CONF: Rococo across Borders: Designers and Makers (Furniture History Society / French Porcelain Society; online / V&A London, 24-25 Mar 2023)
A two-day symposium organized by the Furniture History Society & the French Porcelain Society on Rococo ceramics and furniture across Europe and beyond, which aims to examine the geographical spread of the Rococo…
CFP: Promoting the Made in Italy Brand: 1948-1960. Histories of Italian craft and design for the 21st century (Politecnico di Milano, 16-18 May 2023)
This 3-day international conference is organized as part of the VO Project – Voices of Objects. Italian Design from Museum to Home, a FARB 2021 project funded by the Department of Design at…
ANN: British Furniture Making and the Globalised Trade (online, 2-30 Nov 2022)
BIFMO (British and Irish Furniture Makers Online), as part of the Furniture History Society, is offering an online course on Zoom to examine how methods and ideas about furniture making have been transmitted…
ANN: Skill, Style and Innovation: British Furniture Making from the Restoration to the Arts and Crafts Movement (online course, 3 Nov – 1 Dec 2021)
The Furniture History Society, UK, is organising a short course on British furniture makers from 3rd November to 1st December as part of its outreach and educational programme, for BIFMO (British and Irish…
CFP: Research Seminar on the History of Furniture and Interiors in Britain, Europe and the United States (Furniture History Society / online, 27 Nov 2021)
The Furniture History Society invites submissions from PhD students, post-doctorates and early career museum scholars for a symposium dedicated to the history of furniture and interiors in Britain, Europe and the United States….
CFP: Plastic Boom / Plastic Doom (2 Jul 2020)
Call for papers for online workshop exploring the use of plastic and other industrial materials by artists and designers in postwar Italy: Plastic Boom / Plastic Doom Online, 2 Jul 2020Deadline: 25 Jun…
CFP: Museum Exhibition Design: Histories and Futures (1-11 Sep 20)
Call for papers for an online conference focusing on the activities, agendas, experiences and impact of those historically involved in museum exhibition design: Museum Exhibition Design: Histories and Futures Centre for Design History, University…