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The Design History Society is one of the leading organisations that promotes and supports the study of design histories, both in the UK and internationally. Through its journal, annual conference and programme of events it brings together all those engaged in the subject – students, researchers, educators, designers, designer-makers, critics and curators among them. It also acts as an advocate for the subject in a number of different contexts.

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Trustee vacancies

The DHS is recruiting two new Trustees.The 3 year tenures of Elli Michaela Young, current Grants Officer, and Alex…

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Crafting Furniture in the Global South: Portuguese Modern Design and the Contemporary Materialities of the Empire

“One of the first Tola logs consumed [gasto] at Olaio Factory”, c. 1949 [Fábrica Móveis Olaio Archive, courtesy of the…

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