Library Guides: Art &amp; Design: Spatial design

Databases useful for spatial design

Bloomsbury Design Library This link opens in a new window
Comprehensive global coverage of the history, theory and practice of crafts and design, from prehistoric times to the present day.
Art & Architecture Complete This link opens in a new window
Comprehensive bibliographic database indexing academic journals, magazines and trade publications. Content coverage includes art and art history, interior and landscape design, architecture and architecture history, decorative arts, graphic arts, painting, photography, printmaking, sculpture and more.
Art Full Text (EBSCO) This link opens in a new window
Featuring full-text articles, indexing and abstracts from an international array of publications, this database is a comprehensive resource covering fine, decorative and commercial art, as well as photography, folk art, film, architecture and much more.
JSTOR This link opens in a new window
Academic journal articles from a wide range of disciplines, with strong coverage in the arts and humanities. Includes Artstor, a database of high-resolution photographs of artworks and design objects from galleries, libraries, museums and archives across the world.
GreenFILE (EBSCO) This link opens in a new window
GreenFILE offers well-researched information covering all aspects of human impact on the environment. Its collection of scholarly, government and general-interest titles includes content on global warming, green building, pollution, sustainable agriculture, renewable energy, recycling, and more.
Kanopy Video Streaming This link opens in a new window
Video streaming database with multidisciplinary range of documentaries and training courses, including design, film studies, media, psychology, gender and diversity studies.

LinkedIn Learning (formerly Lynda.com)
Online skills training platform with thousands of videos on a broad range of topics, including technical design skills and design principles.

Don't forget you can also search Library Search for a broad search across all the AUT Library's databases and collections.

Useful websites

DigitalNZ
A search hub for historical pictures, sound files, videos, texts and objects from New Zealand’s archives, galleries, libraries and museums.
Digital Pasifik
Search items of digitised cultural heritage from Pacific peoples that are held in gallery, musuem and archival collections around the world.
Europeana Collections: Architecture
Collection of photographs, paintings and drawings of architecture, spaces and spatial design from museums and galleries throughout Europe.

Key journals and magazines

A+U: Architecture and Urbanism
An architectural magazine in Japanese and English that provides information on global architecture.
Architectural Review
Monthly international architectural and built environment magazine, published since 1896.
Architecture (New Zealand)
The official magazine of the NZ Institute of Architects, which covers the best local architecture, plus commentary on architectural competitions and awards, and issues of professional practice.
Blueprint
Magazine on architecture, design, and art.
Design Issues
Peer-reviewed academic journal covering design history, theory, and criticism.
The Design Journal: An International Journal for All Aspects of Design
International, peer-reviewed academic journal covering many aspects of design.
Domus
Milan-based architecture and design magazine.
The Funambulist: Politics of Space and Bodies
A journal that engages with the politics of space and bodies, with articles from international activists, academics and practitioners.
Grey Room
Cross-disciplinary journal with scholarly and theoretical articles from the fields of architecture, art, media, and politics.
Indesign
Australian magazine covering commercial architecture and design, with an emphasis on spaces in the workplace, education, hospitality, retail, healthcare and aged care sectors.
Interiority
Academic, peer-reviewed journal which covers interiority in various design-related disciplines: architecture, interior design, spatial design, and other relevant fields.