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
Design History PhDs
Factors affecting the transmission of Rococo styles to British Colonial Silversmithing 1725-1774 (with special reference to Jamaica)
Robert Barker, V&A/Royal College of Art. (PhD)
Embroidery for male suiting in Lyon, 1780-1789: A cultural biography of the designs in the National Museum of Ireland collection presented by J.H. Fitzhenry.
Macushla Baudis, National College of Art and Design, Dublin, 2000-2008. (PhD)
The Social Identity of Brazilian Designers Through Brazilian Design Magazines.
Ana Claudia Berwanger, Pontifìcia Universidade Católica de São Paulo, 2008-10. (PhD)
To what extent was the V&A able to overcome its colonial and socially differential history in response to modern democratic forms of the 20th Century, in order to embrace modern design and a modern British public?
Laura Elliott, V&A/Royal College of Art. (MPhil)
Modernity and Greek graphic design, 1949-1974.
Marina Emmanouil, V&A/Royal College of Art, 200509(PhD)
National Identity, Cultural Heritage, Cultural Industry and Architectural Production after the Second World War: Museums of Modern and Contemporary Art and Design in Rio de Janeiro, Paris and London
Ana Beatriz Ferreira, V&A/Royal College of Art. (MPhil)
The Expression of National and Religious Identities in the 19th century Irish Domestic Interior
Sarah Foster, V&A/Royal College of Art. (PhD)
The design of public events in the Irish Free State 1922-1949
Lisa Godson, V&A/Royal College of Art. (PhD)
From Machine House to Smart Home: The Relationship between Technology and the Private Sphere in the Twentieth Century.
Esra Günlü, Department of Industrial Design, Middle East Technical University (METU), Turkey, 2007. (MSc)
In Search of a National Vision: Swedish Embassies from the Mid-Twentieth Century to the Present
Denise Hagstromer, V&A/Royal College of Art. (PhD)
Japonisme in early-twentieth century Britain: The representation of Japanese art at the Japan-British Exhibition, 1910
Miya Itabashi, V&A/Royal College of Art. (PhD)
The Incorporated Society of London Fashion Designers: English Couture, 1942-1975
Michelle Jones, V&A/Royal College of Art. (MPhil)
Writing Acts: Machine, Body, and Practice.
Juliette Kristensen, Kingston University London, 2006-10. (PhD)
The Collection of Lady Waldegrave
Claire Leighton, V&A/Royal College of Art. (MPhil)
Design History in Britain from the 1970s: Context, Formation and Development
Joanne Lewis, Glenamara Centre for Research in Arts, Culture and Society, University of Northumbria, 2007-2011. (PhD)
The Brazilian Quest for Modernity and National Identity through participation in International Exhibitions
Livia Rezende, V&A/Royal College of Art. (PhD)
The Transition to Modernity: The Practice, Dissemination and Consumption of Modern Craft in Post-War Italy
Catharine Rossi, V&A/Royal College of Art. (PhD)
New Spaces of Art, Design and Performance in Vienna 1890-1920: Alfred Roller and the Vienna Secessionists???
Diane Silverthorne, V&A/Royal College of Art. (PhD)
The Politics of Design Criticism since 1950s
Alice Twemlow, V&A/Royal College of Art. (PhD)
A Taste for Modern Life: Interior Decoration as a Societal Issue 1930-1955
Maria Göransdotter, Umeå University, Sweden. (PhD)
Avoiding the 'Temptation to go Highbrow': Production, Consumption and Identities of Place at the 1951 Festival of Britain activities in Lancashire and the Ridings of Yorkshire.
Caterina Benincasa, Huddersfield University. (PhD)
