Design History Society
@sodesignhistory.bsky.social
A leading organisation promoting the study of global design histories
https://www.designhistorysociety.org/
https://www.designhistorysociety.org/
To coincide with the 'Marie Antoinette Style' exhibition at the V&A, in this month's Provocative Objects blog Sufiyeh Hadian examines the use of Manolo Blahnik’s shoes in Sofia Coppola's 'Marie Antoinette' (2006). Read it here: buff.ly/ISEmCou
November 26, 2025 at 2:03 PM
To coincide with the 'Marie Antoinette Style' exhibition at the V&A, in this month's Provocative Objects blog Sufiyeh Hadian examines the use of Manolo Blahnik’s shoes in Sofia Coppola's 'Marie Antoinette' (2006). Read it here: buff.ly/ISEmCou
Deadline next week! Don't forget to apply to be one of our new Student Ambassadors.
Full role description and application details can be found here: buff.ly/JCbTcey
Full role description and application details can be found here: buff.ly/JCbTcey
November 21, 2025 at 8:45 AM
Deadline next week! Don't forget to apply to be one of our new Student Ambassadors.
Full role description and application details can be found here: buff.ly/JCbTcey
Full role description and application details can be found here: buff.ly/JCbTcey
A reminder that Professor Annebella Pollen will be in conversation with Associate Professor Sally-Anne Huxtable, guest editor of recently-published special issue of the Journal of Design History 'Design and the Occult', next week. This event will be held online, register here:
Design and the Occult: An in-conversation with Sally-Anne Huxtable
Annebella Pollen in conversation with Sally-Anne Huxtable
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November 19, 2025 at 12:02 PM
A reminder that Professor Annebella Pollen will be in conversation with Associate Professor Sally-Anne Huxtable, guest editor of recently-published special issue of the Journal of Design History 'Design and the Occult', next week. This event will be held online, register here:
In this month's Routes to Design History podcast, we talk to Ana Elena Mallet, an independent curator specializing in modern and contemporary design, and cultural management. Listen here: buff.ly/b99Fyph
November 17, 2025 at 10:45 AM
In this month's Routes to Design History podcast, we talk to Ana Elena Mallet, an independent curator specializing in modern and contemporary design, and cultural management. Listen here: buff.ly/b99Fyph
New on the blog: Ludovica Polo, PhD candidate in Design Sciences at Iuav University of Venice, reports on the 2025 annual conference as recipient of the Student Speaker Bursary.
Read the full report here: buff.ly/FrTJsIV
Read the full report here: buff.ly/FrTJsIV
November 14, 2025 at 9:45 AM
New on the blog: Ludovica Polo, PhD candidate in Design Sciences at Iuav University of Venice, reports on the 2025 annual conference as recipient of the Student Speaker Bursary.
Read the full report here: buff.ly/FrTJsIV
Read the full report here: buff.ly/FrTJsIV
What is a Design History Society Student Ambassador? Find out more here: buff.ly/JCbTcey
Deadline: 11.59pm UTC on 30th November 2025
Deadline: 11.59pm UTC on 30th November 2025
November 13, 2025 at 9:15 AM
What is a Design History Society Student Ambassador? Find out more here: buff.ly/JCbTcey
Deadline: 11.59pm UTC on 30th November 2025
Deadline: 11.59pm UTC on 30th November 2025
Don't forget to sign up for our Routes to Design History mentorship and networking event next week, where you can engage with an international group of scholars, practitioners, and professionals who have featured as speakers on our RTDH podcast.
Book your place here: buff.ly/G7fDAnA
Book your place here: buff.ly/G7fDAnA
November 12, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Don't forget to sign up for our Routes to Design History mentorship and networking event next week, where you can engage with an international group of scholars, practitioners, and professionals who have featured as speakers on our RTDH podcast.
Book your place here: buff.ly/G7fDAnA
Book your place here: buff.ly/G7fDAnA
Join Professor Annebella Pollen for an online in-conversation event with Associate Professor Sally-Anne Huxtable, guest editor of recently-published special issue of the Journal of Design History 'Design and the Occult' and Chair of the Design History Society. Reserve your place: buff.ly/TaiOP06
November 10, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Join Professor Annebella Pollen for an online in-conversation event with Associate Professor Sally-Anne Huxtable, guest editor of recently-published special issue of the Journal of Design History 'Design and the Occult' and Chair of the Design History Society. Reserve your place: buff.ly/TaiOP06
Have you signed up for our Routes to Design History Mentorship and Networking Event?
This online event provides a space to build meaningful connections, exchange ideas, and seek guidance from established voices working in the discipline.
Book your place here:
This online event provides a space to build meaningful connections, exchange ideas, and seek guidance from established voices working in the discipline.
Book your place here:
Routes to Design History Podcast — Mentorship and Networking Event - Events - Design History Society
The Routes to Design History Podcast Networking Event offers a unique opportunity to engage with an international group of scholars, practitioners, and...
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November 4, 2025 at 10:15 AM
Have you signed up for our Routes to Design History Mentorship and Networking Event?
This online event provides a space to build meaningful connections, exchange ideas, and seek guidance from established voices working in the discipline.
Book your place here:
This online event provides a space to build meaningful connections, exchange ideas, and seek guidance from established voices working in the discipline.
Book your place here:
Could you be our new Student Ambassador? If you have a strong interest in the history of design or related fields and a commitment to equal opportunities and inclusive practices we want to hear from you! To find out more visit our website: buff.ly/JCbTcey
November 3, 2025 at 10:15 AM
Could you be our new Student Ambassador? If you have a strong interest in the history of design or related fields and a commitment to equal opportunities and inclusive practices we want to hear from you! To find out more visit our website: buff.ly/JCbTcey
New on the blog: Esra Bici Nasır, Assistant Professor in the Department of Industrial Design at Izmir University of Economics, reports on her archival research trip to Salt Research in Istanbul, funded by the Design History Society's Research Access Grant (Academic) buff.ly/THzN88A
October 31, 2025 at 8:45 AM
New on the blog: Esra Bici Nasır, Assistant Professor in the Department of Industrial Design at Izmir University of Economics, reports on her archival research trip to Salt Research in Istanbul, funded by the Design History Society's Research Access Grant (Academic) buff.ly/THzN88A
Join us in welcoming Chi Zhang, new Asia Editor of the Journal of Design History. Full announcement here: buff.ly/zjX14j8
October 27, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Join us in welcoming Chi Zhang, new Asia Editor of the Journal of Design History. Full announcement here: buff.ly/zjX14j8
We are looking to appoint two Student Ambassadors. Ambassadors play a key role in the Society and are encouraged to identify a particular area of the Society’s work that they wish to focus on. To find out more visit our website: buff.ly/JCbTcey
October 27, 2025 at 11:30 AM
We are looking to appoint two Student Ambassadors. Ambassadors play a key role in the Society and are encouraged to identify a particular area of the Society’s work that they wish to focus on. To find out more visit our website: buff.ly/JCbTcey
Provocative Objects: this month, Graphic Design Historian Nate Schulman discusses his research on Estellina Conat, the first named woman to have been actively involved in European book printing. Read it here: buff.ly/I8zw9o1
October 22, 2025 at 11:15 AM
Provocative Objects: this month, Graphic Design Historian Nate Schulman discusses his research on Estellina Conat, the first named woman to have been actively involved in European book printing. Read it here: buff.ly/I8zw9o1
We are sadly saying goodbye to 2 of our Ambassadors – Rowan Adamson & Pippy Stephenson. We thank them both for all their hard work over their terms as Ambassadors and wish them all the best in the future! We are now recruiting 2 new Ambassadors: buff.ly/JCbTcey
October 21, 2025 at 4:40 PM
We are sadly saying goodbye to 2 of our Ambassadors – Rowan Adamson & Pippy Stephenson. We thank them both for all their hard work over their terms as Ambassadors and wish them all the best in the future! We are now recruiting 2 new Ambassadors: buff.ly/JCbTcey
New on the blog: Samrudha Dixit, doctoral candidate at Bard Graduate Center in New York City, reports on the 2025 Annual Conference as recipient of the Student Speaker Bursary buff.ly/IozfjDY
October 17, 2025 at 9:15 AM
New on the blog: Samrudha Dixit, doctoral candidate at Bard Graduate Center in New York City, reports on the 2025 Annual Conference as recipient of the Student Speaker Bursary buff.ly/IozfjDY
Our Routes to Design History podcast features this month Justine Boussard FRSA. Justine is a curator and creative producer with over a decade’s experience working on design and craft exhibitions, artist-led public engagement and creative programming.
Listen here: buff.ly/lu0JZJG
Listen here: buff.ly/lu0JZJG
October 15, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Our Routes to Design History podcast features this month Justine Boussard FRSA. Justine is a curator and creative producer with over a decade’s experience working on design and craft exhibitions, artist-led public engagement and creative programming.
Listen here: buff.ly/lu0JZJG
Listen here: buff.ly/lu0JZJG
We cordially invite contributions to the Design History Society Annual Conference 2026 – Design in an Age of Uncertainty ⚡️
For submission guidelines and more details: buff.ly/vGoiQth
#designuncertain #dhsconference2026
For submission guidelines and more details: buff.ly/vGoiQth
#designuncertain #dhsconference2026
October 8, 2025 at 8:30 AM
We cordially invite contributions to the Design History Society Annual Conference 2026 – Design in an Age of Uncertainty ⚡️
For submission guidelines and more details: buff.ly/vGoiQth
#designuncertain #dhsconference2026
For submission guidelines and more details: buff.ly/vGoiQth
#designuncertain #dhsconference2026
We invite you to join the Routes to Design History Podcast Networking Event — a rare opportunity to connect with leading voices in design history, curation, and practice from across the world. Register via Eventbrite: buff.ly/vYRMpZ1
October 1, 2025 at 8:01 AM
We invite you to join the Routes to Design History Podcast Networking Event — a rare opportunity to connect with leading voices in design history, curation, and practice from across the world. Register via Eventbrite: buff.ly/vYRMpZ1
One week to go until our two vacancies at the Journal of Design History close! Could you be our next Asia Editor or Explorations Managing Editor? Apply here: buff.ly/KWY9ka9
September 24, 2025 at 12:22 PM
One week to go until our two vacancies at the Journal of Design History close! Could you be our next Asia Editor or Explorations Managing Editor? Apply here: buff.ly/KWY9ka9
'Africa Re/Designs Prelude: Decolonising Design as Cultural Reclamation' is a 90-minute online roundtable supported by the Design History Society's Outreach and Event grant.
Find out more here: buff.ly/vwMf0LL
Find out more here: buff.ly/vwMf0LL
September 23, 2025 at 8:15 AM
'Africa Re/Designs Prelude: Decolonising Design as Cultural Reclamation' is a 90-minute online roundtable supported by the Design History Society's Outreach and Event grant.
Find out more here: buff.ly/vwMf0LL
Find out more here: buff.ly/vwMf0LL
We are delighted to announced that Rosa te Velde, theory tutor at the MA Industrial Design department at KABK , is the winner of the 2025 Design Writing Prize. Find out more:
Announcing the 2025 Design Writing Prize Winner - News - Design History Society
We are delighted to announced that Rosa te Velde, theory tutor on the Interior Architecture and Furniture Design BA course at the Royal Academy of Art The...
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September 18, 2025 at 10:30 AM
We are delighted to announced that Rosa te Velde, theory tutor at the MA Industrial Design department at KABK , is the winner of the 2025 Design Writing Prize. Find out more:
To celebrate London Fashion Week, this month’s Provocative Objects blog written by Sufiyeh Hadian explores eroticism, empowerment, and the feminist gaze in relation to Vivienne Westwood’s 1990 Rococo corset. Read it here: buff.ly/zqFlKnw
September 17, 2025 at 8:47 AM
To celebrate London Fashion Week, this month’s Provocative Objects blog written by Sufiyeh Hadian explores eroticism, empowerment, and the feminist gaze in relation to Vivienne Westwood’s 1990 Rococo corset. Read it here: buff.ly/zqFlKnw
September’s edition of the Routes to Design History podcast features Elizabeth Guffey, Professor emerita in Art History at the State University of New York, Purchase College.
Listen to our conversation here: buff.ly/41i0wTK
Listen to our conversation here: buff.ly/41i0wTK
September 15, 2025 at 3:07 PM
September’s edition of the Routes to Design History podcast features Elizabeth Guffey, Professor emerita in Art History at the State University of New York, Purchase College.
Listen to our conversation here: buff.ly/41i0wTK
Listen to our conversation here: buff.ly/41i0wTK
A reminder that the Journal of Design History is looking to appoint two new Editorial Board members: Asia Editor and Explorations Managing Editor
Apply by 1st October 2025
Further details here: buff.ly/KWY9ka9
Apply by 1st October 2025
Further details here: buff.ly/KWY9ka9
September 11, 2025 at 7:45 AM
A reminder that the Journal of Design History is looking to appoint two new Editorial Board members: Asia Editor and Explorations Managing Editor
Apply by 1st October 2025
Further details here: buff.ly/KWY9ka9
Apply by 1st October 2025
Further details here: buff.ly/KWY9ka9