This is cool (ha!) - a map of UK 'cultural venues offering a free space to rest and recharge during a heatwave – from museums and galleries, to libraries and cinemas' juliesbicycle.org/take-action/...

📣 We're hiring: Conservator (AKII) 2-year fixed-term contract Join the National Library of Ireland to help conserve nationally significant collections, including parchment, manuscripts and early printed works relating to the Normans in Ireland. ⭐ Info + #apply by 31 July: https://ow.ly/X9Op50ZkZKj

Coal conference catch-up ⛏️ On 18 June we welcomed 80+ people to 'Blood is the price of coal' - a conference on coal communities, health and welfare Recordings of 10 talks, conference photos and more are now available online at warwick.ac.uk/services/lib... #histmed #MiningHistory #envhist

Call for Papers: Archaeoinformatics 2026 The Deutsches Archäologisches Institut (DAI) has issued a call for papers for 'From the Field to the Screen: Challenges and Perspectives of Digital Storage and Publications'. ⏰️ 15 August 2026 buff.ly/sGCsn5E @dai-weltweit.bsky.social @thebiaankara.bsky.social

At @qmul.bsky.social for the #NFCS NetworkPlus Roadmap Drafting Meeting presenting our project’s findings from the #ArtsAndHumanities community perspective and contributing to recommendations for federated #DRI aah.culturedigitalskills.org

📢 Call for Applications: FRAME Basics 2026 Open to all AV archive professionals, especially those new to the field. 📅 6 half-days: Nov 16–18 & 20–23, 2026 💬 English 💻 Online Apply by October 1st, 2026. Read the conditions and call for applications: fiatifta.org/frame-basics...

Read about the history of the ATM from the Bank of England Museum, including a look at the 1969 award-winning MD2 cash dispenser designed by Jack Howe for Chubb & Sons Lock & Safe Company Ltd. www.bankofengland.co.uk/museum/onlin... @designcouncil.bsky.social archive DCA/30/7/1969/1/5

Seeking experienced record keepers to join the pool of Peer Reviewers for Archive Service Accreditation in England! New Peer Reviewer training starts in November so now is the time to make an expression of interest: www.archives.org.uk/peer-reviewers

Collections and Volunteer Manager Location: Gillingham, Medway, England, United Kingdom Salary: £34,000 - £38,000 per annum We are looking for a proactive and organised professional to oversee the care and management of our object, archive and library collections, to advocate for…

We're hiring! Come work with us as a Project Library and Archives Assistant. See more at buff.ly/CkgpFwK, or check the Current Vacancies section of the NHM website. #Hiring #Jobs #GLAMJobs #LibraryJobs

We are pleased to announce that Dr Tanveer Ahmed has been appointed as Inclusion Officer of the DHS. Find out more about Tanveer here: buff.ly/bfHDQkm

Design, July 1956 Cover design by K. Garland @designcouncil.bsky.social archive

📢 Applications are open for the National Library of Ireland’s 2026–2027 Studentships! ⭐ Library ⭐ Archival ⭐ Research A great opportunity to gain hands-on experience and develop your career. Learn more, and apply by 3pm, 17 July 2026: https://www.nli.ie/about-us/working-national-library-ireland

Join us on Tuesday 21 July for our Annual Review Meeting! 🎉 Hear Jen Grasso (@designarchives.bsky.social) & Rowan Rush-Morgan (@queerinbrighton.bsky.social) share insights into their digital projects. 💻 Online 🕑 11:30–13:00 BST 🎉 Free for ARA members 🎟️ Register: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/ara-sectio...

Air-conditioned bed, designed by F.C. Ashford seen at the Britain Can Make It exhibition, 1946. @designcouncil.bsky.social archive DCA/30/1/13/5/29

The Centre for Design History's Research Communications Assistant Sylvie Jane Lewis interviews CDH member and the Design Archives Digital Content & Systems Co-ordinator Jen Grasso @brightonphotobooth.bsky.social, up now on the CDH blog here: blogs.brighton.ac.uk/centrefordes...

Just a week to go to get your application in to be our new Secretary and help shape the agenda for new #archives and #recordsmanagment professionals across the UK and Ireland! aranewprofessionals.wordpress.com/wp-content/u...

Voting now open for the ARA Excellence Awards 2026. Find details of all the nominees for New Professional, Record Keeper and Recordkeeping Service of the Year - plus the voting link here www.archives.org.uk/ara-awards Vote closes 5pm on 16 July.

Teaching Design, Drawing Boundaries: Working with the ICSID / @wdo.org Collection João Bittar Fiammenghi was a visiting research fellow who carried out sustained research in the Design Archives. Fiammenghi reflects on his research, up now on our site: blogs.brighton.ac.uk/brightondesi...

🏆 The finalists for the Digital Preservation Awards 2026 have been announced! Over the coming posts, we'll introduce the amazing #digipres projects shortlisted across the 2026 Award categories and celebrate some of the most exciting work taking place in […] [Original post on digipres.club]

Exhibition designer James Gardner proposed this design for the Stonehenge Visitors Centre in 1993. While unrealised, what better way to mark the summer solstice! James Gardner Archive LJG/3/49

Come join our lovely committee of volunteers and make the araukie.bluesky.social Section for New Professionals even better. We're looking for a secretary to help keep everything running smoothly! Deadline: 30 June. Full JD here: aranewprofessionals.wordpress.com/wp-content/u....

If you're heading out in the countryside this weekend, make sure you stay safe! We've found this great poster from 1979 with some great guidance.

Want to know more about the 2026 Design Writing Prize? Submission formats can include essays, interviews, reviews, or editorial commentary. Submissions can also include more experimental approaches to disseminating design history research such as film or podcasts. Find out more: buff.ly/OtO34nj

James Gardner (1907-1995) designed the 1972 groundbreaking scientific exhibition The Story of the Earth at the Geological Museum, London. For @exploreyourarchive.bsky.social #EYAColourful, a before and after look at Gardners' designs for the exhibition. LJG/2/30/2/4 & LJG/2/30/4/3

From the Archive – Essay | Woollen Stockings – Traditions and Trade in Whitby: 1670s-1910s. www.ikfoundation.org/itextilis/wo...

Are you thinking of coming to our symposium on 26th June? We hope so but there are only a few tickets left so don't delay, book today! Join us plus partners @hbap1924.bsky.social and @heritagenetwork.bsky.social for a packed day of talks, discussions & networking at Saltdean Lido

There’s still time to get tickets to the Brighton Rocks Film Festival to view ‘Designing from Home’ on 18 June, more info and tickets here: www.rocksfestivals.com/screenings

Join @suebreakell.bsky.social & @harrietatkinson.bsky.social on 17 June for an online screening of the film ‘Designing from Home’ about designer FHK Henrion, as part of the Insiders/Outsiders festival, followed by a Q&A with Monica Bohm-Duchen. insidersoutsidersfestival.org/event/design...

We have two new 12-month postdoctoral fellowship opportunities at the British Library! Applications open soon to co-design projects in the following areas: - Colonial Deposit and our Newspaper Collection - Local Large Language Models and Personal Born-Digital Archives www.bl.uk/services/res...

Happy International Archives Day! With the archives of the @designcouncil.bsky.social, @wdo.org/ICSID & ICOGRADA/The ICoD as well as designers such as FHK Henrion, Barbara Jones, Theo Crosby & Natasha Kroll, explore our collections about mid-20thC design here: blogs.brighton.ac.uk/brightondesi...

Join us this week for our Design History Society Annual Student Conference EPHEMERAL ENCOUNTERS, taking place online Friday 12 June and Saturday 13 June. Register via Eventbrite: buff.ly/0cs2Yl6

Happy International Archives Day! 🥳 We are the British Records Association, a charity promoting the preservation, understanding, accessibility and study of our recorded heritage for the public benefit. Find out more about our work 👇 www.britishrecordsassociation.org.uk #IAW2026

Five collections of UK documentary heritage have been added to the UNESCO Memory of the World National Register: from medieval civic records & the foundation of one of Scotland’s oldest universities to archives of pioneering mental health care, industrial innovation & female anti-slavery campaigning

Join us on 9 July (10AM) for a sustainability action planning workshop led by Lorraine Finch: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/sustainabi... This workshop is aimed at professionals working within an archive, whether you’re starting out or looking to refine your existing approach!

'Comrades in Art: Artists against Fascism' is a major new exhibition at Towner Art Gallery, Eastbourne, which features significant loans from the University of Brighton Design Archives, many of which have not been exhibited before, more here: blogs.brighton.ac.uk/brightondesi... Image © Rob Harris

Join us in welcoming Chi Zhang, new Asia Editor of the Journal of Design History Visit www.designhistorysociety.org/news/view/we... to read more.

NEW advance article! Knoll by West’s: Unearthing Local Stories Through a Transnational Design History by Janina Gosseye. Read now at doi.org/10.1093/jdh/... #DesignHistory #JournalOfDesignHistory

Our Outreach and Event Grant is designed to encourage Design History Society members to convene an event to highlight and promote the field of design history. Applications are welcome all year round and remain open until all allocated funds have been distributed. Find out more: buff.ly/jsYJJMR

Take a look at the programme for our upcoming DHS Student Conference EPHEMERAL ENCOUNTERS, taking place online Friday 12 June, 13:00-17:00 BST and Saturday 13 June, 10:15-16:30 BST: buff.ly/jhjuZpy

We are thrilled that Designing From Home, directed by @suebreakell.bsky.social & @harrietatkinson.bsky.social has been selected for the 2026 Brighton Rocks Film Festival. Designing From Home will be screened 18 June (session 10), more info and tickets here: www.rocksfestivals.com/briff

Are you an artist interested in working with our collection? Apply for a funded creative fellowship with the Eccles Institute to explore one of two expansive areas of our Americas collection. Find out more 👇

Tea-making machinery at the Farm and Factory exhibition, Festival of Britain, 1951. Co-ordinating Designer: W.M. de Majo. M.B.E., M.S.I.A. @designcouncil.bsky.social archive DCA/30/1/FOB/FF/53 #InternationalTeaDay

Collections & Engagement Assistant Location: St Helens, Merseyside, England, United Kingdom Salary: £13.45 per hour Summary: Funded with thanks to Arts Council England, The Collections & Engagement Assistant will join our small but busy Engagement & Programmes team, to assist…

We're on the look out for helping hands this coming Friday and Saturday (22nd - 23rd May) to help in the AmberSide Collection Archive. Email: [email protected] Subject line: "AmberSide Volunteer May 2026" and let us know your availability - whether it is a few hours or a full day!

The Design Archives' Sirpa Kutilainen and Amy Sampson from The National Archives lead the HVAC Shutdown Group which explores ways to be more sustainable in archives. Read more about the group here: blogs.brighton.ac.uk/brightondesi...

We're hiring 📣 We're looking for a Digital Content Editor based in Wales to lead on the creation of powerful, inclusive content that highlights the richness and diversity of Welsh art and collections. Apply by 9am on Tuesday 3rd June 2026 👉 https://artuk.org/about/jobs

The next episode of Routes to Design History is out now with guest Wendy Wong, Full Professor in the Department of Design at York University, Toronto, whose research focuses on Chinese comic art, graphic design history, transnational Asian visual cultures, and identity studies buff.ly/vNVuWEX

🚨We are hiring🚨 We are recruiting for 2x Archivist posts: Archivist (Access and Engagement) - fixed-term until March 2028. Project Archivist (Setting the Record Straight) - fixed-term, 12 months. To find out more about the roles and apply take a look at our website⬇️. #archives #jobs

📣 CfP 📣 More info: blogs.brighton.ac.uk/hvac/