Activities
Design frontiers

7/05/12

Grant to help researchers form Spain, Portugal and Latin America

On occasion of the ICDHS Design Frontiers: territories, concepts, technologies Conference, which will be held in Sao Paulo (Brazil) on 3-6 September 2012, the Design History Foundation (DHF) establishes a scholarship to help researchers to attend this conference

This scholarship  is intended to financially assist researchers from Spain and Latin America, especially as they move to the city of Sao Paulo.

Deadline for submission of the documentation: June 15, 2012
Publication of the results:                                July 23, 2012

See the notice (in Spanish)

logo coleccion alfaro hoffman

23/04/12

1st RESEARCH GRANT FOR THE STUDY OF DOMESTIC APPLIANCES

The Design History Foundation and the Alfaro-Hofmann Collection of domestic appliances are launching the first grant for the study of domestic appliances.

The aim of the grant is to encourage international research on the history of domestic appliances. The scope of the grant is the Alfaro Hofmann collection, which includes more than 5.000 appliances from all over the world, a library and a documents archiv

Applications must be submitted to info@historiadeldisseny.org

Key dates:
•    Deadline for applications: 14 July 2012
•    Notification of acceptance: 30 september 2012
•    Delivery of article: 30 september 2013

Contact:
Fundació Història del Disseny
Av. Diagonal, 453 bis, 7
08036 Barcelona
Spain
T.  +34 937 065 784  
M. +34 663 852 449
info@historiadeldisseny.org
www.historiadeldisseny.org

All the details about this grant

FHD annual conference design history society 2011 barcelona

1/12/10

The FHD organises the 2011 Design History Society annual conference


The conference under the title
DESIGN ACTIVISM AND SOCIAL CHANGE

will take place in

Barcelona between the 7th and the 10th September 2011

You can find all the information abouit the conference at:
http://www.historiadeldisseny.org/congres/

Organisers: Fundació Història del Disseny, Barcelona, Spain
With the collaboration of: Universitat de Barcelona and ADI-FAD

FHD Board of trustees

25/08/10

FHD Board of Trustees annual meeting

The annual meeting of the FHD Board of Trustees was held on 20 March 2010 at the Foundation’s headquarters. In accordance with the byelaws, a third of the Board was renewed. Andreu Alfaro Hofmann, Oriol Pibernat and Anty Pansera therefore became trustees and Conxa Bayó, Mireia Freixa and Charo Mora joined the Advisory Committee. 

Summary of activities 2009 (in Spanish)

Diseño e historia book

5/05/10

New book DISEÑO E HISTORIA

The Design History Foundation and Editorial Designio have published the book

DISEÑO E HISTORIA
Tiempo, lugar y discurso

The launch of the book took place on Friday 19 March 2010 at 7:30pm at DHUB Barcelona, Carrer Montcada, 12.

The event was presented by Oriol Pibernat.

Diseño e historia is a collection of essays by:
Conxa Bayó
Anna Calvera
Isabel Campi
Mireia Freixa
Guy Julier
Viviana Narotzky
Raquel Pelta
Oscar Salinas
The price of the book is 20€. For further information: info@historiadeldisseny.org