The Design History Society is one of the leading organisations 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.
News
Announcing the 2026 Design Writing Prize Winner and runner up
We are delighted to announced that Katie Meaney, designer, educator and former fellow at the Smithsonian Institution,…
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Blog
Crafting Furniture in the Global South: The Teak Dispositif in Lanna Forest and the Extractive System of Danish Modern
The global rise of Danish Modern in the 1950s sparked the “teak boom,” driving the widespread adoption of teak in…
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