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The Design History Society is one of the leading organisations that promotes and supports the study of design histories, both in the UK and internationally. Through its journal, annual conference and programme of events it brings together all those engaged in the subject – students, researchers, educators, designers, designer-makers, critics and curators among them. It also acts as an advocate for the subject in a number of different contexts.

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Crafting a National Identity in an International Market: A Diplomatic Coup: The Golden Eye Exhibition, 1985

A key moment in Indian design history: the Golden Eye exhibition was conceptualised in India and mounted at the Cooper…

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Report: Women Illustrators at the Birmingham School of Art, 1880-1920 | Research Access Grant (Student) recipient

Michelle Reynolds, PhD student in Art History and Visual Culture at the University of Exeter, reports on research…

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