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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.
5 - 7 September
Northumbria University, Newcastle-upon-Tyne
'The Cost of Design' explores the complexities of the historic and contemporary relationship between design and...
6 - 8 June
Birkbeck Clore Management Centre, 27 Torrington Square, London, WC1E 7JL
This two-day conference will explore old, new and future interconnections between Design History and Architectural...
As Vivien and Simon's role as DHS Ambassadors comes to an end to make room for a new team, they reflect on two fruitful years of representing the Society.
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 >DHS Conference Bursary recipient, Serena Newmark, reflects on her participation in the 2018 DHS Annual Conference.
22 March 2019
Making and shaping things in creative economies. From history to present day Dates: 28-30 November 2019 Location:...
I would like to thank the Design History Society for supporting this research. The funding went towards covering the production subvention cost for Branding Lebanon through the lens of Mouna Bassili Sehnaoui (Yasmine Nachabe Taan, Khatt books, 2019).
"Being awarded a Conference Bursary by the DHS to attend and deliver a paper at the 2018 conference Design and Displacement was an important moment of transition for me". Catriona Quinn reports.
15 March 2019
The Design History Society is seeking to appoint a new Chair of the Executive Committee (Board of Trustees) to take...
From 6-8 September, design historians from all over the world gathered in New York, USA for the 2018 DHS Conference, Design and Displacement. The DHS Ambassadors, Vivien Chan and Simon Spiers, along with the Society's Student Officer, Lydia Caston, review some of the activities that took place as part of the event.
6 March 2019
The Design History Society (DHS), as Affiliate Society of the College Art Association (CAA), invites DHS members to...
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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Tania Messell, recipient of a DHS Conference Bursary, reflects on the 2018 DHS Conference, Design and Displacement, through the lens of humanitarian aid.
2 March 2019
'The Cost of Design' explores the complexities of the historic and contemporary relationship between design and...
DHS Conference Bursary recipient, Malin Graesse, reviews her participation in the 2018 DHS Annual Conference.
It was a joy to present at the 2018 DHS Conference. Not only was it my first presentation at a major academic conference, it was my first time attending one as well, and I can say with certainty that it was an incredibly rewarding experience.
11 February 2019
DHS Panel Proposal: The Cost of Design, University of Northumbria, 5-7 September 2019 The Business of the...
How does design participate in the narratives and experiences of displaced persons? How are designed objects and spaces subject to displacement, and how are these transformations exposed or concealed? What does a lens of displacement offer to design historians and to the field of design study?
2 February, 2 - 5pm
The Gallery, 70 Cowcross Street, London, EC1M 6EJ
The Design History Society is hosting an afternoon event on Saturday 2nd February at 70 Cowcross Street, EC1M...
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1 February 2019
24 January 2019
National Museums Scotland (NMS) is one of the leading museum groups in Europe. With one of the largest and most...
'Design has to be emancipated from itself - there's another history to tell'. This was keynote speaker Tony Fry's clarion call at the DHS Conference on Design and Displacement.