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Design History Society

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A leading organisation promoting the study of global design histories www.designhistorysociety.org

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Design History Society @sodesignhistory.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
The DHS & JDH would like to thank outgoing Chair of the Editorial Board Prof Dr Grace Lees-Maffei on the completion of her 5 year tenure & stewardship, dedication and commitment to the Society & Journal over the last 28 years. We look forward to her continuing as member of the JDH Advisory Board.
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Design History Society @sodesignhistory.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
We are delighted to announced that Katie Meaney, designer, educator and recent fellow at the Smithsonian Institution, is the winner of the 2026 Design Writing Prize judged by Prof Jane Pavitt. Find out more and read the winning paper here: buff.ly/0LE3IEh
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Design History Society @sodesignhistory.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
In this month’s Provocative Objects blog, Sara Shields-Rivard, PhD candidate in Art History at Queen’s University (Canada) shares her investigations into the misattribution of a table to the American interior decorator Elsie de Wolfe in the Cooper Hewitt Design Museum archives buff.ly/sSD4fCh
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Design History Society @sodesignhistory.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Could you be our new Communications Officer? Applications must be received by 23:59 UTC on 31 October 2026. Interviews will be held on a Monday or Friday in November with an envisaged start date of early December. Find out more about the role and apply here: buff.ly/zZYD9HS
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Design History Society @sodesignhistory.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
The next installment of our Crafting Furniture in the Global South series explores the salons of Egyptian homes through the research of Lina El-Shamy, cultural anthropologist, design historian, and artist. Read it here: buff.ly/sSD4fCh
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Design History Society @sodesignhistory.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Could you be our new Grants Officer? Applications must be received by 23:59 UTC on 31 October 2026. Interviews will be held on a Monday or Friday in November with an envisaged start date of early December. Find out more about the role and apply here: buff.ly/zZYD9HS
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Design History Society @sodesignhistory.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
The Design History Society Annual Conference 2027 comes to Chelsea College of Arts, UAL, exploring Veiling/Unveiling: The Politics of the Unseen in Design. Find out more: buff.ly/EUFR0oc 📍 Chelsea College of Arts, UAL 📅 2–4 September 2027
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Design History Society @sodesignhistory.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
We are pleased to announce that the recordings of our online symposium ‘Crafting Furniture in the Global South: Contemporary Practices, Histories and Futures’ have been published on our YouTube channel: Panels one and two: buff.ly/Y3mp3BK Panels three and four: buff.ly/8v8A5te
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Design History Society @sodesignhistory.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
2026 Student Publication: ‘Threads, Traces, and Artefacts: Revisiting Global Design History’ now available online! This volume is Open Access and can be downloaded here: buff.ly/0kJmwwQ
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Design History Society @sodesignhistory.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Listen to the latest Routes to Design History podcast! This month we speak with Johanna Agerman Ross, the Conran Foundation Chief Curator at the Design Museum. Listen on Spotify here: buff.ly/Z8FRFFS
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Design History Society @sodesignhistory.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Our 2026 Student Conference ‘Ephemeral Encounters’ is now available to watch on YouTube! Take a look at Day One here: buff.ly/KRpRLak And Day Two here: buff.ly/YigGzAB
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Design History Society @sodesignhistory.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Our Annual Publishing Workshop session ‘Developing an Academic Book Proposal’ with Suzie Nash, Commissioning Editor at Bloomsbury, will now be held on 14th September, 12:30pm-2pm BST. Find out more: buff.ly/i52m3ZZ
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Design History Society @sodesignhistory.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Conference in pictures. All the photos are now available on our website: buff.ly/xsH5ELa Photographs by Eden Bican & Jakub Straka, please mention our photographers when using photos for promotional purposes.
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Design History Society @sodesignhistory.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
This week, doctoral researcher Metini Krivanish shares research examining unequal global resource distribution and the socio-technical networks of teak extraction as part of our Crafting Furniture in the Global South blog series. Read it here: buff.ly/LnN2rjS
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Design History Society @sodesignhistory.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Thank you to everyone who attended and contributed to the DHS annual conference this year, including all of our speakers and panel chairs. Particular thanks to the team at the Faculty of Arts, Masaryk University for welcoming and hosting us all!
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Design History Society @sodesignhistory.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Deep dive into the programme of ⚡ Design in an Age of Uncertainty ⚡ The programme will wrap up on the 5th of September 2026 🗓️ #designuncertain #dhsconference2026
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Design History Society @sodesignhistory.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Deep dive into the programme of ⚡️ Design in an Age of Uncertainty ⚡️ The programme will wrap up on the 5th of September 2026 🗓 #designuncertain #dhsconference2026
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Design History Society @sodesignhistory.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Deep dive into the programme of ⚡️ Design in an Age of Uncertainty ⚡️ The programme will wrap up on the 5th of September 2026 🗓 #designuncertain #dhsconference2026
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Design History Society @sodesignhistory.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Deep dive into the programme of ⚡️ Design in an Age of Uncertainty ⚡️ The programme continues on the 4th of September 2026 🗓 #designuncertain #dhsconference2026
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Design History Society @sodesignhistory.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Deep dive into the programme of ⚡️ Design in an Age of Uncertainty ⚡️ The programme continues on the 4th of September 2026 🗓 #designuncertain #dhsconference2026
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Design History Society @sodesignhistory.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Deep dive into the programme of ⚡️ Design in an Age of Uncertainty ⚡️ The programme continues on the 4th of September 2026 🗓 #designuncertain #dhsconference2026
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Design History Society @sodesignhistory.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
The Annual Report for the period 2025-26 has now been published online ahead of the AGM on Friday 4th September at 9am CEST in room B2.13 in Building B2 (Arna Nováka 1) of Masaryk University, Brno, as part of the 2026 Annual Conference. All are welcome to the AGM. Read it here: buff.ly/RXIOYIO
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Design History Society @sodesignhistory.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Deep dive into the programme of ⚡️ Design in an Age of Uncertainty ⚡️ The programme continues on the 4th of September 2026 🗓 #designuncertain #dhsconference2026
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Design History Society @sodesignhistory.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Session 2 of our annual Publishing Workshop takes a look at 'Explorations: Alternative Approaches to Writing in Design History', with Sarah A. Lichtman and Livia Lazzaro Rezende. Find out more and register here: buff.ly/vPayhNJ
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Design History Society @sodesignhistory.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Deep dive into the programme of ⚡️ Design in an Age of Uncertainty ⚡️ It all kicks off on the 3rd of September 2026 🗓 #designuncertain #dhsconference2026
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Design History Society @sodesignhistory.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
A reminder that we are running two Publishing Workshops at our annual conference. Session 1 looks at 'Developing an Academic Book Proposal' with Suzie Nash, Commissioning Editor at Bloomsbury. Find out more and register: buff.ly/vPayhNJ
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Design History Society @sodesignhistory.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Deep dive into the programme of ⚡️ Design in an Age of Uncertainty ⚡️ It all kicks off on the 3rd of September 2026 🗓 #designuncertain #dhsconference2026
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Design History Society @sodesignhistory.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Deadline coming up! Submit your abstract for the DHS Affiliated Society panel at the 115th CAA Annual Conference, New York, 3-6 February 2027: 'The Global Architecture of Fashion'. Find out more: buff.ly/AZwAQp4
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Design History Society @sodesignhistory.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Tomorrow! Before we gather in Brno for the conference, we have a special online roundtable 'The Promise and Peril of Digitization in Design History Research'. Find out more: buff.ly/KFT5Dw9
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Design History Society @sodesignhistory.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
In the next instalment of our Crafting Furniture in the Global South blog series, Francesca Vita, post-doctoral researcher at the University Institute of Lisbon (DINÂMIA’CET), shares research on Portuguese modern design and the contemporary materialities of the Empire. Read it here: buff.ly/LnN2rjS
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Design History Society @sodesignhistory.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Reminder of the call for papers for the DHS affiliated Society panel ‘The Global Architecture of Fashion’ at the 115th CAA Annual Conference, New York, 3-6 February 2027. Find out more: buff.ly/chnwtl2
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Design History Society @sodesignhistory.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Announcing student events at the annual Design History Society conference! Materialising the "Immaterial": How to Make Design Historical Interventions in Cyberspace Day 2: Friday 4.9.2026 9.00-9.45 Register here: buff.ly/bRX45Uk
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Design History Society @sodesignhistory.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Before we gather in Brno for the conference, join us for a special online event – the Design History Society Virtual Roundtable titled The Promise and Peril of Digitization in Design History Research on August 27! You can find all the details about the event here: buff.ly/Hx45n7A
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Design History Society @sodesignhistory.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Announcing student events at the annual Design History Society conference! Writing an Abstract in Design History Day 1: Thursday 3.9.2026 11.30-12.30 Register here: buff.ly/bRX45Uk
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Design History Society @sodesignhistory.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
In the first of our new blog series 'Crafting Furniture in the Global South', design and architectural historian @pooskipie.bsky.social shares research on Chandigarh's modernist furniture and use-based furniture history as an anti-colonial technique buff.ly/V9pWVII
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Design History Society @sodesignhistory.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Deadline this week! We are looking for a new Teaching & Learning Officer to foster and sustain a global network through which the exchange of good practice and support for all those involved in learning and teaching in design history and related fields is facilitated. Find out more: buff.ly/0sGtru7
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Design History Society @sodesignhistory.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
Call for papers: DHS Affiliated Society panel at the 115th CAA Annual Conference, New York, 3-6 February 2027. The Global Architecture of Fashion, chaired by Rebecca Carrai, KU Leuven. Find out more: buff.ly/chnwtl2
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Design History Society @sodesignhistory.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Announcing student events at the annual Design History Society conference! Bring Your Research Challenge Student Meet-Up Day 1: Thursday 3.9.2026 9.00-10.00 Register here: buff.ly/bRX45Uk
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Design History Society @sodesignhistory.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Have you renewed your membership? We offer DHS only (non-journal), Print & Online, and Online only options
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Design History Society @sodesignhistory.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
In this month’s Provocative Objects blog, Curator and Design Researcher Lieke Penders discusses mannequins, absence, and the politics of display. Read it here: buff.ly/J6xQ3qX
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Design History Society @sodesignhistory.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
Could you be our new Teaching & Learning Officer? Apply here: buff.ly/0sGtru7
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Design History Society @sodesignhistory.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
A reminder that DHS annual memberships run from 1st August and expire on 31st July. DHS membership and Journal of Design History subscription can be purchased for one year from 1st August. Find out more: buff.ly/xA0QlhD
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Design History Society @sodesignhistory.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
The 3 year tenure of Deepika Srivastava, current Teaching and Learning Officer, is coming to an end so the DHS is now seeking to recruit a successor for this position. Find out more here: buff.ly/0sGtru7
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Design History Society @sodesignhistory.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
Our Virtual Event Grant facilitates interaction, debate, and research activity in design history through virtual initiatives proposed by researchers. It represents the Society’s commitment to encouraging transnational dialogue with less negative impact on the environment buff.ly/sI1Qhau
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Design History Society @sodesignhistory.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
Our next Routes to Design History podcast is now available! This time we chat with William Seung, a curator and design historian whose interests span contemporary design, digital culture, and East Asian visual and popular culture. Listen here: buff.ly/tanCbex
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Design History Society @sodesignhistory.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
The deadline to apply to be the new Managing Editor of the Journal of Design History is next week! For further details and how to apply: buff.ly/0HMZHQt
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Design History Society @sodesignhistory.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
Don't forget that the deadline for the 2026 Design Writing Prize is next week! Submit your entry here: buff.ly/AFBPy9W
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Design History Society @sodesignhistory.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
We are pleased to announce that Dr Tanveer Ahmed has been appointed as Inclusion Officer of the DHS. Find out more about Tanveer here: buff.ly/bfHDQkm
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Design History Society @sodesignhistory.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
Could you be the new Managing Editor of the Journal of Design History? Considerable previous experience as an active member of academic journal Editorial Boards is essential. You may reside anywhere in the world with access to internet connectivity and a computer suitable for virtual meetings.
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Design History Society @sodesignhistory.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
Our Outreach and Event Grant invites our members to organise workshops, seminars, lectures, or any event that promotes the field. Applications involving collaborations across multiple institutions, localities and/or constituencies are especially encouraged. Find out more: buff.ly/jsYJJMR
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