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Report: No More Giants: J.M. Richards, modernism and The Architectural Review by Jessica Kelly (recipient of the Research Publication Grant)
Report: No More Giants: J.M. Richards, modernism and The Architectural Review by Jessica Kelly (recipient of the Research Publication Grant)

Jessica Kelly reports on the publication of her monograph titled No More Giants: J.M. Richards, modernism and The Architectural Review, which was partly funded by the DHS Research Publication Grant.

20 October 2023 -

Reports
Report: Regional Dress: Between Tradition and Modernity by Sara Hume (recipient of the Research Publication Grant)
Report: Regional Dress: Between Tradition and Modernity by Sara Hume (recipient of the Research Publication Grant)

Sara Hume reports on the publication of her monograph titled Regional Dress: Between Tradition and Modernity, which was partly funded by the DHS Research Publication Grant.

25 August 2023 -

Reports
Report: researching moga culture in early twentieth-century Japanese material culture
Report: researching moga culture in early twentieth-century Japanese material culture

Erica Tso, Doctoral Researcher at the Department of Art History, Curating and Visual Studies, University of Birmingham reports on her delayed research trip to Japan as recipient of the 2021 DHS Research Access Award (Student).

18 April 2023 -

Reports
Report: Putting on a show with the Kenwood Chef (recipient of the Outreach and Events Grant)
Report: Putting on a show with the Kenwood Chef (recipient of the Outreach and Events Grant)

Alice Naylor, AHRC-funded Collaborative Doctoral Researcher at the University of Portsmouth and Science Museum Group reports on two live events that evoked the history of a Kenwood demonstration, supported by the DHS Outreach and Events Grant.

20 March 2023 -

Reports
Report: Chandigarh Chairs (recipients of the DHS Research Access Grant [Professional])
Report: Chandigarh Chairs (recipients of the DHS Research Access Grant [Professional])

Petra Seitz, Nia Thandapani and Gregor Wittrick report on their 2022 fieldwork into the Chandigarh Chairs project which involved an initial trip to Chandigarh, supported by the DHS Research Access Grant (Professional)

7 February 2023 -

Reports
Report: DHS Conference Bursary by Katie Irani

Katie Irani is a current student on the RCA/V&A History of Design Programme, she is also a recipient of the Student bursary for this year's DHS Conference.

3 October 2022 -

Reports
Report: DHS Conference Bursary by Joana Baptista Costa and Mariana Leão - Open Portuguese Graphic Design Archive: statements as interruptions of institutionalised unit
Report: DHS Conference Bursary by Joana Baptista Costa and Mariana Leão - Open Portuguese Graphic Design Archive: statements as interruptions of institutionalised unit

In this blog report the awardees of the DHS Conference Bursary, Joana Baptista Costa and Mariana Leão talk about the Open Portuguese Graphic Design Archive, an initiative they lead in order to "problematise the processes of the historiography of graphic design and question the authorities and the powers that define objects, themes and authors."

30 June 2022 -

Reports
Report: DHS Conference Bursary by Leanne Tonkin - Postconservation model in contemporary textile and fashion conservation
Report: DHS Conference Bursary by Leanne Tonkin - Postconservation model in contemporary textile and fashion conservation

Leanne Tolkin is a PhD researcher and a textile and fashion conservator. In this report Leanne talks about the ‘postconservation’ model that extends the legacy and appreciation of fashion artefacts beyond a representational conservation approach. After all, if a fashion item is designed to degrade, what are the archival implications in conserving, documenting processes and ‘performance’ of the applied characteristics of such artefacts?

14 June 2022 -

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