Origin

ICDHS is an international research community that focuses on design history and design studies. The first meeting of ICDHS was held in Barcelona in 1999. The committee was established in 2002 at Istanbul meeting right after La Havana in 2000. In addition, the international conference, which is held every two years in different countries, may lead to an increase of cross-border knowledge exchange. Research topics of ICDHS are divided in four aspects: Design History, Design Policy, Research of Design Practice and Theories/Issues that are related to Design. Each aspect would be discussed and challenged. ICDHS hopes to explore the knowledge of design in the past, present and future more profoundly.

Through international conference, ICDHS aims at building a communion of researches and a network of researchers. Start from a thorough look on critiques of design history and a continuous improvement of contemporary design, ICDHS tries to explore how design stands in a human’s life and future. An international conference benefits a newborn of research and a further look in cross-field cooperation. Also, an exchange of design theory, design methods or design tools would draw an outline of future development. Since 1999, IDCHS had held nine conferences in Barcelona (1999), La Habana (2000), Istanbul (2002), Guadalajara (2004), Helsinki-Tallinn (2006), Brussels (2010) and Aveiro (2014). Over hundred of participants from all around the world, even more than two hundreds in Brazil (2012), had joined the conference. It came out that each conference resulted in a significant and influential achievement.

At the beginning of 2014, ICDHS 2016 Taipei won the bid. In July, the ICDHS committee and ICDHS 2016 Taipei had a framework and met up in Europe while later the ICDHS committee officially authorized ICDHS 2016 Taipei as the host of the tenth ICDHS international conference. It’s a great honor that Taipei become the second cities in Asia chosen by ICDHS since the one in Osaka, 2008. In this upcoming event, designers and researchers around the world would join the feast. Hopefully, the awareness of design history and design performance in Taiwan would drastically boost by the event. Furthermore, ICDHS 2016 Taipei is expected to inject vitality through discussions and debates.

ICDHS 2016 Taipei: Building Trans/national Contemporary Design Histor

A History of Multiple Colonisation
The question of ‘Taiwaneseness

Taiwan’s culture is a fascinating mixture that is the result of multiple colonisations by the Dutch, the Spanish, the Qing China and Japan.  The modern consciousness of ‘Taiwaneseness’ emerged during the Japanese rule, and has been the most pressing political and cultural issue up until the present.  Westernisation and Modernisation imposed by Japan are also characteristic features of the colonial modernity of Taiwan, and its unique case of double colonisation has captured the interest of current colonial studies.  With its rich layers of colonial history, international politics and search for identity Taiwan makes an excellent backdrop for contemplating and debating the issues of Design History.

• 1544: Portuguese named ‘Ilha Formosa’
• 1624-1642: Dutch and Spanish ‘Formosa’
• 1683-1895: Han Qing rule
• 1895-1945: Japanese rule
• 1949-1987: KMT originated from the mainland China, lifting of the Martial law
• 1988-present: Democratic Taiwan in the context of two Chinas

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Convenors

Tingyi S. Lin
National Taiwan University of Science and Technology, Taiwan
Yuko Kikuchi
University of the Arts London, UK
Wendy Wong
York University, Canada

Honorary Chairs

Anna Calvera
Professor, University of Barcelona, Spain
Ching-Jong Liao
President, National Taiwan University of Science and Technology, Taiwan
Victor Margolin
Emeritus Professor, University of Illinois at Chicago, USA
Jonathan Woodham
Professor, University of Brighton, UK

Advisory Committees

Lin-Lin Chen
National Taiwan University of Science and Technology, Taiwan
Ping-Chang Lin
Tainan Universiy of Technology, Taiwan
Tung-Jung Sung
National Taiwan University of Science and Technology, Taiwan
Chuan-Ying Yen
Academic Sinica, Taiwan

ICDHS Board Committee

Paul Atkinson
Sheffield Hallam University, UK
Tevfik Balcioglu
Yasar University, Turkey
Helena Barbosa
Communication and Art Department, University of Aveiro, Portugal
Anna Calvera 
University of Barcelona, Spain
Priscila Lena Farias
University of São Paulo, Brazil
Fredie Floré 
KU Leuven University, Belgium
Haruhiko Fujita 
Osaka University, Japan
Javier Gimeno-Martinez 
VU University Amsterdam, Netherlands
Yuko Kikuchi 
University of the Arts London, UK
Pekka Korvenmaa 
Aalto University School of Arts, Design and Architecture, Finland
Tingyi S. Lin
National Taiwan University of Science and Technology, Taiwan
Héctor Flores Magón
University of Guadalajara, Mexico
Victor Margolin
University of Illinois at Chicago, USA
Viviana Narotzky
Royal College of Art, UK
Oscar Salinas-Flores
National University of Mexico
Lucila Fernández Uriarte
Institute of Design, Havana, Cuba
Wendy Wong
York University, Canada
Jonathan M. Woodham
University of Brighton, UK

Organizing Committees

Chien-Hsiung Chen
National Taiwan University of Science and Technology, Taiwan
Li-Min Chen
National Kaohsiung Normal University, Taiwan
Fei-Man Chang
Min-Chuan University, Taiwan
Tsen-Yao Chang
National Yunlin University of Science and Technology, Taiwan
Cheng-Li Cheng
National Taiwan University of Science and Technology, Taiwan
Jeng-Neng Fan
National Taiwan University of Science and Technology, Taiwan
Shi-Bao Jiang
National Yunlin University of Science and Technology, Taiwan
Kai-Jen Ko
National Taichung University of Education, Taiwan
Rung-Huei Liang
National Taiwan University of Science and Technology, Taiwan
Tingyi S. Lin
National Taiwan University of Science and Technology, Taiwan
Charleen Liu
National Taiwan University of Arts, Taiwan
Ding-Bang Luh
National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan
Hsien-Hui Tang
National Taiwan University of Science and Technology, Taiwan
Fang-Wu Tung
National Taiwan University of Science and Technology, Taiwan
Hsuan Jui Yang
National Taiwan University of Arts, Taiwan

Webmaster

Chia-Nien Chang
National Taiwan University of Science and Technology, Taiwan
Chun-Hsiung Chang
National Taiwan University of Science and Technology, Taiwan

Graphic Design

Chia-Nien Chang
National Taiwan University of Science and Technology, Taiwan
I-Chen Huang
National Taiwan University of Science and Technology, Taiwan
Pei-Hsuan Kuan
National Taiwan University of Science and Technology, Taiwan
Wei-Chia Lu
National Taiwan University of Science and Technology, Taiwan

Assistant

Fang-Chi Chang
Kuei-Chih Huang
Pi-Ju Lee
Sin-Hsuan Wu