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Hearing Design History - Review of the 'Resonating Occupation: Sound, Music and Imperialism' Workshop
Hearing Design History - Review of the 'Resonating Occupation: Sound, Music and Imperialism' Workshop

DHS Ambassador, Vivien Chan, reviews the 'Resonating Occupation: Sound, Music and Imperialism' workshop, which took place as part of the Cultures of Occupation in Twentieth Century Asia project at University of Nottingham last month.

24 June 2018 -

Features
Report: DHS Strategic Research Grant by Saurabh Tewari
Report: DHS Strategic Research Grant by Saurabh Tewari

As part of my ongoing doctoral work, I am attempting to map-out and understand the shifting positions of design in postcolonial India. Crucially, a DHS Strategic Research Grant enabled me to visit Industrial Design Centre (IDC), IIT Bombay and National Institute of Design (NID), Ahmedabad.

9 June 2018 -

Reports
Report: DHS Student Travel Award by Wei Jin Darryl Lim
Report: DHS Student Travel Award by Wei Jin Darryl Lim

A fourteen-day research trip to two significant United States-based collections was made possible by the Design History Society's Student Travel Award. This visit allowed me to examine several rare Malay printed books and manuscripts, and consult several folders of missionary correspondence, lithographed, and typeset books.

10 May 2018 -

Reports
Report: DHS Research Publication Grant by Charlotte Nicklas

I was thrilled to learn that my application for a DHS Research Publication Grant had been successful. These funds will be used to contribute to the colour printing of my book "Color, Science and Fashion: Splendid Hues in the 19th Century".

28 April 2018 -

Reports
Report: DHS Strategic Research Grant by Ruth Clifford
Report: DHS Strategic Research Grant by Ruth Clifford

With the generous support of the Design History Society's Strategic Research Grant​, I had the fantastic opportunity of presenting my research on the Design History Society-affiliated panel​ at the annual College Art Association conference, held in Los Angeles on 21-24 February 2018.

14 April 2018 -

Reports
Report: Design History Society Affiliated Panel – CAA 2018 by Hui-Ying Kerr and Rebecca Bell
Report: Design History Society Affiliated Panel – CAA 2018 by Hui-Ying Kerr and Rebecca Bell

The College Arts Association's 106th Annual Conference was held last month in Los Angeles. This year was the second year in which the Design History Society participated in the event as a CAA-affiliated society panel.

26 March 2018 -

Reports
Report: DHS Research Travel & Conference Grant by Tom Cubbin

Tom Cubbin outlines how a DHS Research Travel & Conference Grant has provided "the resources and confidence to undertake a pre-study that will form the basis of further research applications".

5 March 2018 -

Reports
Feature: Review of 'Oriental Bodies' and the Performance of Gender (Conference)

DHS Student Officer, Lydia Caston, reviews 'Oriental Bodies' and the Performance of Gender (Le 'Corps Oriental': Genre, Gestes et Regards), a three-day conference held in Paris in December 2017.

5 February 2018 -

Features

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