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Deborah Sugg Ryan

Deborah Sugg Ryan is a British design historian, Professor of Design History and Theory and Associate Dean (Research) at the University of Portsmouth.

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Deborah Sugg Ryan
OccupationsDesign Historian, Professor of Design History and Theory
Known forOn-screen expert for BBC2's A House Through Time
Academic work
DisciplineDesign History
Sub-discipline
Design Theory
InstitutionsUniversity of Portsmouth, Falmouth University

Deborah Sugg Ryan is a British design historian, Professor of Design History and Theory and Associate Dean (Research) at the University of Portsmouth.1

Sugg Ryan was previously Associate Professor of History and Theory of Design at Falmouth University.2

She was series consultant and on-screen expert for the BBC2 television series A House Through Time.1

Selected publications

Books

  • The Ideal Home Through the Twentieth Century (1997, revised edition 2014)2
  • Ideal Homes 1918-39: Domestic design and suburban modernism (Manchester University Press, 2018)3
References

References

  1. "Deborah Sugg Ryan - Portsmouth Research Portal". researchportal.port.ac.uk. Retrieved 10 April 2018.
  2. "Deborah Sugg Ryan". www.studiesofhome.qmul.ac.uk. Archived from the original on 10 April 2018. Retrieved 10 April 2018.
  3. "Deborah Sugg Ryan appears on hit BBC Two series, A House Through Time - Manchester University Press". manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk. 25 January 2018. Retrieved 10 April 2018.