Society News
13 Jan
New Appointment to the DHS Executive Committee: Conference Liaison Officer
The Design History Society seeks a new appointment to the Executive Committee for the position of Conference Liaison Officer, for the period 2012 - 2015.
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13 Jan
New Appointment to the DHS Executive Committee: Communications Officer
The Design History Society seeks a new appointment to the Executive Committee for the position of Communications Officer, for the period 2012 - 2015.
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29 Nov
Change to DHS Executive Committee Members
Changes of office on the Design History Society Executive Committee, following elections in September 2011.
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About
Founded in 1977, the Design History Society works internationally to promote and support the study and understanding of design history.
The Society welcomes members from other disciplines such as anthropology, architecture and art history, business history, the history of science and technology, craft history, cultural studies, economic and social history, design and design management studies.
The Society encourages liberal and inclusive definitions of design history and its methods, approaches and resources. These definitions take in the function, form and materials of artefacts of the pre-industrial and industrial periods, up to and including the present day. These definitions also include artefacts' production, dissemination and consumption as well as their cultural, economic and social meanings.