferry entirely in the symbol font Zapf Dingbats), but distinctive in appearance.
Ceased publication in 2000
Produced by the Royal Institute of British Architects, offering essential reading, in-depth building studies and the latest thinking on architectural practice matters.
Romka was a collective photo album — established artists as well as amateurs share the stories behind their most treasured photographs. Publication ceased.
Leading international journal of academic film and television studies
Film news, latest film reviews and reports from film festivals and film awards around the world
Selvedge Magazine offers the world’s finest textile photography, unparalleled design and peerless writing. Readers share a belief in the importance of their material surroundings and a passion for the beautiful and beautifully made. Directed towards an international, discerning audience, Selvedge covers fine textiles in every context: fine art, interiors, fashion, travel and shopping.
This pioneering journal provides a crucial forum for the exploration of this vital new area of inquiry.
It brings together groundbreaking work in the humanities and social sciences and incorporates cutting-edge developments in art, design and architecture. Every volume contains something for and about each of the senses, both singly and in all sorts of novel configurations.
Quarterly publication from Ireland. It reviews all the latest new photography by the very best new artists from all over the world
Sportswear International is the only global industry publication that focuses on denim, sportswear, casual, sophisticated and contemporary fashion. Providing inside information, trend reports, stories about top stores and the most influential players and labels, stunning fashion shoots and invaluable insight into the workings and offerings of an ever-changing industry. Ceased publication in 2020, now published as The Spin Off, see separate record for details.
Storehouse is NUA’s Students’ Union official magazine, independently created by students for students. Storehouse is a well-recognised publication with established sponsors, with two issues published every year, each covering a particular theme.
Available in print and online.
Aims to describe the nature of comics, to identify the medium as a distinct art form and to address the medium's formal properties.
Since its inception in 1998, Tank magazine's quality and thinking has been founded on the quality of people they talk to and who they collaborate with across every page of the magazine. Published as a collectable quarterly, each issue delves into a prescient cultural theme- at-large. They take the time for deep consideration of ideas across fashion, literature, architecture, music, politics, film, art, design, society and technology.
Tate's art magazine, published three times a year.
TDR is scholarly, accessible, and dynamic with a global appeal. Each article is tightly focused, but the effect of the whole is of a broad range of topics. TDR is at the cutting edge of performance studies. TDR supports progressive political and social movements and ideas. TDR is inclusive and interdisciplinary. Written by and for scholars and artists—and their students—TDR is where leaders and future leaders of performance studies go for performance texts, performative writing, editorials, reviews, and articles about the performing arts, performance in everyday life, politics, popular entertainment, business, and sports.
Produced by the Textiles Society to promote the study of textile disciplines, Text celebrates the history and culture of textiles, both traditional and contemporary.
Textile brings together research in textile studies in an innovative and distinctive academic forum. Peer-reviewed and in full-colour throughout.
International trend information for the whole of the textile and fashion market.
Textile View forecasts trends for the upcoming seasons concerning colours, materials, design and styling, including street and retail reports. Ceased publishing, now published as View.
Established in 1998, The Design Journal is an international refereed journal covering all aspects of design. The journal is published six times a year and provides a forum for design scholars, professionals, educators and managers worldwide.
The Gentlewoman celebrates modern women of style and purpose. Its fabulous biannual magazine offers a fresh and intelligent perspective on fashion that’s focused on personal style – the way women actually look, think and dress. Featuring ambitious journalism and photography of the highest quality, it showcases inspirational women through its distinctive combination of glamour, personality and warmth. These qualities are also at the heart of its website, thegentlewoman.com, a virtual place where real women, real events and real things are enjoyed.
"the modernist offers unique perspectives on 20th-century architecture and design. With its pages full of bus stops, B-roads and concrete — you won’t find any swaying fields of wheat here. But don’t be fooled by all the municipal mundanity; warm and endearingly nerdy, this is an unconventional but nonetheless idyllic picture of Britain. In these strange times, there is solace to be found in the quiet fanaticism of this magazine." (Stack Magazines)
The Spin Off is an international B2B fashion publication featuring concepts, brands, stores, trends and products that are sustainable and future-minded. Previously published as Sportswear International.
The Stage Media Company Limited provides news and services for the UK theatre, entertainment and performing arts industry. The Stage is an essential resource for actors and performers, backstage workers, creative teams and those in training and education.
Theatre, Dance and Performance Training ( TDPT) is a rigorously peer-reviewed journal that provides a forum for practitioners, academics, creative artists and pedagogues to articulate research into performance training in all its diversity.
Provides global higher education coverage. Find world university rankings, news, opinions, features and book reviews. Free to all members of NUA, sign up to the newsletter for regular news updates.
Magazine which concentrates exclusively on painting and is written predominantly by practising painters. Part of the art school of the same name in London.
Founded in 1933, this Swiss magazine focuses on typography and photography. Over the years the magazine has played host to an all star cast of contributors including: Herbert Matter, Emil Ruder, Max Caflisch, Wolfgang Weingart, Jan Tschichold, Adrian Frutiger, Jost Hochuli, Walter Cyliax, Helmut Schmidt, Atelier Eidenbenz, Hans Rudolf Lutz and many others.
Launched in 1973 by Herb Lubalin, Aaron Burns and Ed Rondthaler, U&lc was initially created as a mouthpiece for the promotion of typefaces produced by the International Typeface Corporation. At its height, the magazine had a circulation of more than 200,000 and established a reputation for original articles and exciting new designs. Ceased publication in 1999.
A book in the Library covers U&lc contribution to typography: Berry John D. (2005) U&lc: influencing design and typography.
Find it at shelfmark: 754.62 BER.
A magazine devoted to typography, type casting, and artists who use type in their work. The magazine was designed by Simon Loxley, an academic member of staff at NUA.
Ceased publication in 2016
A bi-annual magazine celebrating influential perspectives on contemporary culture.
A review of contemporary art
A quarterly print magazine inspired by craft, design and illustration. A playful exploration of creativity, an affinity for vintage ephemera, and a love of handmade are some elements common in each issue.
Published bi-annually by the Association of Illustrators, Varoom is the globally leading illustration magazine featuring a unique combination of industry insight and critical analysis of the field of illustration.
Vestoj is a research platform and the leading public intellectual in the field of fashion. Vestoj examines people’s relationship to their clothes and fashion’s relationship to identity. Vestoj presents fashion knowledge at the highest level, emphasising inclusive and equitable dissemination to a broad and diverse audience. Vestoj expresses complex ideas in a straight-forward manner, and shows that fashion is not only about objects, but rather a mindset and approach to identity, culture and life.
View Magazine is the trend forecast for the respectively four upcoming seasons concerning colours, materials, design and styling for women’s, men’s and children’s wear, including street and retail reports, reports on merchandising, as well as analysis of consumer behaviour and its influence on fabric and fashion trends. Previously know as Textiles View.
Viewpoint Colour, created by View Publications in collaboration with FranklinTill Associates, is a unique magazine devoted to colour. Catering to all colour conscious industries, the magazine provides visual inspiration, direction and a global perspective on colour from the world’s leading colour experts.
The most famous fashion magazine in the world.
Vogue Italia is the Italian edition of Vogue magazine. Owned by Condé Nast International, it is the least commercial of all editions of Vogue magazine and has been called the top fashion magazine in the world.
The French edition of Vogue magazine, Vogue Paris, is a fashion magazine that has been published since 1920.
A complete searchable archive of American Vogue, from the first issue in 1892 to the current month, reproduced in high-resolution colour page images. Every page, advertisement, cover and fold-out has been included, with rich indexing enabling you to find images by garment type, designer and brand names. The Vogue Archive preserves the work of the world’s greatest fashion designers, stylists and photographers and is a unique record of American and international fashion, culture and society from the dawn of the modern era to the present day.
An independent journal which discusses architecture in its broadest sense, including designing environments, attitudes to social structures, and the cultural and political significance of architecture.
The world’s number one global design journal, championing the best in architecture, interiors, fashion, art and contemporary art.
British avant-garde music magazine