Bruce Peter

• Professor of Design History
• Design History & Theory

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Book or Monograph

DSB Design: Jens Nielsen og designprogrammet 1972-1992

Peter, Bruce (2024) DSB Design: Jens Nielsen og designprogrammet 1972-1992. Dansk Jernbane-Klub BaneBoger, Copenhagen, Denmark. ISBN 9788787050272

Denmark in Britain: Architecture, Design and Lifestyle 1945-1970

Peter, Bruce (2023) Denmark in Britain: Architecture, Design and Lifestyle 1945-1970. Peter Lang Verlag, Oxford. ISBN 978-1-78997-277-1

Lusitania to QE2: The Great Clyde-Built Ships and the creation of their interiors

Peter, Bruce (2023) Lusitania to QE2: The Great Clyde-Built Ships and the creation of their interiors. Ferry Publications, Ramsey. ISBN 9781911268697

Scottish Buses - A Global Success Story

Peter, Bruce (2021) Scottish Buses - A Global Success Story. Lily Publications, Ramsey, Isle of Man. ISBN 978-1-911177-76-0

Danish Design at Sea: Ship Interior Architecture and Furnishing

Peter, Bruce (2021) Danish Design at Sea: Ship Interior Architecture and Furnishing. Nautilus, Lyngby, Denmark. ISBN 9788790924218

The Ferry: A Design Voyage

Peter, Bruce (2021) The Ferry: A Design Voyage. Ferry Publications, Ramsey, Isle of Man. ISBN 9781911268468

Ferries of Corsica, Sardinia and Elba

Peter, Bruce (2020) Ferries of Corsica, Sardinia and Elba. Ferry Publications, Ramsey, Isle of Man. ISBN 9781911268451

Jet Age Hotels and the International Style 1950-1965

Peter, Bruce (2020) Jet Age Hotels and the International Style 1950-1965. Lily Publications, Ramsey, Isle of Man. ISBN 9781911177678

Color Line and the development of Norwegian international ferry services since 1825

Peter, Bruce (2020) Color Line and the development of Norwegian international ferry services since 1825. Ferry Publications, Ramsey, isle of Man. ISBN 9781911268390

Superfast: and the ships of Attica Group

Peter, Bruce (2019) Superfast: and the ships of Attica Group. Ferry Publications, Ramsey. ISBN 9781911268277

The changing face of the British railways

Peter, Bruce (2018) The changing face of the British railways. Lily Publications, Isle of Man. ISBN 9781911177364

Innovation and Specialisation: The Story of Shipbuilding in Finland

Id, Kalle and Peter, Bruce (2017) Innovation and Specialisation: The Story of Shipbuilding in Finland. Nautilus Forlag, Lyngby, Denmark. ISBN 9788790924683

The Story of the Kappel Propeller

Peter, Bruce (2017) The Story of the Kappel Propeller. Nautilus Forlag, The Technical University of Denmark, Lyngby, Denmark. ISBN 9788790926676

The Modern Hotel in Britain

Peter, Bruce (2017) The Modern Hotel in Britain. Lily Publications. ISBN 9781911177234

Cruise Ships: A Design Voyage

Peter, Bruce (2017) Cruise Ships: A Design Voyage. Ferry Publications, Ramsey, Isle of Man. ISBN 9781911268086

DFDS 150

Peter, Bruce (2015) DFDS 150. Polyteknisk laeranstalts Forlag/ Nautilus Forlag, Lyngby, Denmark. ISBN 9788790924645

The Cargospeed Story

Peter, Bruce (2015) The Cargospeed Story. Ferry Publications. ISBN 9781906608897

Danish liners: around the world

Peter, Bruce (2014) Danish liners: around the world. Nautilus, Lyngby. ISBN 9788790924546

Museet i dokken = Museum in the dock

Peter, Bruce (2014) Museet i dokken = Museum in the dock. Arvinius+Orfeus Publishing. ISBN 9789187543098

From Comet to Cal Mac: Two Centuries of Hebridean and Clyde Shipping

Meek, Donald E. and Peter, Bruce (2012) From Comet to Cal Mac: Two Centuries of Hebridean and Clyde Shipping. Ferry Publications, Ramsey, Isle of Man. ISBN 9781906608361

P&O at 175: A World of Ships & Shipping Since 1837

Peter, Bruce and Dawson, Philip (2012) P&O at 175: A World of Ships & Shipping Since 1837. Lily Publications. ISBN 1906608393

Dansk Linjefart: Fra Selandia til Emma Maersk

Peter, Bruce (2011) Dansk Linjefart: Fra Selandia til Emma Maersk. Nautilus Forlag, Frederiksvaerk. ISBN 9788790924102

In the Wake of Selandia: Danish Liner Shipping 1912-2012

Peter, Bruce (2011) In the Wake of Selandia: Danish Liner Shipping 1912-2012. Nautilus Forlag.

Scotland's Cinemas

Peter, Bruce (2011) Scotland's Cinemas. Lily Publications, Glasgow. ISBN 1907945059

DFDS: Sailing in Style

Peter, Bruce (2010) DFDS: Sailing in Style. Lily Publications. ISBN 190660827X

The Ferry: A drive-through history

Peter, Bruce and Dawson, Philip (2010) The Ferry: A drive-through history. Ferry Publications, Ramsey. ISBN 1906608288

The Ferry: A drive-through history (long version)

Peter, B. and Dawson, Philip (2010) The Ferry: A drive-through history (long version). Ferry Publications, Ramsey. ISBN 978-1906608286

Ship Style: Modernism and Modernity at Sea in the Twentieth Century

Dawson, Philip and Peter, Bruce (2010) Ship Style: Modernism and Modernity at Sea in the Twentieth Century. Conway, London. ISBN 978-1844861279

Baltic Ferries

Peter, Bruce (2009) Baltic Ferries. Lily Publications. ISBN 1906608059

Camera on the Clyde

Glen, Ann and Peter, Bruce (2009) Camera on the Clyde. Lily Publications Ltd. ISBN 1906608067

Knud E. Hansen: Ship Design Through Seven Decades - second Edition

Peter, B. (2009) Knud E. Hansen: Ship Design Through Seven Decades - second Edition. Nautilus Forlag.

QE2: Britain’s Greatest Liner

Peter, Bruce, Dawson, Philip and Johnston, Ian (2008) QE2: Britain’s Greatest Liner. Ferry Publications, Ramsey. ISBN 9781906608002

Form Follows Fun: Modernism and Modernity in British Pleasure Architecture 1925-1940

Peter, Bruce (2007) Form Follows Fun: Modernism and Modernity in British Pleasure Architecture 1925-1940. Routledge, London. ISBN 041542819X

Form Follows Fun: Modernism and modernity in British Pleasure Architecture 1925-1940

Peter, B. (2007) Form Follows Fun: Modernism and modernity in British Pleasure Architecture 1925-1940. Routledge. ISBN 9780415428194

Knud E. Hansen: Ship Design Through Seven Decades - First Edition

Peter, Bruce (2007) Knud E. Hansen: Ship Design Through Seven Decades - First Edition. Nautilus Forlag. ISBN 978-8790924232

Ship design through seven decades/Skibsdesign gennem syv årtier

Hansen A/S, Knud E. and Peter, Bruce (2007) Ship design through seven decades/Skibsdesign gennem syv årtier. Forlaget Nautilus, Copenhagen. ISBN 8790924436

Cruise: Identity, Design and Culture

Quartermaine, Peter and Peter, Bruce (2006) Cruise: Identity, Design and Culture. Laurence King, London. ISBN 1856694461

Passenger Liners Scandinavian Style

Peter, Bruce (2004) Passenger Liners Scandinavian Style. Carmania Press, London. ISBN 0954366611

Danish Ship Design: The work of Kay Fisker and Kay Kørbing 1936-1991

Peter, Bruce (2004) Danish Ship Design: The work of Kay Fisker and Kay Kørbing 1936-1991. Ferry Publications, Douglas, IOM. ISBN 1871947723

Book Section

Prototype Hotels for the Jet Age

Peter, Bruce (2023) Prototype Hotels for the Jet Age. In: Hotel Modernisms 1890-1950. Routledge, Abingdon, pp. 229-243. ISBN 978-1-032-08127-4

Prototype Hotels for the Jet Age

Peter, Bruce (2021) Prototype Hotels for the Jet Age. In: Hotel Modernisms 1890-1950. Routledge.

Art Deco Architecture by the Sea

Peter, Bruce (2020) Art Deco Architecture by the Sea. In: Art Deco by the Sea. Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts, pp. 23-41. ISBN 9781916133600

Travel to the seaside

Peter, Bruce (2020) Travel to the seaside. In: Art Deco by the Sea. Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts, pp. 58-73. ISBN 9781916133600

The Architecture of Promotion

Peter, Bruce (2018) The Architecture of Promotion. In: Ocean Liners. V& A Publications, London. ISBN 9781851779062

Post-war Liners: 1945-1975

Peter, Bruce (2018) Post-war Liners: 1945-1975. In: Ocean Liners. V& A Publications, London. ISBN 9781851779062

Modernism at Sea: Ocean Liners and the Avant-garde

Peter, Bruce and Dawson, Philip (2009) Modernism at Sea: Ocean Liners and the Avant-garde. In: Modernism on Sea: Art and Culture at the British Seaside. Peter Lang, Oxford, pp. 145-158. ISBN 1906165246

Article

The Italian Line: Gio Ponti's Ocean Liner Interiors

Peter, Bruce (2020) The Italian Line: Gio Ponti's Ocean Liner Interiors. Il Libro:The Magazine of Italian Art, 2. pp. 124-133.

The impact of the talkies on Scottish cinema architecture 1927-1933

Peter, Bruce (2019) The impact of the talkies on Scottish cinema architecture 1927-1933. Visual Culture in Britain, 20 (3). pp. 202-220. ISSN 1471-4787

Danish Modernist Architecture and Furniture Design in Passenger Ship Interiors 1935-1965

Peter, Bruce (2019) Danish Modernist Architecture and Furniture Design in Passenger Ship Interiors 1935-1965. Mariner's Mirror, 105 (3). pp. 297-317. ISSN 0025-3359

Hopping Scottish to London: The Design Context of the 1968 M-Type Motorway Coach

Peter, Bruce (2005) Hopping Scottish to London: The Design Context of the 1968 M-Type Motorway Coach. The Journal of the Scottish Society for Art History, 10 (2005). pp. 48-54. ISSN 1362-248X

James McKissack Cinema Architect (1875-1940)

Widdows, Tom and Peter, B. (2003) James McKissack Cinema Architect (1875-1940). Picture House28. pp. 17-28. ISSN 0263-7553

Glasgow Goes Electric

Peter, Bruce (2002) Glasgow Goes Electric. Journal of the Scottish Society for Art History, 7.

Conference or Workshop Item

Nostalgia and retro in material culture

Peter, B. (2010) Nostalgia and retro in material culture. In: UNSPECIFIED.

Shippax Conference onboard MS Napoleon Bonaparte

Peter, B. (2009) Shippax Conference onboard MS Napoleon Bonaparte. In: Keynote Conference Address.

Shippax Conference

Peter, Bruce (2009) Shippax Conference. In: Shippax Conference, 22 to 24 April 2009, Onboard MS Napoleon Bonaparte.

Sailing Sunward: Tage Wandborg and the design of the modern cruise ship

Peter, Bruce (2006) Sailing Sunward: Tage Wandborg and the design of the modern cruise ship. In: Brunel 200th Anniversary/Modern Voyages Conference, 20 April 2006, University of Bristol.

Monograph

Market factors affecting valuations of second-hand ferries on the Kattegat and in the wider Nordic region in the period between the mid-twentieth century and the early 1990s

Peter, Bruce (2023) Market factors affecting valuations of second-hand ferries on the Kattegat and in the wider Nordic region in the period between the mid-twentieth century and the early 1990s. Technical Report. Scandinavian Star Task Force, Folketinget, Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark.

Video

The Golden Age of Liners

Peter, Bruce (2009) The Golden Age of Liners. [Video]

Thesis

Form follows fun: modernism and modernity in British pleasure architecture 1925-1940

Peter, Bruce (2005) Form follows fun: modernism and modernity in British pleasure architecture 1925-1940. PhD thesis, The Glasgow School of Art.

Other

Design for Movement in the Public Realm: Cycling, Active Travel and People-Prioritised Spaces

Herring, Eleanor, Oddy, Nicholas and Peter, Bruce (2023) Design for Movement in the Public Realm: Cycling, Active Travel and People-Prioritised Spaces. n/a.

Time Shift Documentaries: The Last Days of the Liners, The Golden Age of Coach Travel, and the Modern Age of Coach Travel

Peter, Bruce (2009) Time Shift Documentaries: The Last Days of the Liners, The Golden Age of Coach Travel, and the Modern Age of Coach Travel. BBC Four.