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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
Click here for the website of the conference. The “memory full” warning sent by a device when its...
2019 DHS Conference Bursary recipient, Enya Moore, shares her invaluable observations from the highlights of the 2019 DHS Conference, The Cost of Design, giving us some insight into panel discussions and keynote speeches revolving around the true ‘cost’ of design beyond financial implications.
Magali An Berthon takes us to Cambodia, where she has visited the Phnom Penh at Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum, a former secret prison site of the Khmer Rouge regime between 1976-1979. Magali has had the opportunity to examine the museum’s textile collection there, thanks to her DHS Student Travel Award.
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 >24 March 2020
The Design History Society and Oxford University Press continue to monitor the COVID-19 pandemic. Our first priority...
24 March 2020
As all possible efforts globally should be focused upon protecting and saving life and wellbeing, the Trustees are...
11 March 2020
The Department of Arts is looking to appoint an experienced Art Conservator with the skills and experience to lead and...
11 March 2020
The Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Department of Arts and Culture, opens the position of Assistant Professor (0,8fte)...
11 March 2020
STORMLAMP is a research project that is characterising wave loading and structural performance of rock lighthouses. It...
DHS Conference Award winner Seungyeon Gabrielle Jung shares her observations from the 2019 DHS Conference "The Cost of Design" and presents us with an interesting thread about the reconciliation of global design influences and local appropriations that runs through the panels.
4 March 2020
On last Sunday, 1 March the deadline for the call of papers to the DHS annual conference, "Memory full? Reimagining...
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 >4 March 2020
The Department of Art, Graphic Design, and Art History at Oklahoma State University in Stillwater invites applications...
26 February 2020
Matthew Bird has created a new website in conjunction with the CAA session on design history pedagogy that he has had...
2019 DHS Conference Bursary recipient, Rachel Hunnicutt, provides us a very vivid picture of papers focusing on the intersection of design and industry and her own research examining industrial armaments and aircraft production, during WWI and WWII.
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...
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...
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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.