Donna has contributed to a variety of publications, academic journals and magazines, including British Vogue, Harper’s Bazaar, Blueprint and Icon. She has considerable experience of writing clear and accessible text for exhibition, information panels, exhibit captions, exhibition guides and media releases. Her PhD thesis explored the development of design curating as theory and practice. She is currently preparing for publication a series of journal articles and a book from her PhD thesis.
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
Curating Design: Context, Culture and Reflective Practice, 1980 - 2018
PhD thesis, Kingston University, awarded January 2019.
Hello, My Name is Paul Smith: Fashion and Other Stories
Exhibition publication, co-authored with Deyan Sudjic, Rizzoli, 2013.
In Case of Design - Inject Critical thinking
Essay contributor, Freda Jeppsson, (ed.), Stockholm, 2010.
Curating Contemporary Design
Special supplement, co-edited with Professor Catherine McDermott, Blueprint, June 2006.
Phaidon Design Classics (3-volume set)
Object texts contributor, Phaidon Press, 2006.
Modern Britain 1929-1939
Exhibition catalogue, co-edited with James Peto, Design Museum, 1999.