Podcasts by the Design History Society

DHS Routes to Design History: Sarita Sundar

Welcome to the Design History Society: Routes to Design History podcast series. This series offers a glimpse into the journeys of those who have studied or practice design history, highlighting global perspectives and diverse ways of engaging with the field.

 

In this episode, we speak with Sarita Sundar, a designer and design historian who combines her 30+ years of working with brand strategy and design solutions with her academic training in museum studies and heritage interpretation. Research informs the way Sarita works, often taking a critical look at how our culture engages with the visual. She is the founder of Hanno, a consultancy that visualizes and curates diverse narratives with a particular focus on museum, heritage and social communication. She is the author of From Frugal to the Ornate: Stories of the Seat in India, a path-breaking and award-winning book that chronicles how seats have evolved in India. She received a 2022 Fulbright Fellowship to study the intersectional design histories between the United States and India. Her present research studies the Planters chair along with Dr Rachel Lee through a grant from TU Delft.

 

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Anne Massey in conversation with Kitt Santos, the 2024 Design Writing Prize Winner

Guest judge Prof. Anne Massey in conversation with the 2024 DWP winner Kitt Santos, Designer and graduate of the Master of Design Futures programme at RMIT University, Melbourne, about their winning paper "Examining design orientations through Indigenous Filipino strengths' perspective".

This paper explores how design has historically been shaped by Western politics and frameworks, influencing products and services across diverse contexts, and offers an alternative design approach grounded in Indigenous Filipino values, emphasizing human dignity, collective strength, and inclusion while encouraging designers to embrace plurality and diverse experiences.

This paper was published in the text Entanglements of Designing Social Innovation in the Asia-Pacific

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DHS Routes to Design History: Barbara Perata-Smith

Welcome to the Design History Society: Routes to Design History podcast series. This series offers a glimpse into the journeys of those who have studied or practice design history, highlighting global perspectives and diverse ways of engaging with the field.

 

In this episode, we speak with Barbara Perata-Smith, a design history graduate from the Royal College of Art who has paved a career in sustainability and policy. She is an Environmental Strategist at the Civil Aviation Authority. She is currently on secondment with the UK Regulators Network, where she is leading the development of their environmental programme as a key strategic objective.

 

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DHS Routes to Design History: Shirley Surya

Welcome to the Design History Society: Routes to Design History podcast series. This series offers a glimpse into the journeys of those who have studied or practice design history, highlighting global perspectives and diverse ways of engaging with the field.

 

In this episode, we speak with Shirley Surya, Curator (Design and Architecture) at M+, Hong Kong. Shirley shares insights into her curatorial journey after studying history of design at Royal College of Art - from working on the retrospective of Yung Ho Chang in Beijing to becoming the first member of the Design and Architecture curatorial team at M+. She shares her reflections on working across regions, the diverse roles of a curator in the making of exhibitions, the process of building the architecture collection, and much more.  

 

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Priscila Farias in conversation with Ijeoma Ndukwe, the 2023 Design Writing Prize Winner

Guest Judge Priscila Farias in conversation with Ijeoma Ndukwe, the 2023 Design Writing Prize winner for her essay "Golden Lion winner: The pioneering architecture of Nigerian artist-designer Demas Nwoko". This episode includes audio clips of Nwoko reflecting on his practice.

You can read the full winning essay here: https://www.wallpaper.com/architecture/architecture-artist-designer-demas-nwoko-nigeria

Fiona Anderson in conversation with Priscila Farias, the 2023 Design Writing Prize Guest Judge.

The DHS Teaching, Learning and Continuing Professional Development Officer Fiona Anderson is in conversation with the 2023 Design Writing Prize Guest Judge, Dr Priscila Farias, Associate Professor at the University of São Paulo School of Architecture and Urbanism (FAU USP), and a Brazilian National Council for Scientific and Technological Development research fellow.

 

For more information on the prize, please visit the DHS website

Alice Twemlow in conversation with Joana Albernaz Delgado, the 2022 Design Writing Prize Winner

Guest Judge, Alice Twemlow is in conversation with Joana Albernaz Delgado, the 2022 Design Writing Prize Winner for her essay "Musical Chairs"

Fiona Anderson in conversation with Alice Twemlow, the 2022 Design Writing Prize Guest Judge.

The DHS Teaching, Learning and Continuing Professional Developement Officer Fiona Anderson is in conversation with the 2022 Design Writing Prize Guest Judge, Dr Alice Twemlow, Research Professor at the Royal Academy of Art, The Hague (KABK), and Professor in the Wim Crouwel Chair in the History, Theory and Sociology of Graphic Design and Visual Culture at the University of Amsterdam. 

 

For more information on the prize, please visit the DHS website.

Jarrett Fuller in conversation with Emily Candela, the 2021 Design Writing Prize Winner

Guest Judge, Jarrett Fuller is in conversation with Emily Candela, the 2021 Design Writing Prize Winner

Reverberations by Zara Arshad: S01E09: Decolonising Design and Culture: Rachael Minott

Funded by the DHS, the Reverberations podcast was created by Zara Arshad to discuss marginalisation, underrepresentation and erasure in the UK’s cultural and creative sectors.

 

For more information visit: https://zara-arshad.com/Reverberations