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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.
2 September - 4 September
FHNW Academy of Art and Design, Basel, Switzerland
Memory Full?Reimagining the Relations between Design and History2-4 September 2021 | FHNW Academy of Art and...
2 July, 6:30 - 8pm
Virtual event
Over the past year, we have all experienced unprecedented uncertainty within our respective institutions. Design...
18 June, 6:30 - 8pm
Online
Over the past year, we have all experienced unprecedented uncertainty within our respective institutions. Design...
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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The ‘Eye for Colour’ symposium was held at the National Museum of Scotland on 29 November, 2018 by the Bernat Klein foundation, partially funded by the DHS Day Symposium Grant. In this report, the chair of BKF, Alison Harley, is providing us a glimpse on the aims and wide outreach of the event.
11 June 2021
The Design History Society is proud to announce the launch of the podcast series Reverberations by Zara Arshad!...
4 June, 6:30 - 8:30pm
Webinar
Over the past year, we have all experienced unprecedented uncertainty within our respective institutions. Design...
1 June, 7 - 8pm
Virtual event
We look forward to welcoming you to “Lightning Talks: Design + History + Practice” the last event of the DHS...
The DHS student representative, Tai Cossich has been in a short conversation with the 2020 DHS Essay Prize 2020 Winner, Karen Fraser on her research and writing experience and future projects. The DHS Student Essay Prize 2021 still awaits applications until 30 June!
14 May 2021
We are delighted to announce that Jarrett Fuller is the 2021 Guest Judge for this Prize! Jarrett is a designer,...
In this post, the DHS Strategic Research Grant winner, Milia Lorraine Khoury shares the highlights of her research trip to Mozambique’s capital Maputo, where she traces the colonial legacy of architectural history and especially the particular story of surface decorations and their use in the expression of local identities.
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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13 April, 7 - 8pm
Online
Please book your place via Eventbrite. Please join us in the next session of the DHS Virtual Student Forum! In...
8 April 2021
The DHS is looking for a new Chair of the Editorial Board of the Journal of Design History. The Design History...
17 March 2021
The Design History Society (DHS), as Affiliate Society of the College Art Association (CAA), invites DHS members to...
3 March 2021
The Design History Society would like to congratulate the winners of the Research Publication Grant, Equity,...
24 February 2021
CfP: Teaching and Learning, Design History and Practice in the Virtual SpaceFriday 21st May 2021 at 6:30pm...
The 2020 DHS Virtual Event Award winner, Jennifer McHugh talks about the ideation process of her virtual event proposal, which has turned into the DHS Student Forum in collaboration with the DHS Student Representative, Tai Cossich.
9 February 2021
The convenors of the upcoming DHS annual conference in Basel, have sent us another postcard sharing some latest...
Check out our blog to see reports on the Society's activities.
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2 February, 7 - 8pm
Online
Please join us in the next session of the DHS Virtual Student Forum!DHS Ambassadors Andrea Foffa and Alex J. Todd will...
21 January 2021
We have an another postcard from Basel, and a great news too! Given the ongoing pandemic and the challenging...
In her blog report Denise Lai, talks us through the archiving process of Wawasan 2020 in collaboration with the Malaysian Design Archive and supported by the DHS. Launched in 1991 by the Malaysian state, Wawasan 2020 was an ambitious development and modernisation scheme for the nation, which also takes central stage in Denise's MA dissertation in history of design recently completed at the Royal College of Art. Denise was one of the recipients of the 2020 DHS Virtual Event Award (Student)