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Report: No More Giants: J.M. Richards, modernism and The Architectural Review by Jessica Kelly (recipient of the Research Publication Grant)
Report: No More Giants: J.M. Richards, modernism and The Architectural Review by Jessica Kelly (recipient of the Research Publication Grant)

Jessica Kelly reports on the publication of her monograph titled No More Giants: J.M. Richards, modernism and The Architectural Review, which was partly funded by the DHS Research Publication Grant.

20 October 2023 -

Reports
Provocative Places: The Arab Hall at Leighton House
Provocative Places: The Arab Hall at Leighton House

Welcome to the next in our Provocative Places and Objects series, in which our contributors look at places and spaces that challenge and confront us as design historians. This time, Isabella Warnham, a student on the V&A/RCA History of Design MA, looks at the Arab Hall at Leighton House in London.

11 October 2023 -

Provocative Objects / Spaces
Designing the Domestic: Innovation in the Home - Interview with Dr Emeline Brule
Designing the Domestic: Innovation in the Home - Interview with Dr Emeline Brule

Ahead of our ‘Designing the Domestic: Innovation in the Home’ symposium, DHS Ambassador Alexandra Banister caught up with Dr Emeline Brule, design lecturer at the University of Sussex, to further explore her research into the modern torchiere.

5 October 2023 -

DHS Events
Designing the Domestic: Innovation in the Home - Interview with Selin Geerinckx
Designing the Domestic: Innovation in the Home - Interview with Selin Geerinckx

As part of our upcoming online symposium ‘Designing the Domestic: Innovation in the Home’, DHS Ambassador Alex Banister caught up with Selin Geerinckx, interior architect and doctoral researcher at the Faculty of Design Sciences, University of Antwerp, to discuss her research on the bodily and mental effects of modern(ist) housing ideologies. Selin will be presenting joint paper – ‘The Bruynzeel Kitchen: On Body Movements and Household Reform’ alongside Els De Vos, associate professor at the University of Antwerp.

3 October 2023 -

DHS Events
Designing the Domestic: Innovation in the Home - Interview with Priya Gupta
Designing the Domestic: Innovation in the Home - Interview with Priya Gupta

Ahead of our ‘Designing the Domestic: Innovation in the Home’ symposium, DHS Ambassador Alexandra Banister interviewed Priya Gupta, a PhD scholar at the Faculty of Architecture at CEPT University in Ahmedabad, to further discuss her research analysing the impact of state led regulations on Chandigarh’s private housing.

27 September 2023 -

DHS Events
Provocative Objects: Barbie Velina
Provocative Objects: Barbie Velina

In the wake of the Barbie fever, this month's guest contributor to the Provocative Objects series Amelia O’Mahony-Brady (independent design researcher, archivist and recent Trinity College Dublin graduate) introduces us to Barbie Velina: a limited-edition doll exclusive to Italian audiences, released in Summer 2002.

25 September 2023 -

Provocative Objects / Spaces
Designing the Domestic: Innovation in the Home - Interview with Paloma Carignani & Gabriela Gugliottella
Designing the Domestic: Innovation in the Home - Interview with Paloma Carignani & Gabriela Gugliottella

Ahead of our ‘Designing the Domestic: Innovation in the Home’ symposium, DHS Ambassador Alexandra Banister met Paloma Carignani, a Master’s Degree candidate in Urban Studies and Housing in Latin America Faculty of Architecture, Design and Urbanism at the University of Buenos Aires, and Gabriela Gugliottella, Professor of Arts at the University of Buenos Aires, to further discuss their research.

22 September 2023 -

DHS Events
Report: Regional Dress: Between Tradition and Modernity by Sara Hume (recipient of the Research Publication Grant)
Report: Regional Dress: Between Tradition and Modernity by Sara Hume (recipient of the Research Publication Grant)

Sara Hume reports on the publication of her monograph titled Regional Dress: Between Tradition and Modernity, which was partly funded by the DHS Research Publication Grant.

25 August 2023 -

Reports

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