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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.
3 - 5 September
FHNW Academy of Art and Design, Basel, Switzerland
Deadline for the CfP has now been extended! The new deadline is Sunday, 1 March. Click here for the website of the...
Deepshikha Jha shares highlights from the International Conference on Design and Technology, held at Technion – Israel Institute of Technology, which she was able to attend with her DHS Student Travel Award. Deepshikha also gives us a glimpse of her own research, presented at this event, which focuses on bridging the gap between traditional textile crafts, contemporary fashion, wearable technology (specifically LED textiles) and scientific design research in India.
20 February 2020
Call for participation Drafts of history: the world in newspapers on a single day (10 March 1881/2020) Join us...
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.
More details >20 February 2020
Assistant Professor of Design History The Department of Interior Design at Virginia Commonwealth University invites...
20 February 2020
Canterbury School of Architecture, UCA Canterbury 18th and 19th June 2020 Call For Papers: Deadline 3rd March...
DHS Conference Bursary recipient, Courtney Schum, reflects on her participation in the 2019 DHS Conference, The Cost of Design, offering us a vivid perspective on the two panels honouring the Bauhaus centenary.
30 January, 1 - 5pm
Design Museum, Bauhaus and Ulm Room, First Floor, London
‘Heritage’ is designed, from landscapes and buildings, to rituals and artefacts. Join us for an afternoon...
Kerry Meakin was awarded a DHS Conference Bursary to attend the 2019 DHS Conference, The Cost of Design. Meakin shares her invaluable observations from the panels as she takes us through the highlights of the conference.
30 January 2020
The V&A East Asian Department is currently recruiting for the post of Assistant Curator of Korean Art. Assistant...
30 January 2020
L’association d’art des universités du Canada | Universities Art Association of Canada, Conference - 2020 –...
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 >28 January 2020
CfP deadline for the annual DHS conference "Memory full? Reimagining the relations between design and history" has now...
The DHS Student Travel Award winner Eleanor Rees shares some highlights of her research trip to Moscow for her PhD research on the role of set designers in early Russian and Soviet cinema (1907 - 1930s).
22 January 2020
Please join us to congratulate Deborah Sugg Ryan for winning the book prize for 2020 Historians of British Art Book...
22 January 2020
Despite its increasing prevalence and importance in HCI, the term “designfiction” is used in a number of different...
22 January 2020
Aalto University is a community of bold thinkers where science and art meet technology and business. We are committed...
22 January 2020
Position Title: Assistant Teaching or Practice Professor of Interior Design Appointment Type: Faculty Job...
22 January 2020
The design department at Brunel University London is currently seeking candidates to assist on undergraduate teaching...
Check out our blog to see reports on the Society's activities.
More details >DHS Conference Award winner Yulia Karpova shares her observations from the 2019 DHS Conference The Cost of Design and presents us with some wider frameworks to rethink the themes discussed in the panels.
DHS Conference Bursary recipient, Saurabh Tewari reflects on his participation in the 2019 DHS Annual Conference, The Cost of Design.
9 January 2020
The University of North Texas (UNT)’s long-standing and dynamic art history program has recently been designated an...