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The Design History Society is the leading organisation 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.
7 September - 9 September
ESAD College of Art and Design, Matosinhos, Portugal
Design exhibitions and exhibition design have a central place in the history of design, providing us with significant...
7 October, 2 - 4:30pm
online
Convened by Alexandra Banister (Design History Society Ambassador and PhD student at Oxford Brookes...
As part of our upcoming online symposium ‘Designing the Domestic: Innovation in the Home’, DHS Ambassador Alex Banister caught up with Selin Geerinckx, interior architect and doctoral researcher at the Faculty of Design Sciences, University of Antwerp, to discuss her research on the bodily and mental effects of modern(ist) housing ideologies. Selin will be presenting joint paper – ‘The Bruynzeel Kitchen: On Body Movements and Household Reform’ alongside Els De Vos, associate professor at the University of Antwerp.
We love to hear what our members are getting up to. If you'd like to contribute to the DHS Newsletter and get published on our website, just drop us an e-mail.
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2 October 2023
In September we sadly said farewell to one of our Ambassadors, Wiktoria Kijowska after almost two years in post...
Ahead of our ‘Designing the Domestic: Innovation in the Home’ symposium, DHS Ambassador Alexandra Banister interviewed Priya Gupta, a PhD scholar at the Faculty of Architecture at CEPT University in Ahmedabad, to further discuss her research analysing the impact of state led regulations on Chandigarh’s private housing.
In the wake of the Barbie fever, this month's guest contributor to the Provocative Objects series Amelia O’Mahony-Brady (independent design researcher, archivist and recent Trinity College Dublin graduate) introduces us to Barbie Velina: a limited-edition doll exclusive to Italian audiences, released in Summer 2002.
24 September, 7 - 8pm
online
Please note this event has been postponed until January 2024 - a new date will be announced soon Part of the...
Ahead of our ‘Designing the Domestic: Innovation in the Home’ symposium, DHS Ambassador Alexandra Banister met Paloma Carignani, a Master’s Degree candidate in Urban Studies and Housing in Latin America Faculty of Architecture, Design and Urbanism at the University of Buenos Aires, and Gabriela Gugliottella, Professor of Arts at the University of Buenos Aires, to further discuss their research.
21 September 2023
We are delighted to announce that the 2024 Design History Society conference will be hosted by the University for...
19 September 2023
The Design History Society would like to share the outcome of the Design Writing Prize and Student Essay Prizes...
Design History Society members include all those interested in design: students, designers, lecturers, historians, researchers, craftspeople, manufacturers, archivists, curators, librarians and collectors. New members are always welcomed and actively encouraged to contribute to events and publications.
More details >18 September 2023
The DHS requires a developer to create a new website to be live by January 2024. This website will use Wordpress, so...
18 September 2023
The DHS annual conference 2023 took place at ESAD College of Art and Design in Matosinhos, Porto. The theme Displaying...
6 September, 3 - 6pm
esad idea, Rua Brito Capelo 243, Matosinhos
Design History Society Annual Publishing Workshop 2023The Design History Society will host an in person Publishing...
2 September, 2 - 3:30pm
online
The DHS Student Forum presents a session of 5 minute Lightning Talks to be held online on 2nd September at 2pm...
Sara Hume reports on the publication of her monograph titled Regional Dress: Between Tradition and Modernity, which was partly funded by the DHS Research Publication Grant.
9 August 2023
The Editorial Board of the Journal of Design History wishes to appoint a Social Media Editor. Please note this call...
This month, guest contributor to the Provocative Places series Vinod Bhatia, Assistant Professor of the National Institute of Fashion Technology, Panchkula (Haryana), explores the Capitol Complex in Chandigarh
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28 July 2023
Indigenous design? New perspectives on decolonising design The Design History Society sponsored panel seeks...
24 July - 7 August
online
Wi Deh Yah is a series of talks organised in collaboration with the Design History Society and the Caribbean...
This month, guest contributor to the Provocative Objects series Evangeline Rouse, MA History of Design student at the Royal College of Art/Victoria and Albert Museum, discusses the practice and ethics of presenting and taking photographs of asylum patients in the mid-nineteenth century