Design History Society

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The Design History Society is an arts history organisation founded in 1977 [1] to promote and support the study and understanding of design history. The Society undertakes a range of charitable activities intended to encourage and support research and scholarship, to offer information and create networking opportunities, to foster student participation and public recognition of the subject, and to support regional links and events. The Society welcomes members from related disciplines such as anthropology, architecture and art history, business history, the history of science and technology, craft history, cultural studies, economic and social history, design and design management studies. An elected Executive Committee and Board of Trustees works to enable the activities of the Society, and to ensure that design history is appropriately represented in higher education and research bodies in the UK.

Contents

Journal

The Journal of Design History is published quarterly by Oxford University Press on behalf of the Design History Society (J Design Hist, web ISSN   1741-7279, print ISSN   0952-4649). [2] It is the leading journal in its field, and plays an active role in the development of design history, including the history of crafts and applied arts, as well as contributing to the broader fields of visual and material culture studies. The journal includes a regular book reviews section and lists books received, and from time to time publishes special issues.

Conference

The annual DHS Conference provides an international platform for interdisciplinary approaches to research and critical debate in design history. Hosted each year by a different partner institution, the conference aims to further global dialogues on design and its histories. See Past Conferences below. [3]

Funding

Prizes

Events

In 2018, the DHS launched a rolling calendar of events and activities convened by trustees working with relevant educational, professional and cultural partners. These events create opportunities for engagement beyond the annual conference, support teaching and learning at all levels of design historical education, and aim to reach audiences, both internationally and across the UK.

Membership

Design History Society members include all those interested in design: students, designers, lecturers, historians, researchers, craftspeople, manufacturers, archivists, curators, librarians and collectors. The Society offers membership rates for individuals and institutional members. A concessionary rate is also available for students, full and part-time, the unwaged and seniors. Membership under all categories is administered by Oxford University Press.

Past conferences

Year [5] Conference TitleLocation
2019The Cost of DesignNorthumbria University, Newcastle-upon-Tyne
2018Design and DisplacementParsons School of Design, New York
2017Making and Unmaking the EnvironmentUniversity of Oslo, Norway
2016Design and TimeMiddlesex University, London
2015Design and the Spirit of Critical UtopianismCalifornia College of the Arts, San Francisco
2014Design for War and PeaceDepartment for Continuing Education, University of Oxford
2013Towards Global Histories of Design: Postcolonial PerspectivesNational Institute of Design, Ahmedabad, India
2012The Material Culture of SportUniversity of Brighton
2011Design Activism and Social ChangeBarcelona
2010Design and Craft: A History of Convergences and Divergence (co-organised by the ICDHS)Brussels
2009Writing Design: Object, Process, Discourse, TranslationUniversity of Hertfordshire
2008Networks of Design [6] University College Falmouth
2007Design / Body / Sense Kingston University London
2006Design and Evolution Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands
2005Locating Design London Metropolitan University
2004The Politics of Design University of Ulster at Belfast, Northern Ireland
2003Sex Object: Desire & Design in a Gendered World Norwich School of Art and Design
2002Situated Knowledges: Consumption, Production and Identity in a Global ContextUniversity of Wales, Aberystwyth
2001Representing DesignRoyal College of Art & Victoria and Albert Museum, London.
2000Making and Unmaking: Creative and Critical Practice in a Designed World [7] University of Portsmouth
1999Home and AwayNottingham Trent University
1998Design Innovation: Conception to ConsumptionUniversity of Huddersfield
1997The Ideal and the Real in DesignUniversity of Brighton
1996History and Studio Practice (Co-organised with AAH and Dept of Visual Arts, Lancaster University)Manchester Metropolitan University
1996FuturesMiddlesex University
1995Objects Histories and Interpretations (co-organised with the AAH and V&A)Victoria & Albert Museum, London
1994Design for SellingGlasgow School of Art
1993Transportation and MovementSouthampton

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References

  1. "Overview - About". Design History Society. Retrieved 2019-10-01.
  2. "Journal of Design History". Oxford Journals. Archived from the original on October 26, 2005. Retrieved April 19, 2016.
  3. "Conferences". Design History Society. Retrieved 2019-10-01.
  4. "Overview - Awards". Design History Society. Retrieved 2019-10-01.
  5. Gooding, Joanne (2012). Design History in Britain from the 1970s to 2012: Context, Formation and Development. Unpublished PhD Thesis, Northumbria University. pp. Appendix C: List of Design History and DHS Conferences.
  6. Britain), Design History Society. Conference (2008 : Falmouth, Great (2009). Networks of design : proceedings of the 2008 Annual International Conference of the Design History Society (UK). Glynne, Jonathan., Hackney, Fiona., Minton, Viv. Boca Raton, Fla.: Universal Publishers. ISBN   978-1599429069. OCLC   681548785.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  7. Putnum 1, Facey 2, Swales 3, Tim 1, Ruth 2, Valerie 3 (2000). Making and Unmaking: Selected Proceedings Design History Society Annual Conference 2000. Portsmouth: University of Portsmouth, School of Art, Design and Media. ISBN   978-1861372277.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)