Society News
3 Sep
Writing Design - Call for Papers
The Design History Society Annual Conference 2009, Writing Design: Object, Process, Discourse, Translation, has now opened its call for papers.
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22 Aug
DHS Roles Available
The Society is seeking to fill a number of positions on its Executive Committee, including Secretary, Conference Liaison Officer, Communications Officer, Essay Prize Officer and Student Representative....More
15 Aug
DHS Essay Prize Winners Announced
Awarded annually, the DHS essay prize for undergraduate and postgraduate work was announced last week, and the winners were .......More
Online Resources
The ADAM Project (ADAM)
adam.ac.uk
The Art, Design, Architecture & Media Information Gateway, is a searchable catalogue of Internet resources that have been carefully selected and catalogued by professional librarians for the benefit of the UK Higher Education community.
Arts and Humanities Data Services (AHDS)
ahds.ac.uk
Working on behalf of the academic community to collect, catalogue, manage, preserve and promote the re-use of scholarly digital resources.
BUBL
link.bubl.ac.uk/arts/
A catalogue of selected Internet resources.
DesignObserver
www.designobserver.com
With a leaning towards graphics, but with articles often across the broad range of design, this blog not only has explores issues with design but also has a daily updated resources section.
Globalising Art, Architecture and Design History (GLAADH)
www.glaadh.ac.uk
The site offers course materials, a database of visual, archival, library and on-line resources as well as links to useful organisations. You can access relevant bibliographies and review specialist course materials.
Material World
blogs.nyu.edu/projects/materialworld/
A blog on research, conferences and key issues in material culture, with a special leaning towards anthropological frameworks.
Visual Arts Data Service (VADS)
vads.ahds.ac.uk
Providing, preserving and promoting quality digital resources for the visual arts.