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THE SOCIETY

Design Studies Forum is a College Art Association Affiliated Society. Founded as Design Forum in 1983 and renamed in 2004, Design Studies Forum seeks to nurture and encourage the study of design history, criticism, and theory and to foster better communication among the academic and design communities. The Forum’s 400+ members include practicing designers, design historians, critics, and museum professionals.

MEMBERSHIP

If you would like to be placed on the electronic mailing list, please send an email with the words “join DSF” in the subject line to Carma Gorman at desforum@siu.edu.

THE JOURNAL

Design and Culture, the official journal of the Design Studies Forum, will begin publishing three issues annually beginning spring, 2009. This new interdisciplinary peer-reviewed journal published by Berg. Editors seek both submissions for publication and reviewers to read and assess texts.
Editors
Elizabeth Guffey State University of New York, Purchase, USA
Guy Julier Leeds Metropolitan University, Leeds, UK
Pekka Korvenmaa University of Art and Design, Helsinki, Finland
Matt Soar Concordia University, Montreal, Canada

MAILING LIST

Announcements of exhibitions, employment opportunities, symposia, calls for participation, and the like are regularly sent to members.

Postings may be sent to desforum@siu.edu. Send announcements as list-ready messages in plain text. Please do not send attachments. Because the list manager screens postings for appropriate content and format, there may be a slight delay in the posting of your announcement.

To join the electronic mailing list, please send an email with the words “join DSF” in the subject line to desforum@siu.edu.

OFFICERS

President Elizabeth Guffey, State University of New York at Purchase
Vice President Sarah Teasley, Royal College of Art
Secretary Rebecca Targ, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee

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