The Design Archives, University of Brighton is an internationally significant scholarly resource focusing on British design and global design organisations in the 20th century. Our goal is to promote the study of design.

We are a research base with a curatorial team that initiates and promotes collaborative activity through a programme of publication and exhibition projects. The Design Archives support the work of scholars and students from many academic disciplines researching the designed environment, the design profession and design practice.

Visit the Design Archives website to learn more.

Detailed collection information is available on the Archives Hub, a portal to descriptions of British university archives. Images and e-learning modules from the Design Archives are also available on the Visual Arts Data Service.

The Design Archives images on Flickr represent a small sample of the total collection. They are available for personal enjoyment or private study only.

Anyone wishing to reproduce, exhibit or make commercial use of an image in any medium (including print publications, television, films, public exhibitions, websites or other electronic media) must first seek written permission from the Design Archives. Images required for publication or exhibition may be subject to reproduction fees.