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Facilitated by a generous grant from the Design History Society, my research towards the exhibition 'Typing in tongues: writing machines around the world' examines how technological modernity and literacy were mediated globally through writing machines – that is, through everyday technologies of inscription and duplication.
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From 6-8 September, design historians from all over the world gathered in New York, USA for the 2018 DHS Conference, Design and Displacement. The DHS Ambassadors, Vivien Chan and Simon Spiers, along with the Society's Student Officer, Lydia Caston, review some of the activities that took place as part of the event.
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With the generous support of the Design History Society, and the assistance of Laura Weill, Assistant Curator of Typography & Graphic Communication at the University of Reading, I spent a week in September 2018 immersed in the Otto and Marie Neurath Isotype Collection.
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DHS Research Travel & Conference Grant recipient, Fiona Anderson, reviews her participation in the 2018 DHS Annual Conference.
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Earlier this year, PhD student Suzanne Rowland was granted a DHS Student Travel Award to conduct further research in the US.
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Marta Filipová, who was awarded a DHS Research Travel & Conference Grant, reflects on her experiences of the 2018 DHS Conference, Design and Displacement.
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DHS Conference Bursary recipient Magali An Berthon reviews her participation in the 2018 DHS Conference, Design and Displacement.
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Upon graduating from the MA History of Design course at the Royal College of Art and the Victoria and Albert Museum, I was given the fantastic opportunity by the Design History Society to share my dissertation research at the inaugural Fashion, Costume and Visual Cultures conference, held in Zagreb, Croatia.
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