Zoë Hendon is the Head of Collections at the Museum of Domestic Design & Architecture (MoDA). She and her team work closely with colleagues across the University to ensure the museum’s collections are well used in learning and research within Middlesex and beyond.
Zoë's research interests relate to the collections at the Museum of Domestic Design & Architecture, particularly the Silver Studio Collection. Further research interests include wallpaper, textiles, the history of art and design education in the UK, and the influence of Japan on Western art and design
current research projects:
Hendon, Zoë (2023) “Handwork rendered expeditious”: the Rottmann-Silver stencil venture of the 1890s. Christopher Dresser Society Journal , 2 . (Accepted/In press)
Baeza Ruiz, Ana and Hendon, Zoë (2022) Displaying co-creation: an enquiry into participatory practice at the University museum. In: Participatory Practices in Art and Cultural Heritage: Learning Through and from Collaboration. Rausch, Christoph and Benschop, Ruth and Sitzia, Emilie and van Saaze, Vivian , eds. Studies in Art, Heritage, Law and the Market, 5 . Springer, Cham. ISBN 978-3-031-05693-2
Hendon, Zoë (2022) Design and agency [Book Review]. Journal of Design History , 35 (1). pp. 96-97. ISSN 0952-4649
Stewart, Jill and Hendon, Zoë (2022) A Walk through Housing History. In: Creative History in the Classroom [workshop series], October 2022, University of Derby and Liverpool John Moores University. (Accepted/In press)
Hendon, Zoë (2021) Reclaiming heritage narratives: reweaving the story of a royal wedding dress. In: Design and Heritage: The Construction of Identity and Belonging. Lees-Maffei, Grace and Houze, Rebecca , eds. Routledge, pp. 171-184. ISBN 9780367560263
