Art + Architecture ProFILES is an ongoing project. It will eventually contains data of on every artist, designer, architect, craftsperson, photographer, studio, workshop, etc. discussed or illustrated in the journals and yearbooks covered by DAR and Arts:ReVIEW.

Update frequency:

Quarterly

Size:

Over 26,000 records, as of May 2013, with 5,000 records added annually.

Among subjects covered:

• Advertising
  
• Architecture
  
• Book Design
  
• Calligraphy
  
• Ceramics
  
• Fashion
  
• Furniture Design
  
• Glass Art and Design
  
• Graphic Design
  
• Illustration
  
• Industrial Design
  
• Interior Design
  
• Jewelry
  
• Metalsmithing
  
• Packaging
  
• Photography
  
• Poster Design
  
• Textile Design
  
• Theatre Design
  
• Typography

Features of AAP:

• Every entry is uniquely researched, and in some cases based on interviews and material submitted by the designers
  
• Designers are identified by gender
  
• Includes supplementary bibliographies
  
• Contains numerous Web links
  
• Constantly updated and revised
  
• Easy to search
  

The latest issue of AAP contains data on:

•  4,449 Painters 
  
•  1,662 Sculptors
  
•  3,065 Architects and architectural firms
  
•  630 Photographers and photographic studios
  
•  2,223 Poster designers
  
•  1,038 US industrial designers
  
•  648 Italian designers
  
•  211 weavers
  
•  5,394 US designers
  
•  761 ceramists
  
•  672 glass artists
  
•  294 muralists
  
•  2,211 illustrators
  
•  452 photographers
  
•  414 typographers
  
•  244 silversmiths
  
•  282 cartoonists
  
•  149 embroiderers
  
•  791 textile designers
  
•  298 theatre designers
  
•  1,331 furniture designers
  
•  241 lighting designers
  
•  382 packaging designers
  
•  373 jewelry designers
  
•  3,510 graphic designers
  
•  220 stained glass designers
  
•  53 window display designers
  
•  254 exhibition designers