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  • 16/06/2014 - Activities FHD

    Second research grant for the study of domestic appliances. The vacuum cleaner.

    The Design History Foundation and the Alfaro-Hofmann Collection  are launching the second grant for the study of domestic appliances. In this edition object of study is the vacuum cleaner

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    The aim of the grant is to encourage international research on the history of the vacuum cleaner, and the sope of the grant is the Alfaro Hofmann collection, which includes more than  300 vacuum cleaners from all over the world, a library and a documents archive.

    Applications must be submitted to info@historiadeldisseny.org

    Key dates:

    • Deadline for applications: 3rd Novembre 2014
    • Notification of acceptance: 1st December 2014
    • Delivery of article: 23rd November 2015

    Call conditions 2014 edition

     

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  • 02/06/2014 - Activities FHD

    Bisexual and Invisible Memory – Gendered Design History of Domestic Sewing Machine

    Article of the I Research Grant for the Study of Domestic Appliances (2013).
    Now you can read and download the first of two articles resulting from First research grant for the study of domestic appliances organised by the Design History Foundation together with the Collection Alfaro Hofmann.
    It  is a study on the sewing machine seen from a gender perspective.
    The author, Li Zhang is design history professor at the Beijing Information Science and Techonology University.

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    The article, written in English can be downloaded here: Zhang, Li-Bisexual and Invisible Memory- Gendered Design History of Domestic Sewing Machine, 1850-1950

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