Studio Properties: A Field Guide to Design Education

By James Benedict Brown, Elizabeth Boling, James Corazzo

There is something special about a studio as a place of practice and learning.

Studio is a complex form of teaching and learning. If you have not experienced studio, it may seem mysterious, even chaotic. If you have experienced studio, you may want to know more about how and why it works. Either way, Studio Properties will deepen your understanding of studio to help you teach, research, or administer design education more effectively and with greater confidence and creativity.

Use Studio Properties like a field guide. You will discover the components of studio broken down into individual properties. You will find clear descriptions and a wealth of research references that illuminate studio. You will be guided in understanding the relationships between properties without being limited to one model or approach.

In this innovative and non-linear book, available in print, ebook and open access, six internationally renowned and award-winning educators and researchers from various studio disciplines invite you to explore familiar and less-familiar aspects of studio.

The ebook editions of this book are available open access under a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 licence on bloomsburycollections.com. Open access was funded by the Open University.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 135040750X
• ISBN13: 9781350407503
• Release Date: August 2025
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Visual Arts
• Length: 344 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.2" x 9.2"