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
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.
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.
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.
Globalising Art, Architecture and Design History (GLAADH)
www.glaadh.ac.uk
The site offers course materials, a database of visual, archival, library and on-line resources as well as links to useful organisations. You can access relevant bibliographies and will be able to review a list of specialist lectures who can offer a range of educational sessions and help on a wide variety of topics.
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.
Visual Arts Data Service (VADS)
vads.ahds.ac.uk
Providing, preserving and promoting quality digital resources for the visual arts.