We are thrilled that Designing From Home, directed by @suebreakell.bsky.social & @harrietatkinson.bsky.social has been selected for the 2026 Brighton Rocks Film Festival. Designing From Home will be screened 18 June (session 10), more info and tickets here: www.rocksfestivals.com/briff

Join @suebreakell.bsky.social & @harrietatkinson.bsky.social Friday 8 May at the Gordon Russell Design Museum for a screening of the award-winning short documentary Designing from Home about FHK Henrion followed by a live panel discussion and Q&A. gordonrusselldesignmuseum.shop/products/onl...

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Online Talk. 8th May 2026, 6pm. *** Please Note: This is a LIVE only event ONLINE, No recording will be made available *** We are pleased to be able to bring you a screening of a new short documentary...

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Designing from Home won Best Short Documentary at the London Independent Film Festival Spring 2026. The film was produced by Hugh Hartford at Banyak Media, funded by the AHRC & @uniofbrighton.bsky.social @suebreakell.bsky.social @harrietatkinson.bsky.social blogs.brighton.ac.uk/brightondesi...

'Designing from Home' documentary by @suebreakell.bsky.social @harrietatkinson.bsky.social about FHK Henrion has been shortlisted at the London Independent Film Awards. Tickets for Sunday's screening at 4:00pm at the Genesis Cinema, Whitechapel here: www.genesiscinema.co.uk/whatson/film... liff.org

Lecturer, History of Design and Material Culture at the Victoria and Albert Museum - applications close 5th March 2026 vam.current-vacancies.com/Jobs/Advert/...

I am very happy that my book Showing Resistance (Manchester University Press, 2024) has won the 2026 Historians of British Art (HBA) @hba-caa.bsky.social award for outstanding research in the period 1800-1960.

At the Isokon Gallery on 20 Nov. A new short film which explores the twentieth-century designer FHK Henrion, a German-Jewish émigré, displaced many times before arriving in Britain. Followed by a discussion with the directors Sue Breakell and Harriet Atkinson. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/designing-...

A fantastic screening yesterday evening of ‘Designing from Home’, a short film about the designer FHK Henrion, followed by a discussion with directors Harriet Atkinson and Sue Breakell.

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Heres the trailer for ’Designing from Home’ which will be screened on 20 November at the Isokon Gallery, followed by a discussion with the directors. vimeo.com/1133125381 . Tickets are going fast. Get yours from www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/designing-...

Designing from Home: A new short film by design historian @harrietatkinson.bsky.social & Design Archives Director @suebreakell.bsky.social uncovers the domestic space which shaped the life & work of renowned graphic designer & German-Jewish emigrant FHK Henrion (1914-1990) vimeo.com/1133125381?s...

DESIGNING FROM HOME - OFFICIAL TRAILER

Directed by HARRIET ATKINSON & SUE BREAKELL Produced by HUGH HARTFORD ARCHIVE AGI Alliance Graphique Internationale  The Estate of Ferenc Berko   The…

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We have three funded PhD studentships going at Brighton for projects in the arts, architecture and humanities, to start next autumn. Please do get in touch if you’re interested in discussing a potential project. www.brighton.ac.uk/research/pos...

PhD studentships AHRC Landscape Award

Funding for PhDs in the arts and humanities. Apply now for an AHRC Landscape award at the University of Brighton.

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Come to work with me as Research Fellow in the international team for our new project Graphic Design Histories for Creative Dissent! Deadline for applications is 7.9.25 jobs.brighton.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx...

Job Vacancy at the University of Brighton: Research Fellow in History of Design (0.2 full-time equivalent)

Join a new International Research Project on Graphic Design and Creative DissentWe’re looking for a Research Fellow in History of Design to join the international team responsible for the research pro...

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The International Transport Workers Federation ‪‪@itfglobalunion.bsky.social‬ have a long history of fighting against oppression and fascism – explore their fascinating history in our online exhibition: warwick.ac.uk/services/lib...

I’m really looking forward to participating in this workshop - Political Prisoners and Transnational Solidarity during the c20th - at University of Trento in mid-September eventi.unitn.it/en/political...

Come to work with me as Research Fellow in the international team for our new project Graphic Design Histories for Creative Dissent! Deadline for applications is 7.9.25 jobs.brighton.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx...

Job Vacancy at the University of Brighton: Research Fellow in History of Design (0.2 full-time equivalent)

Join a new International Research Project on Graphic Design and Creative DissentWe’re looking for a Research Fellow in History of Design to join the international team responsible for the research pro...

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I’m delighted to be part of the team for this new research project, exploring graphic objects of street protest for global movements www.rca.ac.uk/news-and-eve...

New international research project to explore history of graphic design for street protest

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Alex Todd & I are co-chairing the Design History Society sponsored panel at CAA in Chicago 2026 on DESIGN ACTIVISM AS REPETITION, RECONSTRUCTION AND REINVENTION. Please consider submitting an abstract caa.confex.com/caa/2026/web...

On this World Refugee Day, celebrating the strength of people forced to flee their homes, I invite you to watch my film Art on the Streets (co-directed w/ Jane Dibblin) zealous.co/harrietatkin... which tells the story of refugee artists’ creativity in Britain in the midst of World War Two

ART ON THE STREETS - TRAILER

Art on the Streets is a new documentary created by design historian Harriet Atkinson and filmmaker Jane Dibblin, narrated by Michael Rosen, animated by Kate Bilbow,…

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NEW book review! Jonathan M Woodham reviews Showing Resistance: Propaganda and Modernist Exhibitions in Britain, 1933-53 by Harriet Atkinson. Read now at academic.oup.com/jdh/advance-...

Studentship available to study MA Curating Collections and Heritage. Deadline 30th June 2025. Open to applicants from the African or Asian diaspora or a marginalised ethnicity. The course is a collaboration between Brighton & Hove Museums and University of Brighton. Further info: lnkd.in/e8CJhtey

Aurore Damoiseaux reflects on the Domesticity Under Siege conference @uniofbrighton.bsky.social, including our own Sue Breakell & @harrietatkinson.bsky.social who presented their new film about designer FHK Henrion. Read more here: blogs.brighton.ac.uk/centrefordes...

Report | Domesticity Under Siege conference, 2-4 April 2025

Aurore Damoiseaux – PhD student and co-lead of CDH research strand ‘Fashion & Dress Histories’ – reflects on the recent international conference Domesticity Under Siege, organised by CDH …

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New exhibition now open @hornimanmuseum.bsky.social part of our @ukri.org AHRC project Mobilising Collections for Institutional Change scenenow.com/ArtsAndCultu...

‘All Eyes on Her!’: Reclaiming Egyptian Womanhood in This London Show

This exhibition at Horniman Museum calls for the reclamation of Egyptian artefacts, as well as our narrative.

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I really enjoyed talking to Malika Brown about the Britain Can Make It exhibition for her podcast series Shows That Go On, about why some exhibitions are still talked about long after they’re over. Link here: open.spotify.com/episode/55Dq...

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Book Launch: Art, Feminism, and Community and Showing Resistance, 29 April 2025. Join us for a joint book launch on 29th April 5.30pm, University of Brighton (City Campus), M2, Grand Parade Main Building: 58–67 Grand Parade, BN2 0JY Free and open to all. blogs.brighton.ac.uk/centrefordes...

Event | Book Launch: Art, Feminism, and Community and Showing Resistance, 29 April 2025

Book Launch: Art, Feminism, and Community and Showing Resistance, 29 April 2025 The Centre for Design History is proud to announce new books by its members, Ceren Özpınar and Harriet Atkinson. Join…

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Studentship available to study MA Curating Collections and Heritage. Deadline 30th June 2025. Open to applicants from the African or Asian diaspora or a marginalised ethnicity. The course is a collaboration between Brighton & Hove Museums and University of Brighton. Further info: lnkd.in/e8CJhtey

I’m so happy to be part of this project about activating archives for advocacy with The Advocacy Academy, Clare Cumberlidge & Royal College of Art. We’re looking for an artist/designer to work with us this summer. Please share with anyone who might be interested! www.artsjobs.org.uk/jobs/search/...

Creative Commission: Archives and Advocacy | Job

A commission for an artist or designer to be 'archivist in residence' at radical Brixton based youth organisation The Advocacy Academy to contribute to thinking and practice around the power of the ar...

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I really enjoyed seeing Resistance, the new exhibition at Turner Contemporary Margate @turnercontemporary.bsky.social a wonderful show of photographs documenting 20th c British protest movements.

Mughals at the V&A is utterly breathtaking! Highly recommended

The thrill of seeing something you’ve written in a bookshop never seems to fade: yesterday I spotted my new book “Showing Resistance” - about exhibitions as propaganda in mid-20th c Britain - in excellent company at Tate Britain. Also available to download www.manchesterhive.com/display/9781...

Two brilliant-sounding, salaried PhD positions in Art History and Visual Studies are available at the Department of Philosophy, Classics, History of Art and Ideas, University of Oslo. One is about International and Nordic modernism, the other in Visual Studies www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...

Doctoral Research Fellowships in Art History and Visual Studies (270478) | University of Oslo

Job title: Doctoral Research Fellowships in Art History and Visual Studies (270478), Employer: University of Oslo, Deadline: Friday, January 31, 2025

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We're pleased to share @harrietatkinson.bsky.social's new book 'Showing Resistance: Propaganda and Modernist exhibitions in Britain, 1933-53', which draws heavily on our collections & published by @manchesterup.bsky.social. Read more about Harriet's book here: blogs.brighton.ac.uk/brightondesi...