Centre for Design History

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Claire Wintle

About Us | How the Centre for Design History understands ‘Design’

This is the Centre for Design History’s statement on how our researchers think about ‘Design’, and how we understand our work At the Centre for Design History, we research ‘design’ in its broadest, most inclusive forms. We critique and question Western, industrialised and commercialised hierarchies and… Continue Reading →

Report | Making Visible the Storeroom Conference: a reflection by Research Assistant Cara Gathern

‘Lyric Essay, Unseen Spaces and the Possibility of the Imagination: Dr Craig Jordan-Baker’s ‘Dead Letter Office’, with a response from Zara Arshad (May 2023)’, by Cara Gathern Cara Gathern was a Senior Research Support Assistant for the Centre for Design… Continue Reading →

Event | World War I Knitting Patterns, Frances Casey 2 May 2023

Join us for an online Research Seminar with Visiting Research Fellow Frances Casey – Free and open to all. Please join us on Teams by clicking here: no need to register, all welcome. Tuesday 2 May 2023, 10am Dr Frances… Continue Reading →

New Reading Group | Critiquing the (Design) Encyclopaedia

Critiquing the (Design) Encyclopaedia Reading Group, Centre for Design History, Transnational Strand First session commencing Tuesday 2nd May 2023, 1-2pm. Running the first Tuesday of the month at lunchtimes, this reading group will aim to explore the complexities of putting… Continue Reading →

Event | Exhibition Histories Reading Group: Sponsorship and Museums – 28 April 2023

All are welcome to join the CDH Exhibition History Reading Group. The next session will be on Wednesday 28 April 2023 1-3pm at William Street G14 and online via Teams. This month’s theme is ‘The Art of Greenwashing: The optics… Continue Reading →

Event | IOTA II Research Seminar – Suzanne Rowland, 27 April 2023

Join us for the next session of our IOTA II Research Seminar Series – Free and open to all. More information, and the full series schedule can be found here   4 – 6pm, Thursday 27 April Grand Parade, M2,… Continue Reading →

Event | Hybrid Symposium – Making Visible the Storeroom 12 May 2023

Making Visible the Storeroom: Creative Responses to Museums and Archives ‘Behind the Scenes’ This hybrid international symposium took place online and in person at the University of Brighton’s City Campus on May 12 2023, 1pm-6.30pm. Confirmed Speakers include: Dr Gus… Continue Reading →

Event | IOTA II Research Seminar – Jeremy Aynsley, 23 March 2023

Join us for the next session of our IOTA II Research Seminar Series – Free and open to all. More information, and the full series schedule can be found here   4 – 6pm, Thursday 23 March Grand Parade, M2,… Continue Reading →

Event | IOTA II Research Seminar – Akash Bharadwaj, 17 February 2023

Join us for the next session of our IOTA II Research Seminar Series – Free and open to all. More information, and the full series schedule can be found here   2.15pm – 3.30pm, Friday 17 January Grand Parade, M2,… Continue Reading →

Knowledge Exchange | From Dissertation to Exhibition: Sharing Research Findings at Pollock’s Toy Museum

MA History of Design and Material Culture student Sally Jones reflects on turning her dissertation research into a Centre for Design History-funded exhibition at Pollock’s Toy Museum in London On the train home from the Christmas late-night opening of Pollock’s… Continue Reading →

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