The Routledge Companion to Design Studies charts the new expanded spectrum of design studies, embracing the wide range of scholarship - theoretical, practice-related and historical - that has emerged over the last four decades. Comprised of forty-three newly-commissioned essays, the Companion includes contributions from both established and emerging scholars. It is also international in scope, covering work emanating from, and relating to, design in the United Kingdom, mainland Europe, North America, Asia, Australasia and Africa. This comprehensive collection makes an original and significant contribution to the field of Design Studies.