Blog - 2017

Features

Feature: Thoughts on Three Czech Modernist Villas

19 August 2017

This article explores three twentieth-century villas - Villa Tugendhat, Villa Müller and Villa Rothmayer - comparing...

Reports

Report: DHS Strategic Research Grant by Yongkeun Chun (Part 2)

11 August 2017

During a research period in Tokyo, I was able to study and gather materials for a significant case study regarding...

Reports

Report: DHS Research Travel and Conference Grant by Verity Clarkson

4 August 2017

I spent Valentine's Day 2017 in New York in anticipation of one of the largest international art history gatherings -...

Features

Feature: DresserFest - Christopher Dresser, Japonism and the Victorian World of Goods

27 July 2017

The weekend of 30 June-2 July 2017 saw Middlesbrough host the second edition of the bi-annual 'Dresserfest', a...

Reports

Report: DHS Student Travel Award by Karen Price

14 July 2017

The Design History Society Student Travel Award funded 7 days, 4 ferry journeys, 2 flights and numerous bus journeys...

Reports

Report: Strategic Research Grant by Suchitra Choudhury

6 July 2017

I am grateful to the Design History Society for awarding me a Strategic Research Grant, which helped to fund a trip...

Reports

Report: DHS Student Travel Award by Erica Tso

30 June 2017

With the generous support of the DHS Student Travel Award, I had the opportunity to visit Tokyo for a week in May...

Reports

Report: DHS Student Travel Award by Ruth Clifford

17 June 2017

I am in the third year of a PhD, studying design and business education for traditional artisans in India. The DHS...