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Crafting a National Identity in an International Market: Local in Global
Crafting a National Identity in an International Market: Local in Global

In our new blog series, academic writer and researcher Dr Rukmini Chaturvedi explores the theme of design-craft engagement in the Indian design market.

19 April 2024 -

Crafting a National Identity in an International Market
Provocative Objects: The Dabbawala Coffee Table
Provocative Objects: The Dabbawala Coffee Table

In this month's Provocative Objects blog, academic writer and researcher Dr Rukmini Chaturvedi discusses the Dabbawala coffee table, designed in 2016 by Parth Parikh.

11 April 2024 -

Provocative Objects / Spaces
Report: Craft-based design and the durability of hand craft - oya lace
Report: Craft-based design and the durability of hand craft - oya lace

Duygu Atalay Onur and Merve Aydin report on their research into oya lace and craft-based design which was supported by the DHS EDI Strategic Research Grant

26 March 2024 -

Reports
Provocative Objects: Good Squish x Lace History
Provocative Objects: Good Squish x Lace History

In this month’s Provocative Objects post, Design History Society Ambassador Rowan Adamson discusses this history of lace and its modern interpretations by Good Squish.

14 March 2024 -

Provocative Objects / Spaces
Report: Word on the Street
Report: Word on the Street

Freya Purcell and Genevieve Drinkwater report on the digital archive project 'Word on the Street' supported by the DHS Virtual Event Award (Student)

8 February 2024 -

Reports
Provocative Places: paraSITE project
Provocative Places: paraSITE project

Welcome to the next in our Provocative Places and Objects series, in which we look at places and spaces that challenge and confront us as design historians. This time, Alexandra Banister looks at artist Michael Rakowitz’s paraSITE project, which uses an interdisciplinary approach to art and architecture to highlight issues of homelessness.

8 February 2024 -

Provocative Objects / Spaces
Provocative Places: Pathra Temple Complex
Provocative Places: Pathra Temple Complex

In the first Provocative Places and Objects blog of 2024, Souhardya De discusses Pathra Temple Complex and the Rural Bengali European Connect.

9 January 2024 -

Provocative Objects / Spaces
Provocative Places: Soviet Playground Design in Lithuania
Provocative Places: Soviet Playground Design in Lithuania

Welcome to the final Provocative Places and Objects blog of 2023. This time, Ieva Daujotaite, a Design History Postgraduate from the Royal College of Art / Victoria & Albert Museum shares research on Soviet Playground Design in Lithuania.

8 December 2023 -

Provocative Objects / Spaces

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