Wallpaper
I wrote a Shire book about wallpaper (2018) which traced the history of wallpaper in Britain, examining how social mobility and new technologies have influenced design trends.
Wallpaper has been the backdrop to our homes for hundreds of years. It can make a house feel cosy or trendy, modern or traditional, and it is one of the key elements of home décor through which to express personal taste. Despite the threat from plain-painted minimalism, wallpaper maintains a strong presence in modern domestic decoration. . From early Chinoiserie, through William Morris and on to the 'feature wall', this book looks at wallpaper's surprisingly controversial place in shaping our sense of home.
Design, History and Time: new temporalities in the digital age
With Anne Massey I edited a volume of essays which reflected on the nature of time in relation to design, in both past and contemporary contexts. The book addresses time as a continuum and considers the importance of temporality for design practice and history.
Writing about the Silver Studio Collection
I've written several articles about the Silver Studio Collection, and my PhD thesis considered its history as a collection since it was acquired by Hornsey College of Art in the late 1960s.
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Publications
Hendon, Zoë and Jill Stewart, 2025. Two audio tours on Housing & Health, for Greenwich University
https://geotourist.com/tours/7464/West_Greenwich_Housing_and_Health_Walking_Tour
https://geotourist.com/tours/7475/East_Greenwich_Housing__Health_Walking_Tour
Hendon, Zoë 2024. “A Studio Logbook of Traditional Designs: John Line & Sons, 1958.” Wallpaper History Review, pp.66-67
Hendon, Zoë. 2023. “Handwork rendered expeditious”: the Rottmann-Silver stencil venture of the 1890s. Christopher Dresser Society Journal. (2), pp.27-42
Hendon, Zoë. 2022. “Design and Agency” [Book Review]. Journal of Design History. 35 (1), pp. 96-97. https://doi.org/10.1093/jdh/epab026
Baeza Ruiz, Ana and Zoë Hendon. (2022). “Displaying Co-Creation: An Enquiry into Participatory Engagement at the University Museum.” In: Rausch, C., Benschop, R., Sitzia, E., van Saaze, V. (eds) Participatory Practices in Art and Cultural Heritage. Studies in Art, Heritage, Law and the Market, vol 5. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-05694-9_3
Hendon, Zoë. 2021. "Reclaiming Heritage Narratives: Reweaving the Story of a Royal Wedding Dress." in R. Houze and G. Lees Maffei (eds), Design and Heritage: The Construction of Identity and Belonging, Routledge. https://doi:10.4324/9781003096146-16
Hendon, Zoë. 2021. Looking Back and Looking Forward: The Silver Studio Collection as Heritage Asset and Educational Resource, 1968-2018. (unpublished PhD thesis, Middlesex University) https://repository.mdx.ac.uk/item/8q25q
Hendon, Zoë. 2020. “Kimono: Kyoto to Catwalk.” Victoria and Albert Museum [Exhibition Review] Textile History. 50 (2), pp. 242-247. https://doi.org/10.1080/00404969.2020.1835242
Hendon, Zoë. 2020. "That Feels Like Home: Connecting Sites of Lockdown to Design Collections." Museum & Society 18 (3) pp.330-333. https://doi.org/10.29311/mas.v18i3.3551
Hendon, Zoë. 2020. “Archives, Collections and Curatorship: Virtual Special Issue for the Journal of Design History.” Journal of Design History, 33 (1) e41–e54 https://doi.org/10.1093/jdh/epz010
Hendon, Zoë and Anne Massey, eds. 2019. Design, History and Time: New temporalities in a digital age. Bloomsbury Visual Arts, Bloomsbury, London.
Hendon, Zoë and Linda Sandino. 2018. "Inspiration Examined: Towards a Methodology." Art, Design & Communication in Higher Education 17 (2) pp.135-150. https://doi.org/10.1386/adch.17.2.135_1
Hendon, Zoë. 2018. “Behind the scenes at the Silver Studio: Rex Silver and the hidden mechanisms of interwar textile design.” Architecture and Culture, 6 (1) pp.61–80
https://doi.org/10.1080/20507828.2017.1397963
Hendon, Zoë. 2018. Tweed [Book Review]. Journal of Design History. 31 (3), pp. 300-301. https://doi.org/10.1093/jdh/epy033
Hendon, Zoë. 2018. Wallpaper. Oxford: Shire Publications.
Cleaver, P., Hendon, Z., Audas, J. 2015. Charles Hasler sends his greetings. London, UK Museum of Domestic Design & Architecture.
Hendon, Zoë. 2013. The Silver Studio & the Art of Japan. London, UK Museum of Domestic Design & Architecture.
Hendon, Zoë. 2012. “The Silvern series: photographs from the collections of the South Kensington Museum.” V&A Online Journal http://www.vam.ac.uk/content/journals/research-journal/issue-no.-4-summer-2012/the-silvern-series-photographs-from-the-collections-of-the-south-kensington-museum
Lebas, E., Mullen, M. and Hendon, Z. 2008. [Exhibition Booklet] The Suburban Landscape: 200 years of gardens and gardening. London, UK Museum of Domestic Design & Architecture https://repository.mdx.ac.uk/item/81y34