Aims and definition
The core aims of the Foundation are the development of design historical research, the promotion of this subject field and the dissemination of its results.
The DHF’s object of study is both how design has changed over time, and the industrialisation processes that have made it possible.
Design is defined as the configuration of both physical and virtual products. These are elements of visual communication, furniture and objects for everyday use, regardless of their means of operation (manual, mechanical or electronic), as well as costumes and textiles, which have to a larger or lesser extent been serially manufactured by industrial methods, and are commercialised in contexts of mass consumption.
Other areas of interest are interiors, ephemeral constructions, processes and systems, digital projects and artefacts that, because of their unique nature, have required a complex planning process prior to their execution. This is because design is also the discipline of planning or the profession that has developed historically to determine the configuration of products.
The DHF’s object of study is both how design has changed over time, and the industrialisation processes that have made it possible.
Design is defined as the configuration of both physical and virtual products. These are elements of visual communication, furniture and objects for everyday use, regardless of their means of operation (manual, mechanical or electronic), as well as costumes and textiles, which have to a larger or lesser extent been serially manufactured by industrial methods, and are commercialised in contexts of mass consumption.
Other areas of interest are interiors, ephemeral constructions, processes and systems, digital projects and artefacts that, because of their unique nature, have required a complex planning process prior to their execution. This is because design is also the discipline of planning or the profession that has developed historically to determine the configuration of products.
