The Journal of William Morris Studies (UK) - Special Issue on Design - Call for Papers
• How did Morris’s design ideas and practice compare with those of his contemporaries?
• What fields best exemplify Morris’s enduring influence, or lack of influence, textiles, book
design, domestic interiors, etc?
• How have changes in consumer taste, and academic interest, affected the assessment or
appreciation of Morris?
• Why did Morris’s designs, and the designs of those who worked for him, create economic
and cultural value, social and personal meaning, in his time and ours?
• What do Morris artefacts mean to the purchaser/possessor?
• To what extent have Morris & Co designs, and products, been subsumed within capitalist
market processes? Or, do they somehow stand outside?
• What were Morris’s views on workplace and job design and does this relate to the current
revival of interest in craft design and production?
• What is Morris’s place in global design history?
• What has Morris to say to those involved in sustainable design?
If you have a proposal and would like to run it by the editor, John Blewitt, please send an email to
journal@williammorrissociety.org
Articles should be in the region of 5000-6000 words.
Copy deadline is September 22, 2025. Guidelines for contributors can be found at: https://williammorrissociety.org/guidelines-for-contributors/
