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![Exhibition and Symposium Report “A Queer History of Fashion: From the Closet to the Catwalk”](https://cdn.designhistorysociety.org/uploads/images/_half/Lauren-Fried.jpeg)
Curated by Dr Valerie Steele, director and chief curator, and Fred Dennis, senior curator of costume, “A Queer History of Fashion: From the Closet to the Catwalk” opened at the Museum at the Fashion Institute of Technology (MFIT)...
Reports![Going Face to Face: The Making of Goaltender Masks in North American Professional Ice Hockey, 1959-1991](https://cdn.designhistorysociety.org/uploads/images/_half/Tam.jpg)
Andrea Tam summarises her winning submission for this years DHS Postgraduate Student Essay Prize.
Features![A Tale of Two Houses: Jamaica 2013](https://cdn.designhistorysociety.org/uploads/images/_half/library-service-headquarters.jpg)
My research trip took place from June to August of this year, as part of a multifaceted and ongoing body of work. Jamaica is a tiny island with a large global reputation, but its design output has hitherto been less widely recognised
ReportsSummaries of papers given at the 2013 conference by DHS bursary winners
ReportsThe 2013 Design History Society Annual Conference, Towards Global Histories of Design: Postcolonial Perspectives (5-8th September, 2013), was convened by Tanishka Kachru and Suchitra Balasubramanian at the National Institute of Design, Ahmedabad, India...
Reports![Sport Cartoons as Political Critique in Contemporary India](https://cdn.designhistorysociety.org/uploads/images/_half/J-10.12.gif)
As a widely followed cultural activity, sport has been a significant component of political cartoons. Sporting images are commonly applied to cartoons related to elections since both sport and politics are envisaged as figurative battles...
Reports![Review: Design History Society Annual Teaching and Learning Workshop, 2013: Archives and Collections Organised by Torunn Kjolberg outgoing DHS Trustee, Teaching and Learning Officer](https://cdn.designhistorysociety.org/uploads/images/_half/IMG_1167.gif)
Delegates gathered for the first time in the new Design History Society office space at Cowcross Street in London’s bustling Farringdon for the Annual Teaching and Learning Workshop this year,with a focus on archives and collections...
Reports![Review of Modernist Studies Association, 15th Annual Conference: Everydayness and the Event University of Sussex, August 29-September 1, 2013](https://cdn.designhistorysociety.org/uploads/images/_half/MG_9539.jpeg)
The Modernists Studies Association with its headquarters in Baltimore organises grand international conferences that each year gathers researchers, academics and students exploring the subject of modernity...
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