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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Online Resources
The ADAM Project (ADAM)
adam.ac.uk
The Art, Design, Architecture & Media Information Gateway, is a searchable catalogue of Internet resources that have been carefully selected and catalogued by professional librarians for the benefit of the UK Higher Education community.
Arlis.net
http://www.arlis.net/
Directory of the art, architecture and design resources available in libraries, archives and other collections in the UK and Ireland.
Art/Design/Media Subject Centre (AMD-HEA)
http://www.adm.heacademy.ac.uk/
The ADM Subject Centre is dedicated to supporting and developing learning and teaching in art, design, media and the history of design in higher education.
Arts and Humanities Data Services (AHDS)
ahds.ac.uk
Working on behalf of the academic community to collect, catalogue, manage, preserve and promote the re-use of scholarly digital resources.
Arts Humanities Research Council (AHRC
http://www.ahrc.ac.uk/
Provides funding and support to UK researchers in the arts and humanities
BUBL
link.bubl.ac.uk/arts/
A catalogue of selected Internet resources.
DesignObserver
www.designobserver.com
With a leaning towards graphics, but with articles often across the broad range of design, this blog not only has explores issues with design but also has a daily updated resources section.
Dialogues in Design
dialoguesindesign.wordpress.com
a RCA/V&A History of Design postgraduate workshop.
Dezeen
http://www.dezeen.com/
Online design magazine
Globalising Art, Architecture and Design History (GLAADH)
http://www.glaadh.ac.uk/
Initiative which ran between 2001-2003 with the aim to embed cultural diversity in art, architecture and design history curricula. Website still includes reports, workshop overviews, bibliographies, conference papers etc.
Inview – British history through the lens
https://www.bfi.org.uk/inview/
Hosted by BFI the resource is available to British FE and HE students and staff. An easily searchable online archive of over 2000 non-fiction moving image from the 20th century.
Material World
blogs.nyu.edu/projects/materialworld/
A blog on research, conferences and key issues in material culture, with a special leaning towards anthropological frameworks.
Teaching Design History Network
teachingdesignhistory.blogspot.com/
A forum for anyone involved in teaching design history and theory.
Things Magazine
http://www.thingsmagazine.net/
Occasional weblog and magazine devoted to curatorial tendencies, random collections, objects old and new, contemplations and discoveries
Visual Arts Data Service (VADS)
vads.ahds.ac.uk
Providing, preserving and promoting quality digital resources for the visual arts.