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The Design History Society is the leading organisation that promotes the study of global design histories, and brings together and supports all those engaged in the subject - students, researchers, educators, designers, designer-makers, critics and curators. The Society aims to play an important role in shaping an inclusive design history.
7 September - 9 September
University of Oslo, Norway
Design and designers hold an ambiguous place in environmental discourse. They are either blamed for causing...
6 September, 10am - 5pm
Georg Morgensternes hus, Room 452, University of Oslo
The Design History Society will host a Writing & Publishing Workshop in conjunction with the 2017 Annual DHS...
20 June 2017
The University of Oslo, Department of Philosophy, Classics, History of Art and Ideas, invites applications for a PhD...
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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I am in the third year of a PhD, studying design and business education for traditional artisans in India. The DHS Student Travel Award enabled me to conduct filming in one of my case study locations: Maheshwar, a small town in Madhya Pradesh state.
13 June 2017
The M+ / Design Trust Research Fellowship 2018 programme aims to support an original research project investigating...
4 June 2017
The Board of the European Association for Asian Art and Archaeology (EAAA) is pleased to announce the 2nd EAAA...
I am grateful to the Design History Society for awarding me with a Strategic Research Grant, which helped to fund a crucial research trip to Tokyo, Japan. This will inform my PhD thesis, provisionally titled 'Graphic design in colonial Korea and the influence of Japanese Shōgyō Bijutsu'.
20 May 2017
The Design History Society is now accepting applications for the position of Teaching & Learning Officer. The Teaching...
17 May 2017
Aesthetics and Design History Since its formulation as an independent discipline in the 1970s, design history has...
12 May 2017
The International Ceramics Festival (ICF) is Europe's premier ceramics festival, held at Aberystwyth Arts...
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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National Museums Scotland is one of the leading museum groups in Europe. With one of the largest and most diverse...
Last month, the Design History Society welcomed three new Ambassadors to the team. Continuing the success of the first two DHS Ambassadors, Zara Arshad and Janine Barker, Vivien Chan, Simon Spier and Suchitra Choudhury have taken up the baton, and hope to take the role to new and exciting places!
3 May 2017
The constitution of The Association of Dress Historians (ADH) stipulates that the objective of the charity is the...
1 May 2017
26 April 2017
Join cultural historian David Crowley to examine the legacy of the Soviet avant-garde in fashion and film design in...
In February 2017, the Design History Society held its inaugural panel as affiliate at the College Art Association conference in New York. The panel, titled 'Beyond Boundaries: Art and Design Exhibitions as Transnational Exchange from 1945', was co-chaired by Dr Harriet Atkinson (University of Brighton), Dr Sarah Lichtman (Parsons The New School), and Dr Verity Clarkson (University of Brighton).
21 April 2017
The Victoria and Albert Museum (V&A) in London are seeking a Curator of Digital Design to join the Design,...
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Ingrid Halland won the DHS Essay Prize in the post-graduate category for her submission, "Designs on our Ultimate Environment: Gruppo 9999, Superstudio and the New Ontological Landscape". Here, DHS Teaching & Learning Officer, Maya Oppenheimer, speaks to Halland about her research.
12 April 2017
In order to encourage, recognise, and support writing that engages audiences in critical and contemporary issues in...
Last month, I experienced one of the most exciting days in my academic life when Tanishka Kachru, a senior faculty member at National Institute of Design (NID) in Ahmedabad, India, invited me to be a part of a history of design workshop.