Anna Talley is a researcher specialising in modern and contemporary design. She is currently undertaking a PhD at the University of Edinburgh working between the Edinburgh College of Art and Design Informatics supported by the Scottish Graduate School for Arts and Humanities. In 2021, Anna earned her MA in Design History and Material Culture from the V&A/Royal College of Art, and she holds a BFA in Art and Design History from the Pratt Institute.
Anna is a Trustee of the Design History Society holds the position of OnlineEditor for the Design Research Society, where she coordinates the Society’s communications and edits book reviews and news items. At the University of Edinburgh, Anna has held teaching positions at the ECA and worked with the College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences Research Office on open research for practice-based academics. Anna has presented papers and organised panels at a number of international conferences, including conferences of the Design History Society (2021, 2022, 2023), the American Studies Association (2022), and the College Art Association (2024) and has been a guest speaker on the V&A/RCA MA History of Design course.
Outwith academia, Anna has worked as a researcher in museums assisting with exhibitions and permanent collections. These include the Victoria & Albert Museum in London (Design & Digital), the Museum of Modern Art in New York (Architecture and Design), the Metropolitan Museum of Art (Modern and Contemporary) and the Cooper Hewitt Smithsonian Design Museum. As a freelance writer, Anna’s work has been published in Design Observer, AIGA’s Eye On Design, the New York Review of Architecture (where she was also a regular guest editor), AN Interior, WHITEHOT Magazine, MODERN Magazine, and The Magazine ANTIQUES. Other projects include Design in Quarantine, a digital archive of design responses to the COVID-19 pandemic, which was awarded the Design History Society's 2020 Virtual Design History Student Award and received international press coverage.
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