Kermik, J. (2018) ed., New Pain. Young Estonian Design in the 1980s, Tallinn: Estonian Museum of Applied Art and Design.
New Pain sets forth an illustrious example of how to look at our recent past and produce meaningful historical knowledge from it.
Korvenmaa, P. Journal of Design History, Oxford University Press, 2019.
Kermik, J. (2012) Book chapter ‘Product’, in (Pelcl, J. ed) DESIGN: Od myšlenky k návrhu (From idea towards realization), Prague: Academy of Arts, Design and Architecture.
Kermik, J. (2004) The Luther Factory: Plywood and Furniture, Tallinn: Museum of Estonian Architecture.
[Kermik's] work is a most valuable example of a complex company history, casting light on the whole process of industrialisation and its cultural consequences.
Dunnett, J., DOCOMOMO UK. 2010.
Kermik, J. (2002) A.M. Luther 1877-1940: Materjalist võrsunud vormiuuendus (Form innovation risen from the material), Tallinn: Sild.
‘A.M. Luther 1877-1940’ monograph was a recipient of the Estonian National Culture Award in 2002.
Kermik, J. (1996) ‘Taidehalli – around and about’, in (Helkama, I. ed), Helsinki Interiors, Helsinki: Rakennustieto OY.
Kermik, J. (1986-1990) Editor of the almanac Kunst ja Kodu (Art and Home), Tallinn: Kunst (4 issues of the magazine published during the period).
Selected Essays and Journal Articles
Kermik, J. (2021) (Disaini)öös on asju / There are Things in the (Design) Night, Sirp 29 Oct 2021.
Kermik, J. (2021) Monstrum to Belvedere: The Art of Ivo Lill 1977-1989, in (Alber, M. ed) Classics – Ivo Lill, Tallinn: Estonian Museum of Applied Art and Design.
Kermik, J. (2018) ‘Time and Place: Young Estonian Designers in the 1980s’, Representing Art History in the Baltic Countries: Experiences and Prospects, Studies on Art and Architecture, vol. 27/1-3, Tallinn.
Kermik, J. (2018) ‘Äksi chair’, in (Paulus, K. ed) ‘Tööstuskunstist tootedisainini. Artikleid 1934-2018’ (From industrial arts to product design. Collection of articles from 1934-2018), Tallinn: Estonian Art Academy Publications (originally published in MAJA 1/2003).
Boddington, A., Kermik, J., Ainsworth, T. (2015) ‘Interdisciplinary Design in the College of Arts & Humanities at the University of Brighton’, Springer.
Kermik, J. (2015) ‘Thinking and Making Design Futures’, SISU-LINE: Dynamics of Theory and Practice, The Journal of Interior Architecture, Tallinn.
Kermik, J. (2014) Isokon Gallery, Lawn Road Flats, London. Curatorial contribution to the permanent historical exhibit of English Heritage.
Kermik, J., Magnusson, T., Brooker, G., Wilson, M. (2013) ‘Design Futures: The Grid – A Transdisciplinary Education’, Knowing (by) Designing, Faculty of Architecture KU Leuven, Brussels.
Kermik, J. (2012) ‘Design and Craft – a changing relationship at the heart of design education’, Design Education Asia Conference, Hong Kong.
Kermik, J. (2012) ‘Charlotte Perriand – Designer, Photographer, Activist’ (exhibition review), The Journal of Modern Craft, Volume 5 – Issue 3, Berg.