Society News
1 May
DHS Network Co-ordinator
The Design History Society is looking to enhance the activities of the Executive Committee with the appointment of Network Co-ordinator, to plan and develop new networks germane to the Design History Society and related subjects....More
1 May
Media Matters: Friedrich Kittler and Technoculture
Media Matters: Friedrich Kittler and Technoculture is a two day series of events bringing one of today's foremost philosophers of media to Tate Modern for an opportunity to examine the relationship between culture and technology with a range of leading thinkers and practitioners, on 27-28 June 2008....More
1 May
Commonplace Yet Extraordinary
The symposium “Commonplace Yet Extraordinary: Design Histories of Everyday Objects” will take place at the Hagley Museum and Library in Wilmington, Delaware on Friday 16 May, 2008....More
The Design History Society Archive
The Design History Society and Northumbria University are jointly funding a PhD Studentship to look at the development of Design History in Britain since the 1970s, focussing on the role of the Design History Society and development of the subject within a wider interdisciplinary context. This research will utilise the Society's papers which are currently being consolidated to form the Design History Society Archive
The papers are being stored in the School of Arts and Social Sciences at Northumbria University, and are currently being sorted to identify key areas of documentation that are lacking. Following this initial stage, the PhD Research Student for this project, Jo Lewis, will contact individuals who might have items that would enhance the archive.
If you feel that you have documents that rightly belong within the archive Jo would be very interested to hear from you. Please contact her by e-mail in the first instance giving a brief description of the nature of the information and your contact details.
Contact Details:
Jo Lewis MA(RCA)
The Design History Society Archive
c/o Room 010 Lipman Building
Northumbria University
Newcastle City Campus
Newcastle upon Tyne
NE1 8ST.