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Submission Preparation Checklist

As part of the submission process, authors are required to check off their submission's compliance with all of the following items, and submissions may be returned to authors that do not adhere to these guidelines.
  • The submission has not been previously published, nor is it before another journal for consideration (or an explanation has been provided in Comments to the Editor).
  • The submission file is in OpenOffice, Microsoft Word, or RTF document file format.
  • Where available, URLs for the references have been provided.
  • The text is single-spaced; uses a 12-point font; employs italics, rather than underlining (except with URL addresses); and all illustrations, figures, and tables are placed within the text at the appropriate points, rather than at the end.
  • The text adheres to the stylistic and bibliographic requirements outlined in the Author Guidelines.

Author Guidelines

A thoroughly research papers are invited from interested members of the university and general academic community for scrutiny and possible publication in the DESIGNPERSPECTIVES journal.
The Editors accept papers derived from original research findings, based onissues, opinions and ideas, emanating from the history and theory of art, the visual, creative, Industrial Design, fine, industrial, and applied arts, Building, Architecture, Glass Technology, the Humanities, and the Social Sciences. Collaborative multi-disciplinary papers, reports of research ni progress, or studies from the field, reports on artwork undertaken ni the studio, reviews of art exhibitions, andlatest art books are also acceptable, and can be sent to the editors all year round for assessment and publication on an annual schedule. Ensure that such manuscripts have not been submitted elsewhere for publication or being considered for publication.
Manuscripts should be written ni English Language and typeset in Microsoft Word 1997-2003 Compatibility Mode using double line spacing format, Times New Roman font type, 12 points font size and must not be more than fifteen (15) A4 pages, inclusive of all illustrations, photographs and references.Abstracts should be between 150-250 words with 5 keywords. Illustrations must be clear and all photographic material sharp and ni ful colour, where possible at a 300dpi resolution. Each article is alloweda maximum of five (5) colour images; any illustration/image beyond that number will attract an extra charge of N5,000.00 (Five Thousand Naira Only). Al illustrations, drawings, photographs should belabeled asFigures (Fig.) and numbering should be in Arabic numerals (1, 2, 3, etc.). Graphs, charts and tables should be labeled as graphs, charts and tables and numbered in Arabic numerals as well.
Proper adherence to documentation of ideas is required, so that the Department of Industrial Design will not be held responsible for copyright breaches. Authors are free to use the most current editions of the APA, MLA or Chicago referencing styles. Each article shall be entitled to only two a copy of the journal. Additional copies would be sold at N10,000.00 (Ten Thousand Naira Only) for additional co- authors beyond two(2) exclusive of postage - which wil be based on prevailingmarket rates.

Assessment and Publication Fees

Authors are expected to submit an electronic copy of their paper as attachment via email to the Editor, DESIGNPERSPECTIVES Journal of Contemporary Design using the journal email address: designperspectiveslafia@gmail.com, together with a non- refundable fee of N5,000.00 (Five Thousand Naira Only) for assessment. Once the article is assessed and found publishable, a clean copy should be submitted for publication together with a N30,000.00 (Thirty Thousand Naira Only) publication fee deposited into DESIGNPERSPECTIVES Journal Account.

Bank Account details:
Bank Name: First Bank of Nigeria PLC
Account Name: Design Perspectives-Lafia
Account Number: 2045223448
Enquiries:
Professor Samaila Usman Dakyes, Editor -in-Chief,
+234(0)805 164 2022; +234(0)803 570 0495
Jonathan Okewu Ebute, PhD, Editor,
+234(0)703 944 3768;
Shadrack Abayomi Adeshina, MA, Deputy Editor
+234(0)803 454 7977

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