Our Outreach and Event Grant invites our members to organise workshops, seminars, lectures, or any event that promotes the field. Applications involving collaborations across multiple institutions, localities and/or constituencies are especially encouraged. Find out more: buff.ly/jsYJJMR

New vacancy: the Design History Society is looking for a new Managing Editor of the Journal of Design History. Find out more and apply here: buff.ly/0HMZHQt

In this month’s installment of our Provocative Places blog, DHS Ambassador Aurore Damoiseaux discusses the Greenham Common Women’s Peace Camp perimeter fence, reimagined by activists as both disruptive place and object. Read it here: buff.ly/HSyGtOk

Our next Routes to Design History podcast is here! This month we talk to Dr Jesse Adams Stein, Director of Design Studies at UTS School of Design. Listen here: buff.ly/Ef6KBnB

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

New on the blog: @amyjanebarnes a Staff Tutor & Senior Lecturer in the Department of Art History at The Open University reports on her research into post-1949 Chinese ceramics in UK museum collections, as recipient of the Society’s Research Access Grant (Academic). Read it here: buff.ly/kf6Ay70

Don't miss your chance to buy tickets for this year's annual DHS conference 'Design in an Age of Uncertainty' at Early Bird prices. You only have a few days left to do so! Book here: buff.ly/WqUD9ZR

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

The Design History Society Annual Student Conference takes place next week! Register your place here: buff.ly/0cs2Yl6

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

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

DHS Student Conference 12–13 June 2026 (online) EPHEMERAL ENCOUNTERS Click here to register via Eventbrite: buff.ly/0cs2Yl6

The deadline for applications to convene our 2027 conference is this weekend. The Design History Society works internationally to promote and support the study and understanding of design history and the 2027 conference falls in the 50th Anniversary Year. Find out more: buff.ly/vTGE72a

In this month's Provocative Objects blog, our Ambassador Katy Easthill shares her research on 'The Wapping Post', a newspaper set up by sacked printworkers and journalists during the Wapping dispute forty years ago. Read it here: buff.ly/zS2A2JI

Don’t forget that the deadline for our student and precariously-employed speaker bursaries for the Design History Society annual conference is next week. Apply before 1st June 2026 here: buff.ly/x2HIDKt

Deadline next week – call for convenors of the DHS 2027 conference. We welcome proposals from individuals & institutions that support & engage with teaching & research in the field of design history. 2027 is particularly special as it will mark the Society’s 50th anniversary! buff.ly/nIGCycJ

Over on our website, Alex J. Todd reports on the Design History Society affiliated society panel he co-chaired with Harriet Atkinson at the 114th CAA conference in Chicago, US in February 2026: 'Design Activism as Repetition, Reconstruction and Reinvention'. Read it here: buff.ly/SXF9JaZ

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 delighted to announce that Professor Jane Pavitt, Director of Research, Knowledge Exchange and Innovation at the University for the Creative Arts, is the Guest Judge for the Design Writing Prize 2026. Find out more: buff.ly/0QDraAB

We are pleased to announce that DHS Student Ambassadors Aurore Damoiseaux, Katherine Easthill, Abigail Egwunyenga and Alice Kim have recently launched a DHS Students Substack. Their first post - Design History Ambassadors: OUR FIRST 3 MONTHS IN OFFICE - can be read here: buff.ly/isLTg1n

Could you host our 2027 conference? For the 2027 conference we are looking for ideas for how you would mark the significance of the DHS 50th Anniversary. This could perhaps by integrated this into the conference theme or be special strand. Submit your proposal here: buff.ly/nIGCycJ

The Design History Society provides bursaries for up to 5 student & precariously-employed members presenting at the annual conference. Each bursary includes: member early bird delegate fee, attendance at the gala dinner & up to £200 towards travel & accommodation. Find out more: buff.ly/x2HIDKt

We are looking for convenors for next year’s conference! Hosting the conference is an exciting opportunity for bringing your institution to the attention of the design history community. It also allows delegates to visit local collections and sites significant for the study of design buff.ly/nIGCycJ

The Design History Society has a bursary fund to assist student and precariously-employed members whose papers have been accepted for presentation at our annual conference. Deadline: 1st June 2026. Find out more about eligibility and apply here: buff.ly/x2HIDKt

Only one week to go till our online symposium ‘Crafting Furniture in the Global South: Contemporary Practices, Histories and Futures’. Book your place for the symposium here:https://buff.ly/qbxpM22

Deadline tomorrow! Submit your abstract for our upcoming student conference Ephemeral Encounters. Find out more: buff.ly/71Gh70f

Our conference programme is here! It may still evolve, but it’s here to help you start planning your trip. More updates coming soon! buff.ly/6HN00uS

Don’t forget to book your place at our ‘Crafting Furniture in the Global South: Contemporary Practices, Histories and Futures’ symposium, taking place online on Saturday 9th May 2026. Book your place here: buff.ly/pxltx95

Don’t forget to submit your abstract for our upcoming student conference Ephemeral Encounters, convened by our Ambassadors Aurore Damoiseaux, Katherine Easthill, Abigail Egwunyenga and Alice Ji-Won Kim. Find out more: buff.ly/71Gh70f

Listen to 2025 Design Writing Prize winner Rosa te Velde, theory tutor at the MA Industrial Design department at KABK, in conversation with guest judge Elizabeth Guffey, Professor emerita in Art History at the State University of New York. Listen to their conversation here: buff.ly/WrVkKdP

Thank you to our outgoing Ambassador, Dan Mu! Dan has been a key part of the organising committee for last year’s student conference, as well as a regular collaborator on our podcast series ‘Routes to Design History’. We wish her all the best for the future!

We are delighted to announce the full programme for our upcoming symposium – ‘Crafting Furniture in the Global South: Contemporary Practices, Histories and Futures’ – taking place on Saturday 9th May 2026, 9am-5pm (BST) and co-convened with Dr Rukmini Chaturvedi. Find out more: buff.ly/qbxpM22

Early bird tickets are now available for our upcoming annual conference 'Design in an Age of Uncertainty', hosted by Masaryk University Brno:

This month’s Provocative Places blog – written by Nirjari Upadhyay, a student of Strategic Design and Management at Parsons School of Design, New York – explores the unseen design of the airport and how design systems control movement through rituals of normalcy. Read it here: buff.ly/ipgTdkB

The deadline for applications for the Chair of the Editorial Board of the Journal of Design History is today! Submit your application here:

Save the date for our upcoming online symposium – ‘Crafting Furniture in the Global South: Contemporary Practices, Histories and Futures’ – taking place on Saturday 9th May 2026, 9am-5pm (BST). Full programme announcement and booking link coming soon!

The next Design History Society 'Routes to Design History' podcast drops today! This time, we chat to Dr Sabrina Rahman, Lecturer in Art History and Visual Culture at the University of Exeter. Listen here: buff.ly/AotpZjZ

The Design History Society is looking for the host for its 2027 annual conference, which falls in the 50th Anniversary Year. Find out more here: buff.ly/nIGCycJ

Time is running out to apply to be the new Chair of the Editorial Board of the Journal of Design History. If you have a strategic vision for the JDH, a highly esteemed record of research and extensive experience of editorship we want to hear from you! buff.ly/QTdcNjk

Deadline next week! Applications for our Inclusion Officer role close on Friday 17th April. Find out more about the role and submit your application here: buff.ly/L5Aqqrl

The Journal of Design History is seeking proposals for Virtual Special Issues (VSIs). These are selections of previously published articles, prefaced with an introduction by the editor. Find out more, or propose a VSI, here: buff.ly/juoNpJf

A reminder that we are recruiting for an Inclusion Officer. As a voluntary, unpaid member of the Executive Committee, the Inclusion Officer will work towards ensuring that the best practices of inclusion, equity, and diversity are enacted across the society. Find out more: buff.ly/L5Aqqrl

The Design History Society invites proposals for an Affiliated Society panel at the College Art Association conference to take place in New York City in 2027. Find out more: buff.ly/blBwX39

We are pleased to introduce the newest members of the Design History Society team: our new Ambassadors! Our final new Ambassador is Alice Ji-Won Kim, a recent graduate of the MA in Fine and Decorative Art and Design at Sotheby’s Institute of Art. Find out more about Alice here: buff.ly/Oj1jFpK

Could you be the new Chair of the Editorial Board of The Journal of Design History? More info and apply here: buff.ly/QTdcNjk

This month's Routes to Design History podcast interviews Rick Poynor, one of the most influential voices in the study and critique of graphic design and visual culture. Listen to our conversation with Rick here: buff.ly/R9chJ5x

We are recruiting! The Inclusion Officer will work towards ensuring best practices of inclusion, equity & diversity are enacted across the society & will be responsible for developing a set of guidelines for inclusive practices across the conference, student conference and membership buff.ly/L5Aqqrl

The Design Writing Prize 2026 is now open for applications! The award invites scholars, researchers, critics, practitioners and educators, both from within the Society and the vibrant community beyond, to champion the cause of critical debate in design through writing. Find out more: buff.ly/OtO34nj

In celebration of International Women's Day, this month's Provocative Objects blog, written by Sufiyeh Hadian, looks at the history of the suffragette rosette and its place in the history of British feminism #IWD2026 buff.ly/HAZHOpg

We are pleased to introduce the newest members of the Design History Society team: our new Ambassadors! Our third new Ambassador is Abigail Egwunyenga, a Nigerian PhD student at the School of Design and Creative Arts at Loughborough University Find out more about Abigail here: buff.ly/41axg1z