Call for Proposals
Design Studies Forum session at 2009 CAA conference,
Los Angeles, California, February 25–28, 2009

Session title: Design on Display: How Museums Exhibit Designed Objects

Session chair: Marianne Lamonaca, associate director for curatorial
affairs and education, The Wolfsonian-FIU

Starting with the founding of the South Kensington Museum in London,
museums have played an important role in giving meaning to the idea of
\"design\" and in bringing it to public attention. The goal of this
panel is to explore the conventions that have guided how museums have
exhibited design, in terms of both historical and contemporary practice.
What aims have museums had in displaying design? Have they presented
designed objects as works of art, as historical or ethnographic
artifacts, as examples for practical emulation, or as desirable
commodities? What kinds of distinctions among these objects have they
drawn? How have the conventions of display highlighted - or obscured -
important aspects of design? How have these conventions changed, in
response to the development of new spheres of design and new
technologies of display? Proposals from museum professionals as well as
scholars in all relevant academic fields are welcome.

Proposals should be sent by May 9, 2008, to:
Marianne Lamonaca
The Wolfsonian-Florida International University
1001 Washington Avenue,
Miami Beach, FL 33139
lamonacafiu.edu.

Please see the CAA\'s \"Call for Participation\"
(http://www.collegeart.org/pdf/CallforParticipation2009.pdf)
for eligibility and submission guidelines.

Detailed information on all the 120 Sessions on Art History at the
CAA 2009 and their respective call for papers can be found at:

http://conference.collegeart.org/2009/
http://www.collegeart.org/pdf/CallforParticipation2008.pdf

Deadline for CFPs of all sessions is May 9, 2008.