Journal Articles
Barnes, A and
Harland, RG (2024)
Urban graphic heritage and the making of place: the ‘arsenalisation’ of the Emirates stadium,
Soccer and Society, ISSN: 1466-0970. DOI:
10.1080/14660970.2024.2384903.
Burger, Y,
Harland, RG, McKenzie, C (2024)
Named after Nelson: Tracing the threads of graphic heritage in Gauteng, South Africa,
Image & Text, ISSN: 1021-1497.
Harland, RG and Elbardawil, S (2024)
Graphic heritage calling: The temporal and spatial historic experience of the Wembley Stadium and Wembley Park milieu,
Soccer and Society, ISSN: 1466-0970.
Harland, RG (2024)
Developing an explanatory hypothesis for urban graphic heritage through the observation of physical traces,
The Design Journal, 27(3), pp.511-532, ISSN: 1460-6925. DOI:
10.1080/14606925.2024.2339651.
Harland, RG, Burger, Y, Barnes, A, Burger, EA (2024)
Memorialising Madiba in South Africa: the role of graphic heritage and toponymy in two contrasting urban places,
The Journal of Public Space, 7(1), pp.17-36, ISSN: 2206-9658. DOI:
10.32891/jps.v7i1.1571.
Harland, RG and Meron, Y (2023)
Design thinking: standing on the shoulders of … graphic design!,
Design Issues, ISSN: 0747-9360.
Barnes, A and
Harland, RG (2023)
Graphic heritage and the making of place,
Heritage & Society, ISSN: 2159-032X. DOI:
10.1080/2159032x.2023.2269364.
Harland, RG, Bridge, J, Nash, M, Rabagliati, M (2023)
Utilising graphic heritage for heritage interpretation: a case report on testing the applicability of graphic heritage as a development tool for UNESCO heritage designations,
Heritage & Society, ISSN: 2159-032X. DOI:
10.1080/2159032x.2023.2248580.
Corazzo, J,
Harland, RG, Honnor, A, Rigley, S (2019)
The challenges for graphic design in establishing an academic research culture: lessons from the Research Excellence Framework 2014,
The Design Journal, 23(1), pp.7-29, ISSN: 1460-6925. DOI:
10.1080/14606925.2019.1682446.
Asghar, S, Torrens, G, Iftikhar, H, Welsh, R,
Harland, RG (2019)
The influence of social context on the perception of assistive technology: using a semantic differential scale to compare young adults’ views from the United Kingdom and Pakistan,
Disability and Rehabilitation: Assistive Technology, 15(5), pp.563-576, ISSN: 1748-3107. DOI:
10.1080/17483107.2019.1646819.
Harland, RG and Liguori, A (2019)
Designing the Latina landscape: Graphic images of Italian Fascism,
Journal of Urban Design, 25(3), pp.350-368, ISSN: 1357-4809. DOI:
10.1080/13574809.2019.1638237.
Asghar, S, Torrens, G,
Harland, RG (2019)
Cultural influences on perception of disability and disabled people: A comparison of opinions from students in the United Kingdom (UK) Pakistan (PAK) about a generic wheelchair using a semantic differential scale,
Disability and Rehabilitation: Assistive Technology, 15(3), pp.292-304, ISSN: 1748-3115. DOI:
10.1080/17483107.2019.1568595.
Harland, RG, Liguori, A, Cole, G (2018)
Developing a digital archive for symbolic resources in urban environments - the Latina Project,
International Journal of Digital Curation, 12(2), pp.136-145, ISSN: 1746-8256. DOI:
10.2218/ijdc.v12i2.511.
Harland, RG (2015)
Testing keywords internationally to define and apply undergraduate assessment standards in art and design,
FORMakademisk, 8(1), pp.1-17, ISSN: 1890-9515. DOI:
10.7577/formakademisk.1407.
Harland, RG (2015)
Graphic objects and their contribution to the image of the city,
Journal of Urban Design, ISSN: 1357-4809. DOI:
10.1080/13574809.2015.1031211.
Burns, J, Corazzo, J, Hardie, K,
Harland, RG, Raven, D (2015)
Graphic design educators’ network: re-establishing the purpose and value of a graphic design subject association,
Art, Design & Communication in Higher Education, 14(2), pp.199-205, ISSN: 1474-273X. DOI:
10.1386/adch.14.2.199_3.
Harland, RG (2012)
Towards an integrated pedagogy of graphics in the United Kingdom,
Iridescent, Icograda Journal of Design Research, 2(1), pp.50-60, ISSN: 1923-5003. DOI:
10.1080/19235003.2012.11428503.
Harland, RG and Sawdon, PJ (2012)
From fail to first: Revising assessment criteria in art and design,
Art, Design & Communication in Higher Education, 10(1), pp.67-88, ISSN: 1474-273X. DOI:
10.1386/adch.10.1.67_1.
Harland, RG (2011)
The Dimensions of Graphic Design and Its Spheres of Influence,
Design Issues, 27(1), pp.21-34, DOI:
10.1162/DESI_a_00054.
Harland, RG (2008) Is there a doctor in the house? A graphic design research symposium,
Design History Society Newsletter, (115), pp.6-7, ISSN: 1473-9615.
Harland, RG (2003) Higher Faster Stronger: Lecturing Versus Commercial Practice,
The Designer, (14), pp.6-7, ISSN: 1468-4551.
Harland, RG (2001) Greenwich Pedestrian Signage,
CSD: the magazine of the Chartered Society of Designers, (9), p.6, ISSN: 1468-4551.
Harland, RG (1999) A Visual Identity for Gill Orsman,
CSD: the magazine of the Chartered Society of Designers, (1), p.6, ISSN: 1468-4551.
Conferences
Harland, RG, Barnes, A, Burger, Y (Accepted for publication) Migrating methods in graphic heritage research. In London Heritages 2025: Critical Questions – Contemporary Practice, Greenwich.
Moreira Fernandes Barata, A, Harland, RG, Burger, Y (Accepted for publication) The role of digital urban observatories for heritage: A view from the global south. In ICOMOS Scientific Symposium 2024, Ouro Preto, Brazil.
Münster, MB, Pan, AH, Harland, RG (Accepted for publication) A taste of home – The cultural significance and design of Hong Kong-style cafés (Cha Chaan Tengs) in the UK. In Urban futures – cultural pasts, Barcelona, Spain.
Harland, RG (2024)
Adelaide’s graphic heritage: the quintessential “contested” colonial city. In
Resistance, Recovery, Reflection, Reimagination: Design Research Society International Conference (DRS2024); Proceedings of DRS, Boston, MA, USA. DOI:
10.21606/drs.2024.1069.
Harland, RG, Pan, A, Barnes, A (2024)
The heritage language and graphic landscape of London’s Chinatown. In
DRS2024; Proceedings of DRS, Boston, MA, USA.
Harland, RG (2023)
Graphic standards in graphic heritage: Scope, scale, and unity through multiplicity in Islamic design. In Molestina, DDS, Galluzzo, L, Rizzo, F, Spallazzo, D (ed)
International Association of Societies of Design Research Congress 2023 (IASDR 2023); IASDR 2023: Life-Changing Design, Milan, Italy. DOI:
10.21606/iasdr.2023.498.
Harland, RG, Burger, Y, Burger, EA (2023)
Notes on public places in Madiba's memory: using archival resources for graphic heritage interventions in urban development. In Erk, GK (ed)
Representing Pasts – Visioning Futures: Architecture Media Politics Society Conference; AMPS Proceedings Series, Virtual : Queen's University Belfast / Cape Peninsula University of Technology / National University of Singapore, pp.485-495.
Dimitrijevic, K and
Harland, RG (2023)
The relational space collage: sea PET scenario and participatory plastic waste workshop bricolage. In
Opening the Bin 3 – Waste, economy, culture and society; Opening the Bin 3 – Waste, Economy, Culture and Society: 'One word, one bin?', Lancaster University Management School, 15th – 17th June 2023, Lancaster University Management School, UK.
Harland, RG, Barnes, A, Burger, Y (2022)
The absence of graphic representations of Madiba in Nelson Mandela Park, Mamelodi, South Africa. In Bruyns, G and Wei, H (ed)
With Design – 9th International Congress of International Association of Societies of Design Research Conference 2021; [ ] With Design: Reinventing Design Modes: Proceedings of the 9th Congress of the International Association of Societies of Design Research (IASDR 2021), Hong Kong,ISBN: 9789811944710. DOI:
10.1007/978-981-19-4472-7_193.
De-Menezes-Migliari, M and
Harland, RG (2022)
Making Praça Nelson Mandela: Morphological change and graphic interventions to define a new square in the Botafogo district of Rio de Janeiro. In Bruyns, G and Wei, H (ed)
With Design – 9th International Congress of International Association of Societies of Design Research Conference 2021; [ ] With Design: Reinventing Design Modes: Proceedings of the 9th Congress of the International Association of Societies of Design Research (IASDR 2021), Hong Kong,ISBN: 9789811944710. DOI:
10.1007/978-981-19-4472-7_120.
Pan, H,
Harland, RG, Barnes, A (2022)
Framing multimodal discourses about place as graphic landscaping. In Bruyns, G and Wei, H (ed)
With Design – 9th International Congress of International Association of Societies of Design Research Conference 2021; [ ] With Design: Reinventing Design Modes: Proceedings of the 9th Congress of the International Association of Societies of Design Research (IASDR 2021), Hong Kong,ISBN: 9789811944710. DOI:
10.1007/978-981-19-4472-7_138.
Harland, RG and Barnes, A (2022)
Food’s urban graphic heritage in Walthamstow. In Lloyd, DLSLPHAOJSP (ed)
DRS2022: Bilbao; Proceedings of DRS, Bilbao, Spain. DOI:
10.21606/drs.2022.441.
Harland, RG, Barnes, A, Burger, Y (2021) With Design – 9th International Congress of International Association of Societies of Design Research Conference 2021. In
With Design – 9th International Congress of International Association of Societies of Design Research Conference 2021, Hong Kong.
Harland, RG (2020)
Graphic design studies: what can it be? Following in Victor Margolin’s footsteps for possible answers. In Boess, S, Cheung, M, Cain, R (ed)
DRS 2020, Synergy; Proceedings of DRS 2020, Synergy, Online, pp.586-600, ISBN: 9781912294374. DOI:
10.21606/drs.2020.372.
Asghar, S, Torrens, G, Iftikhar, H,
Harland, RG (2019)
Cultural blindness: Eye-tracking trial of visual attention towards assistive technology (AT) product, by students from the UK and Pakistan. In
International Association of Societies of Design Research Conference (IASDR 2019), Manchester School of Art, Manchester Metropolitan University, Manchester, UK.
Harland, RG, Du, Q, Selby, A, Wells, P, Xu, J, Yonghi, L, Zhang, X (2019)
Defining urban graphic heritage for economic development in the UK and China. In
International Association of Societies of Design Research Conference 2019 (IASDR 2019), Manchester Metropolitan University, Manchester, UK.
Harland, RG, Corazzo, J, Gwilt, I, Honnor, A, Rigley, S (2018)
Graphic design research: a cause for the concerned. In
Design Research Society 2018 Catalyst, University of Limerick, pp.2812-2822, ISBN: 9781912294190.
Harland, RG, Kelly, V, van der Waarde, K, Spelman, E (2018)
Divergence and convergence in graphic design and communication design. In
Design Research Society 2018 Catalyst, University of Limerick.
Asghar, S, Torrens, G,
Harland, RG (2018)
Cross-cultural influences on the semantics ascribed to assistive technology product and its envisaged user. In
The Asian Conference on Media, Communication & Film 2018, Tokyo, Japan, pp.263-263.
Harland, RG, Liguori, A, Cole, G (2017)
Developing a digital archive for symbolic resources in urban environments - the Latina Project. In
12th International Digital Curation Conference, Edinburgh.
Harland, RG and Craib, D (2016)
Graphicality: why is there not such a word?. In
Design + Research + Society, Future-Focused Thinking: Design Research Society International Conference, Brighton.
Harland, RG and Liguori, A (2016)
Traces of fascist urban iconography in the Latina Province, Italy. In
International Association for Media and Communication Research, University of Leicester.
Harland, RG, dos Santos, MCL, Whiteley, G (2015)
Dreaming sustainability, realising utopia: ‘convergence’ and ‘divergence’ in art and design practice. In
Unmaking Waste 2015: Transforming Production and Consumption in Time and Place, Adelaide, South Australia.
Harland, RG and dos Santos, MCL (2014)
Space-and-place modelling-and-making: a dialogue between design and geography. In
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Harland, RG and Loschiavo dos Santos, MC (2013)
Sustaining São Paulo: uniting different academic perspectives through Design. In
5th International Congress of International Association of Societies of Design Research: Consilience and Innovation in Design, Tokyo, pp.1-12.
Harland, RG (2013)
Aligning assessment, feedback and action planning for international students. In
DRS Cumulus, Design Education from Kindergarten to PhD, Oslo, pp.275-291.
Harland, RG, Brown, ED, Cloke, JMP, Loschiavo dos Santos, MC (2012)
How do you do? Universities, Trans-disciplinary Research and Sustainable Urbanism. In
2nd International Conference on Geographies of Education, Loughborough University, p.24.
Harland, RG (2012)
The work of alignment: adopting key words for assessment discourse. In
GLAD Conference 2012: It started with a KIS! Group for Learning in Art and Design, Kingston University Faculty of Art, Design & Architecture, Kingston, pp.1-2.
Harland, RG (2012)
Mesographic analysis: determining graphic objects as urban objects. In
International Urban Design Conference: Designing Place, Conference proceedings, The University of Nottingham, United Kingdom, pp.1-14.
Harland, RG, Loschiavo dos Santos, MC, Leme de Barros, MT (2011)
Developing urban design discourse beyond the critical point: the case of São Paulo. In
International Association of Societies of Design Research, Conference proceedings, Delft, pp.1-12.
Harland, RG (2011)
Graphic method as visual method. In
The Second International Visual Research Methods Conference, Abstract, The Open University, Milton Keynes, UK, p.36.
Harland, RG and Loschiavo dos Santos, MC (2010)
Education as a practice of affiliation: facilitating dialogue between developed and developing nations. In
Design and Complexity: Design Research Society International Conference, Conference proceedings, Universite de Montreal, pp.1-11, ISBN: 978-2-9811985-0-1.
Harland, RG (2009)
The Dimensions of Graphic Design: In Theory. In
International Association of Societies of Design Research, Conference Proceedings, Coex, Seoul, Korea, p.224, ISBN: 978-89-963194-0-5.
Harland, RG and Loschiavo dos Santos, MC (2009)
From greed to need: Notes on human-centred design. In
Interrogations: Creative Interdisciplinary in Art and Design Research, Conference Proceedings, Loughborough University, pp.141-158, ISBN: 1-900856-77-8.
Harland, RG (2009)
The graphic design pendulum: the swing between information to affectation. In
Information Design Conference 2009, Conference Proceedings, University of Greenwich, London.
Harland, RG and Loschiavo dos Santos, MC (2008) The Ephemeral aesthetic of spontaneous design on the streets of Sao Paulo. In
Undisciplined: Design Research Society, Conference Proceedings, Sheffield.
Harland, RG (2008) The products of graphic design and the nature of urban design. In
New Views 2, Conference Proceedings, London College of Communication, UCA.
Harland, RG (2008) What is graphic design? There's a clue in the title. In
Arts Research: The State of Play, Conference Proceedings, Project Arts Centre, Temple Bar, Dublin.
Harland, RG (2007)
Redefining the plural domains of graphic design and orientating the subject towards a model that links practice, education and research. In
International Association of Societies of Design Research, Conference Proceedings, Hong Kong Polytechnic University School of Design.
Harland, RG (2007) Identity Formation Through Visual Language. In
Forms of Identity in the Design Envionment: an Architectural Design and Global Difference Research Symposium, Forms of Identity in the Design Environment, Nottingham Trent University.
Harland, RG (2006)
What are the visual communication requirements of a built environment?. In
Wonderground: Design Research Society Conference, Conference Proceedings, Lisbon, pp.1-13.
Harland, RG (2005) Familiarizing students with assessment criteria and at the same time activating passive learning in small group tutorials. In
Teaching and Learning, Nottingham Trent University, Conference Proceedings, Nottingham Trent University.
Harland, RG, Xu, J, Zhang, X (Accepted for publication) Design for Heritage in Theory symposium proceedings. In .
Harland, RG (Accepted for publication) Graphic design studies: what can it be? Following in Victor Margolin’s footsteps for possible answers (conference presentation). In .
