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Dear Members I would like to bring to your attention the latest special issue to the Journal of Design History entitled "Dangerous Liaisons: Relationships Between Art, Craft and Design". About the Journal: Journal of Design History is a leading journal in its field. It plays an active role in the development of design history (including the history of the crafts and applied arts), as well as contributing to the broader field of studies of visual and material culture. The journal includes a regular book reviews section and lists books received, and publishes special issues. The Journal is published on behalf of the Design History Society. Further information about the Journal can be found at: http://www3.oup.co.uk/design/scope/default.html About the special issue: Co-Editors of this special issue are Grace Lees-Maffei and Linda Sandino. The aim of this special issue is to offer a selection of focused, historically-situated analyses that clearly elucidate the value of reflecting on the dynamism of these categories for understanding their objects. Grace Lees-Maffei and Linda Sandino provide a full and interesting introduction followed by articles as follows: The Ethics of Making: Craft and English Sculptural Aesthetics c.1851 - 1900 - Martina Droth Significant Other: Art and Craft in the Career and Marriage of Mary Watts - Melanie Unwin Fine Art and the Fan 1860 - 1930 - Pamela Gerrish Nunn Here's One I Made Earlier: Making and Living with Home Craft in Contemporary Britain - Jo Turney Here Today, Gone Tomorrow: Transient Materiality in Contemporary Cultural Artefacts - Linda Sandino The issue will be available first week in September and copies are available at £14.00 per copy including delivery. We can offer discounted rates for purchases of 5 copies or more. If you would like to proceed with an order, please email your order confirmation to [log in to unmask] giving full delivery details (including telephone, fax and contact name) and full invoice details (including any purchase order numbers you require on the invoice). Thank you for your attention to this matter and we look forward to hearing from you further. Kind regards Julie Julie Gribben Journals Special Sales Manager Oxford University Press Great Clarendon Street Oxford OX2 6DP UK Tel: +44 [0] 1865 353827 Fax: +44 [0] 1865 353774 Email:[log in to unmask] For more information about OUP Journals, see www3.oup.co.uk/jnls/sales or visit our journals web site at www.oupjournals.org