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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.
6 - 8 September
Parsons School of Design, New York
The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) estimates that in 2016, some 65.6 million people were...
15 June, 1 - 5pm
University of Exeter
How can the curation of migrant cultures be a more dynamic and inclusive practice? What happens when objects are...
19 May 2018
Registration is now open for Design and Displacement, the 2018 Design History Society Annual Conference. The...
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A fourteen-day research trip to two significant United States-based collections was made possible by the Design History Society's Student Travel Award. This visit allowed me to examine several rare Malay printed books and manuscripts, and consult several folders of missionary correspondence, lithographed, and typeset books.
1 May 2018
What do theories of things mean, to, for, and in design in both their historical and contemporary contexts? This...
I was thrilled to learn that my application for a DHS Research Publication Grant had been successful. These funds will be used to contribute to the colour printing of my book "Color, Science and Fashion: Splendid Hues in the 19th Century".
With the generous support of the Design History Society's Strategic Research Grant, I had the fantastic opportunity of presenting my research on the Design History Society-affiliated panel at the annual College Art Association conference, held in Los Angeles on 21-24 February 2018.
5 April 2018
The Museum of Domestic Design and Architecture (MoDA) presents an exhibition entitled "Katagami in Practice: Japanese...
The College Arts Association's 106th Annual Conference was held last month in Los Angeles. This year was the second year in which the Design History Society participated in the event as a CAA-affiliated society panel.
20 March 2018
The Design History Society (DHS), as Affiliate Society of the College Art Association (CAA), invites DHS members to...
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.
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The Institute of Design at the Oslo School of Architecture and Design calls for applications for a permanent position...
Tom Cubbin outlines how a DHS Research Travel & Conference Grant has provided "the resources and confidence to undertake a pre-study that will form the basis of further research applications".
26 February 2018
In this public talk, Thomas Daniell, the 2017 M+/Design Trust Research Fellow, presents the results of his fellowship...
20 February 2018
Chinese Porcelain in Colonial Mexico: The Material Worlds of an Early Modern Trade by Meha Priyadarshini This...
12 February 2018
Current discourse in design research, art, cultural studies, media studies, philosophy, and the social sciences is...
DHS Student Officer, Lydia Caston, reviews 'Oriental Bodies' and the Performance of Gender (Le 'Corps Oriental': Genre, Gestes et Regards), a three-day conference held in Paris in December 2017.
1 February 2018
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22 January 2018
Chaired by Glenn Adamson, curator of this year's Beazley Designs of the Year, this symposium brings together...
15 January 2018
The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts Schools of Architecture, Design and Conservation (KADK) invites applications for...
Thanks to the assistance of a DHS Research Exhibition Grant, I was able to travel to Edinburgh in November 2017 to work with staff at National Museums Scotland, and with collections held in NMS stores.