Design Issues is the first peer-reviewed

Peer review

Peer review is a process of self-regulation by a profession or a process of evaluation involving qualified individuals within the relevant field. Peer review methods are employed to maintain standards, improve performance and provide credibility...

 academic journal

Academic journal

An academic journal is a peer-reviewed periodical in which scholarship relating to a particular academic discipline is published. Academic journals serve as forums for the introduction and presentation for scrutiny of new research, and the critique of existing research...

 to examine design

Design

Design as a noun informally refers to a plan or convention for the construction of an object or a system while “to design” refers to making this plan...

 history, theory, and criticism. The journal typically include theoretical and critical articles, book reviews, and illustrations. Design Issues was established in 1984 and is published online and in hard copy by the MIT Press

MIT Press

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. Since the Winter, 2008 edition of Design Issues, the publication has been headquartered at the Weatherhead School of Management

Weatherhead School of Management

The Weatherhead School of Management is a private business school of Case Western Reserve University located in Cleveland, Ohio. Weatherhead is considered a top-tier business school, with its strongest programs concentrated in organizational behavior, nonprofit business, information systems,...

at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio.