Intro

This pioneering masters course has a long-standing international reputation and a staff team whose research is shaping the field.

As a student you will examine objects, images and spaces from the eighteenth to the twenty-first century: from protest T-shirts to wedding dresses, from car advertisements to street photography, from domestic interiors to international exhibitions.

You will explore how things are created and how they circulate through global cultures past and present. You will engage with contemporary debates about gender and identity, memory and history, sustainable design and the Anthropocene, and the decolonisation and future of design history.

Excellent local resources provide rich research opportunities: the university is home to the

As a crucial part of the vibrant research community represented by the

Careers

The course has an excellent track record in helping students to pursue careers in related areas as well as further study.

Many of our postgraduates have found work as lecturers, curators, journalists, designers and design consultants, while many others have pursued doctoral research, some also securing prestigious funding from the AHRC (Arts and Humanities Research Council).