The Routes to Design History Podcast Networking Event offers a unique opportunity to engage with an international group of scholars, practitioners, and professionals who have featured as speakers on the Routes to Design History podcast.
The event is designed for students and early career researchers in design history, theory, and research. It provides a space to build meaningful connections, exchange ideas, and seek guidance from established voices working in the discipline.
Through structured networking, participants will be able to ask questions and share research interests with experts from across the globe.
Confirmed Mentors & Speakers
- Barbara Perata-Smith – Sustainability Consultant, Net Zero Lead, UK Regulators' Network (United Kingdom)
- Sarita Sundar – Graphic Designer, Design Historian, Author of From Frugal to the Ornate: Stories of the Seat in India; Founder, Hanno (India)
- Ezrena Marwan – Co-founder, Malaysia Design Archive (Malaysia)
- Derrick Gaiter – Design Historian and Lawyer (United States)
- Elizabeth Guffey – Professor of Art & Design History; specialist in visual/material culture and disability studies (United States)
- Ana Elena Mallet – Contemporary Art and Design Curator (Mexico)
- Prof Rick Poynor – Emeritus Professor, University of Reading (United Kingdom)
- Dr Sabrina Rahman FHEA – Senior Lecturer, University of Exeter (United Kingdom)
- Dr Yaw Ofosu-Asare – Lecturer, RMIT University; Author of Decolonising Design in Africa (Australia / Ghana)
- Justine Boussard - UK-based Curator and Creative Producer
This online event is free for active DHS members or there is a fee of £5.00 for non-members.
