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Position

Associate Dean

 

Research Interests

Nineteenth & Twentieth Century Design History
The History of Domestic Design
The History of Exhibition and Display

 

Introduction

Trevor Keeble graduated from the University of Brighton in 1994 having studied for a BA (Hons) Interior Architecture. Following this he enrolled on the V&A/RCA MA in the History of Design with the support of the Oliver Ford Scholarship. Whilst at the Royal College of Art his research interests focussed upon the changing and various interfaces between professional design discourses and popular consumption. In particular this related to issues of domestic design and modernity in the mid-twentieth century. These themes underpinned and informed Keeble’s PhD research which sought to explore issues of design, taste and identity in the late Victorian domestic interior. Awarded in 2005 by the Royal College of Art, The Domestic Moment attempted to demonstrate the ways that ‘domesticity’ was inscribed across exhibitions, trade publications, private diaries and letters, shops and catalogues in a bid to demonstrate it centrality to a dynamic culture of Victorian modernity.

 

Since 1998 Trevor Keeble has been a full-time lecturer, first at the Surrey Institute of Art & Design, University College, and since 2000 at Kingston University. His research interests continue to inform his teaching and in particular postgraduate research supervision. Currently he co-supervises a broad range of MA by Research, MPhil and PhD projects. These include a study of the design, visual and material culture of the late Victorian Pub, The Edwardian Domestic Interior, The influence of Swedish design on mid-twentieth century British Design, the cultural history of Wood, late nineteenth century art book publishing, sustainable textile production, the history of Hampton Court Palace as a visitor attraction, and contemporary female sexual consumerism.