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University of Brighton Design Archives @designarchives.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

We are thrilled that Designing From Home, directed by @suebreakell.bsky.social & @harrietatkinson.bsky.social has been selected for the 2026 Brighton Rocks Film Festival. Designing From Home will be screened 18 June (session 10), more info and tickets here: www.rocksfestivals.com/briff

colour photo of a bird's eye view looking down onm a house with the title Designing From Home written across the center in orange. The Brighton Rocks Film Festival official selection 2026 laurels are below the title in white

circle made up of segmented lines in different colours. Brighton Rocks 2026 Official Selection is written in the middle in white

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University of Brighton Design Archives @designarchives.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

Designing from Home won Best Short Documentary at the London Independent Film Festival Spring 2026. The film was produced by Hugh Hartford at Banyak Media, funded by the AHRC & @uniofbrighton.bsky.social @suebreakell.bsky.social @harrietatkinson.bsky.social blogs.brighton.ac.uk/brightondesi...

black laurels surround the following text also printed in black: Best Short Documentary London Independent Film Festival 2026

Two women stand on a red carpet in front of a white wall with various logos and brands

a colour image looking down on a house and garden. Designing From Home is written in orange block letters through the middle

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University of Brighton Design Archives @designarchives.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

'Designing from Home' documentary by @suebreakell.bsky.social @harrietatkinson.bsky.social about FHK Henrion has been shortlisted at the London Independent Film Awards. Tickets for Sunday's screening at 4:00pm at the Genesis Cinema, Whitechapel here: www.genesiscinema.co.uk/whatson/film... liff.org

black and white photo of a man sitting outside on a bench outside a brick home. A woman carrying a tray opens a door to join him. Image of FHK Henrion and Daphne Hardy Henrion in the garden of their home in Hampstead, c.1947. Photograph by Anneli Bunyard, courtesy Estate of Anneli Bunyard.

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Harriet Atkinson @harrietatkinson.bsky.social · 13/02/2026

I am very happy that my book Showing Resistance (Manchester University Press, 2024) has won the 2026 Historians of British Art (HBA) @hba-caa.bsky.social award for outstanding research in the period 1800-1960.

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Isokon Gallery @isokongallery.bsky.social · 14/11/2025

At the Isokon Gallery on 20 Nov. A new short film which explores the twentieth-century designer FHK Henrion, a German-Jewish émigré, displaced many times before arriving in Britain. Followed by a discussion with the directors Sue Breakell and Harriet Atkinson. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/designing-...

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Isokon Gallery @isokongallery.bsky.social · 21/11/2025

A fantastic screening yesterday evening of ‘Designing from Home’, a short film about the designer FHK Henrion, followed by a discussion with directors Harriet Atkinson and Sue Breakell.

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University of Brighton Design Archives @designarchives.bsky.social · 26/11/2025

Designing from Home: A new short film by design historian @harrietatkinson.bsky.social & Design Archives Director @suebreakell.bsky.social uncovers the domestic space which shaped the life & work of renowned graphic designer & German-Jewish emigrant FHK Henrion (1914-1990) vimeo.com/1133125381?s...

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DESIGNING FROM HOME - OFFICIAL TRAILER

Directed by HARRIET ATKINSON & SUE BREAKELL Produced by HUGH HARTFORD ARCHIVE AGI Alliance Graphique Internationale The Estate of Ferenc Berko The…

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Harriet Atkinson @harrietatkinson.bsky.social · 06/11/2025

We have three funded PhD studentships going at Brighton for projects in the arts, architecture and humanities, to start next autumn. Please do get in touch if you’re interested in discussing a potential project. www.brighton.ac.uk/research/pos...

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PhD studentships AHRC Landscape Award

Funding for PhDs in the arts and humanities. Apply now for an AHRC Landscape award at the University of Brighton.

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Modern Records Centre, University of Warwick @mrcwarwick.bsky.social · 20/08/2025

The International Transport Workers Federation ‪‪@itfglobalunion.bsky.social‬ have a long history of fighting against oppression and fascism – explore their fascinating history in our online exhibition: warwick.ac.uk/services/lib...

Poster which says “De l’argent pour Hitler c’est la guerre en Europe! [Money for Hitler means war in Europe] and depicts an outline of a figure in a black short and with Hitler’s characteristic hair and moustache with a swastika on the shirt, standing next to a stylised heavy artillery howitzer style gun. Image ref: MSS.159/3/C/A/140

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Harriet Atkinson @harrietatkinson.bsky.social · 20/08/2025

I’m really looking forward to participating in this workshop - Political Prisoners and Transnational Solidarity during the c20th - at University of Trento in mid-September eventi.unitn.it/en/political...

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Harriet Atkinson @harrietatkinson.bsky.social · 21/07/2025

I’m delighted to be part of the team for this new research project, exploring graphic objects of street protest for global movements www.rca.ac.uk/news-and-eve...

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New international research project to explore history of graphic design for street protest

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Harriet Atkinson @harrietatkinson.bsky.social · 15/07/2025

Alex Todd & I are co-chairing the Design History Society sponsored panel at CAA in Chicago 2026 on DESIGN ACTIVISM AS REPETITION, RECONSTRUCTION AND REINVENTION. Please consider submitting an abstract caa.confex.com/caa/2026/web...

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Session: Design Activism as Repetition, Reconstruction and Reinvention (CAA 114th Annual Conference)Preliminary Program

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Harriet Atkinson @harrietatkinson.bsky.social · 20/06/2025

On this World Refugee Day, celebrating the strength of people forced to flee their homes, I invite you to watch my film Art on the Streets (co-directed w/ Jane Dibblin) zealous.co/harrietatkin... which tells the story of refugee artists’ creativity in Britain in the midst of World War Two

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ART ON THE STREETS - TRAILER

Art on the Streets is a new documentary created by design historian Harriet Atkinson and filmmaker Jane Dibblin, narrated by Michael Rosen, animated by Kate Bilbow,…

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Journal of Design History @jodesignhistory.bsky.social · 10/06/2025

NEW book review! Jonathan M Woodham reviews Showing Resistance: Propaganda and Modernist Exhibitions in Britain, 1933-53 by Harriet Atkinson. Read now at academic.oup.com/jdh/advance-...

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Harriet Atkinson @harrietatkinson.bsky.social · 27/04/2025

Studentship available to study MA Curating Collections and Heritage. Deadline 30th June 2025. Open to applicants from the African or Asian diaspora or a marginalised ethnicity. The course is a collaboration between Brighton & Hove Museums and University of Brighton. Further info: lnkd.in/e8CJhtey

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Harriet Atkinson @harrietatkinson.bsky.social · 09/05/2025

I really enjoyed talking to Malika Brown about the Britain Can Make It exhibition for her podcast series Shows That Go On, about why some exhibitions are still talked about long after they’re over. Link here: open.spotify.com/episode/55Dq...

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S2:E6 Britain can make it, 1946

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Harriet Atkinson @harrietatkinson.bsky.social · 27/04/2025

Book Launch: Art, Feminism, and Community and Showing Resistance, 29 April 2025. Join us for a joint book launch on 29th April 5.30pm, University of Brighton (City Campus), M2, Grand Parade Main Building: 58–67 Grand Parade, BN2 0JY Free and open to all. blogs.brighton.ac.uk/centrefordes...

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Event | Book Launch: Art, Feminism, and Community and Showing Resistance, 29 April 2025

Book Launch: Art, Feminism, and Community and Showing Resistance, 29 April 2025 The Centre for Design History is proud to announce new books by its members, Ceren Özpınar and Harriet Atkinson. Join…

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Harriet Atkinson @harrietatkinson.bsky.social · 13/03/2025

I’m so happy to be part of this project about activating archives for advocacy with The Advocacy Academy, Clare Cumberlidge & Royal College of Art. We’re looking for an artist/designer to work with us this summer. Please share with anyone who might be interested! www.artsjobs.org.uk/jobs/search/...

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Creative Commission: Archives and Advocacy | Job

A commission for an artist or designer to be 'archivist in residence' at radical Brixton based youth organisation The Advocacy Academy to contribute to thinking and practice around the power of the ar...

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Harriet Atkinson @harrietatkinson.bsky.social · 23/02/2025

I really enjoyed seeing Resistance, the new exhibition at Turner Contemporary Margate @turnercontemporary.bsky.social a wonderful show of photographs documenting 20th c British protest movements.

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Harriet Atkinson @harrietatkinson.bsky.social · 19/01/2025

Mughals at the V&A is utterly breathtaking! Highly recommended

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Harriet Atkinson @harrietatkinson.bsky.social · 17/12/2024

The thrill of seeing something you’ve written in a bookshop never seems to fade: yesterday I spotted my new book “Showing Resistance” - about exhibitions as propaganda in mid-20th c Britain - in excellent company at Tate Britain. Also available to download www.manchesterhive.com/display/9781...

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Harriet Atkinson @harrietatkinson.bsky.social · 09/12/2024

Two brilliant-sounding, salaried PhD positions in Art History and Visual Studies are available at the Department of Philosophy, Classics, History of Art and Ideas, University of Oslo. One is about International and Nordic modernism, the other in Visual Studies www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...

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Doctoral Research Fellowships in Art History and Visual Studies (270478) | University of Oslo

Job title: Doctoral Research Fellowships in Art History and Visual Studies (270478), Employer: University of Oslo, Deadline: Friday, January 31, 2025

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University of Brighton Design Archives @designarchives.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

We're pleased to share @harrietatkinson.bsky.social's new book 'Showing Resistance: Propaganda and Modernist exhibitions in Britain, 1933-53', which draws heavily on our collections & published by @manchesterup.bsky.social. Read more about Harriet's book here: blogs.brighton.ac.uk/brightondesi...

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Lily Crowther @lilcrowther.bsky.social · 13/11/2024

A new starter pack to help AHRC collaborative doctoral students find one another on here! I hope there will be more of us here soon.

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Emma Brennan @emmaeditorial.bsky.social · 14/11/2024

Far left on the left: Showing Resistance by Harriet Atkinson is actually available FOR FREE, open access, here www.manchesterhive.com/display/9781...

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History of Communism @historyofcommunism.bsky.social · 14/11/2024

#OpenAccess #New Showing resistance: Propaganda and Modernist exhibitions in Britain, 1933–53 by Harriet Atkinson, 2024, @manchesterup.bsky.social www.manchesterhive.com/display/9781...

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