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Call for Panel Proposals:  DHS Affiliated Society Panel: 112th CAA Annual Conference, 14-17 Feb 2024, Chicago, IL
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Call for Panel Proposals: DHS Affiliated Society Panel: 112th CAA Annual Conference, 14-17 Feb 2024, Chicago, IL

27 March 2023

The Design History Society invites proposals for an Affiliated Society panel at the College Art Association conference...

Report: Putting on a show with the Kenwood Chef (recipient of the Outreach and Events Grant)
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Report: Putting on a show with the Kenwood Chef (recipient of the Outreach and Events Grant)

20 March 2023 -

Alice Naylor, AHRC-funded Collaborative Doctoral Researcher at the University of Portsmouth and Science Museum Group reports on two live events that evoked the history of a Kenwood demonstration, supported by the DHS Outreach and Events Grant.

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DHS annual conference 2023: call for papers extended to 2 April
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DHS annual conference 2023: call for papers extended to 2 April

17 March 2023

The 2023 Design History Society annual conference will be hosted by the

Provocative Objects: Nadinola DeLuxe Bleaching Cream
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Provocative Objects: Nadinola DeLuxe Bleaching Cream

14 March 2023 -

This month, guest contributor to the Provocative Objects series Jade Lindo offers a brief glimpse into the history of Nadinola DeLuxe Bleaching Cream.

Call for papers: ‘Wi Deh Yah’ - Caribbean Fashion and Design Research Network In Collaboration with the DHS
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Call for papers: ‘Wi Deh Yah’ - Caribbean Fashion and Design Research Network In Collaboration with the DHS

13 March 2023

The Caribbean Fashion and Design Research Network (CFDRN) was established in October 2022 by a group of researchers...

2023 DHS annual conference website and call for papers now live
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2023 DHS annual conference website and call for papers now live

1 March 2023

The 2023 Design History Society annual conference will be hosted by the

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Welcome to the new members of the Editorial Board of the Journal of Design History.

27 February 2023

Join us in welcoming the new members of the Editorial Board of the Journal of Design History Dr Harriet Atkinson,...

Provocative Places: Prince/Mercer Street, New York and Virgil Abloh
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Provocative Places: Prince/Mercer Street, New York and Virgil Abloh

14 February 2023 -

This month, guest contributor to the Provocative Places series Monica Jae Yeon Moon explores Prince/Mercer Street in New York and the late designer Virgil Abloh.

Report: Chandigarh Chairs (recipients of the DHS Research Access Grant [Professional])
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Report: Chandigarh Chairs (recipients of the DHS Research Access Grant [Professional])

7 February 2023 -

Petra Seitz, Nia Thandapani and Gregor Wittrick report on their 2022 fieldwork into the Chandigarh Chairs project which involved an initial trip to Chandigarh, supported by the DHS Research Access Grant (Professional)

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DHS Chair Sally-Anne Huxtable appointed Archives, Collections & Curatorship Editor of the JDH

6 February 2023

We are delighted to announce that DHS Chair Dr Sally-Anne Huxtable has been appointed as Archives, Collections &...

Global Conversations: Materiality and Mediation recording now on YouTube
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Global Conversations: Materiality and Mediation recording now on YouTube

30 January 2023

The recording of the virtual symposium, Global Conversations: Materiality and Mediation organised by the Design...

Provocative Objects: The Pirate and The Traders of the West Indies
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Provocative Objects: The Pirate and The Traders of the West Indies

21 January 2023 -

This month, guest contributor to the Provocative Objects series Zarna Hart studies The Pirate and The Traders of the West Indies by William Spooner in relation to British Empire and the indoctrination of Victorian children.

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Call for Submissions: JDH Special Issue 'Design History and Digital Material Culture'

12 January 2023

This Special Issue of the Journal of Design History is dedicated to promoting the study of digital material culture...

Provocative Objects: Pearls
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Provocative Objects: Pearls

16 December 2022 -

This month, guest contributor to the Provocative Objects series Livy Scott discusses the haptic, tactile, and embodied experience of pearls.

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The folkloric inspiration of Rafael Bordalo Pinheiro in a table set and its cutlery

30 November 2022 -

As part of the 'Folk' Cultures in Everyday Objects seminar series, Francisca Antunes Guimarães (an independent researcher from Porto, Portugal) has written a blog post about Rafael Bordalo Pinheiro's (Lisbon, 1846-1905) utensils set and its design links to Portuguese folk culture. Her research intends to deepen the study and meaning of the tablewares in the 19th century using a specific set from Rafael Bordalo Pinheiro as a case study.

New podcast: Design Writing Prize 2022 winner Joana Albernaz Delgado in conversation with guest judge Alice Twemlow
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New podcast: Design Writing Prize 2022 winner Joana Albernaz Delgado in conversation with guest judge Alice Twemlow

21 November 2022

The latest episode of the DHS podcasts is out now! Listen to this year's Design Writing Prize (DWP) guest judge,...

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"Folk Cultures" in Everyday Objects
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"Folk Cultures" in Everyday Objects

18 November - 2 December 2022

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Fridays 18 November - 2 December 2022 Session 1 15.30 - 17.00 (GMT) Session 2 19.00 - 20.00...

Provocative Places: The Holocaust Memorial, Berlin
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Provocative Places: The Holocaust Memorial, Berlin

14 November 2022 -

Following a summer break, welcome back to the Provocative Places and Objects series in which our Ambassadors look at places and spaces that challenge and confront us as design historians. This month, Alexandra Banister looks at the Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe, and considers how we use architecture to remember and to display collective history.

Digital legacy of the 2021 DHS annual conference Memory Full? now live
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Digital legacy of the 2021 DHS annual conference Memory Full? now live

8 November 2022

The digital legacy of the 2021 DHS annual conference Memory Full? (Basel, Switzerland) is now live. This...