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UNESCO City of Design Dundee
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As the UK’s only UNESCO City of Design, we promote + champion design in Dundee + its role in improving lives. Delivered by Annie, Kirsten + Lizzie 👋
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Dundee is the UK’s first and only UNESCO City of Design. The global designation as a Creative City acknowledges Dundee’s rich design heritage, its thriving contemporary design sector and a city committed to using design to solve problems and make Dundee a better place to live.

Welcome to our page ☺️
Our 2025 Designer Trees have landed! Check them out at City Churches before 10 January 2026🎄

→ ‘Tinsel Trash' by Zoe Gibson
→ ‘The Christmice Tree’ by Hollis Crowe
→ ‘ARE WE THERE YET!!!' by John Fairley
→ ‘My Christmas Tree Was A…’ by Man Pin

📸 Photography by Richard Hancox for The Courier
November 21, 2025 at 12:02 PM
There's less than 1 week left to apply for our amazing designer residency in Whanganui, New Zealand 🇳🇿 

🗓️ Applications due 10am, Wednesday 19 November
💷 Fully funded accommodation and travel alongside a £2,240 stipend

Find out more + apply🔗https://cityofdesigndundee.com/open-call-textile-legacies/
November 13, 2025 at 2:51 PM
🌺 SUPPORT THE CREATION OF DUNDEE’S COVID COMMUNITY MEMORIAL 🕊️

By donating to this colourful Memorial Garden co-created by local communities, you can commemorate a loved one or memorialise your experience of the Covid pandemic 🌳

Donate here by 30 Jan 26: www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/dundee-cov...
November 10, 2025 at 10:10 AM
Today's the day! We're so excited to see Caird Hall taken over for this year's Scottish Album of the Year Award Ceremony featuring live performances from 2024 winners rEDOLENT, KT Tunstall, and more! 🏆

🎟️ Tickets available here: https://tinyurl.com/5bjp7ysu 
📸 Photography by Grant Anderson
November 6, 2025 at 8:02 AM
We're delighted to share more image's of No Comply's bespoke designs for SAY Awards made using their signature materials; repurposed skateboard decks and some gorgeous Dundonian walnut ♻️🛹

Find out more ⬇️
https://cityofdesigndundee.com/projects/say-award-design-commission-2025
November 3, 2025 at 12:02 PM
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We’re thrilled to welcome the four new UNESCO Cities of Design, recognized for championing creativity as a driver of sustainable urban development:

• Daugavpils (Latvia)
• Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia)
• La Spezia (Italy)
• Riyadh (Saudi Arabia)
www.unesco.org
November 1, 2025 at 11:15 AM
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PechaKucha Night Dundee is back and tickets are on sale NOW!! 🎉 🥳

We’re returning to @dundeerep.bsky.social for one of our favourite nights of the year on FRIDAY 7 NOVEMBER with more brilliant speakers ready to take to the stage! #PKN_DND

Get a first look at the lineup and book your tickets:
PechaKucha Night Dundee Vol. 32
PechaKucha Night Dundee returns to the Dundee Rep stage for Vol. 32 on Fri 7 November 2025!
creativedundee.com
October 1, 2025 at 11:17 AM
Whanganui X Dundee: Textile Legacies is a new residency programme that connects indigenous and ancestral textile practices between Whanganui, New Zealand and Dundee, Scotland to foster meaningful cultural and creative exchange 🧶

Find out more + apply ⬇️
cityofdesigndundee.com/open-call-te...
October 29, 2025 at 10:07 AM
We had the pleasure of attending Dare Academy's Awards, coordinated by @abertayuni.bsky.social, last week ❤️

Huge congratulations to all the nominees and overall winners @riverboatgames.bsky.social - WHAT A NIGHT! 🎉
That moment you find out you've won DARE Academy...

Congratulations to our DARE Academy 2025 winners - Riverboat Games! 🏆

Their game Galactic Postal Servitude wowed the judges 💫👽

Read more 👇

abertay.ac.uk/N2Yx

#DAREAcademy #DAREAcademy2025 @riverboatgames.bsky.social
October 6, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Games & software developer Niall Moody is hosting a music jam like no other this Saturday! Check out more information at the link below ⬇️

gath.io/KEdN8NWJj7nC...

📍Central Library, The Wellgate
⏰ Saturday 30 August, 10am - 4pm
Like a Game Jam but for Music · Gathio
The "Like a Game Jam but for Music" jam is a game jam-style jam where instead of making games, we're going to make music, both individually and together. We're going to use the game jam form...
gath.io
August 27, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Last chance to apply to the SAY Awards Design Commission!

⏱️ Deadline: Midnight, Tuesday 15 July 2025
🙋‍♀️ Eligibility: You must live or work in a DD postcode
💶 Prize: £3,000

We're excited to be partners on this year's commission alongside Leisure and Culture Dundee ❤️

www.sayaward.com/designcommis...
The SAY (Scottish Album of the Year) Award | Design Commission
www.sayaward.com
July 14, 2025 at 10:04 AM
We're excited to announce we're nominated for a Dundee & Angus Chamber of Commerce Award for our work on Dundee Design Festival! 🥳

You can vote for us in the Net Zero category using the link below (we're listed as Leisure and Culture Dundee) ⬇️

surveys.dundeeandanguschamber.co.uk/zs/WTDAgT?fb...
Vote for your 2025 Award Winners
Your response would be greatly appreciated.
surveys.dundeeandanguschamber.co.uk
June 30, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Fuse Jam! 5 comes to Central Library + @scrapantics.bsky.social Wellgate 👾

Organised by @shimmerglitch.bsky.social + @susepicious.bsky.social of @biomecollective.bsky.social, join on August 1-3 for a playful games jam 🤩

Find out more + book your ticket here ⬇️ www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/fuse-jam-5...
Fuse Jam! 5
Fuse Jam is a space to be playful and creative with other people in a game jam format.
www.eventbrite.co.uk
June 30, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Thank you to Michael Alexander for this brilliant article in @thecourier.co.uk which celebrates Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art & Design student and designer, Paul Hinnrichs' winning tram wrap design, which launched at this year's Saint-Étienne International Design Biennale 🚋🌍
June 25, 2025 at 2:53 PM
We’re happy to begin sharing more about our Design Lives Here supporters! First up it’s Jamie Stein of Stein Design ⬇️

“Hiya, I’m Jamie, a freelance designer and the founder of Stein Design, my solo design consultancy focused on brand and communication design"

cityofdesigndundee.com/design-stori...
June 11, 2025 at 10:35 AM
Our new supporter scheme, Design Lives Here, officially launched in May! 🎉

Our first cohort include those working in fashion, graphics, games, museums, coffee shops and so much more…

Find out more ➡️ cityofdesigndundee.com/design-lives...
June 11, 2025 at 10:31 AM
🗺️ DUNDEE DESIGN TRAILS NOW LAUNCHED 🗺️

Four brand new free trails of Dundee are now available to collect from The McManus: Dundee's Art Gallery & Museum, Central Library and @vadundee.bsky.social!

More details here ➡️ cityofdesigndundee.com/design-trails/
May 6, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Welcome to Design Lives Here, UNESCO City of Design Dundee’s supporter scheme celebrating and showcasing individuals, organisations and businesses in Dundee who align with design values 👋

Sign up here to join our first cohort ⬇️ cityofdesigndundee.com/design-lives...
May 1, 2025 at 9:27 AM
Dundee Month of Design will return for 2025 this May! 🎉

DMoD is Dundee’s celebration of the design activities the city has to offer with a public programme packed full of exhibitions, talks, workshops and more!

Find out more and submit your event here ➡️ cityofdesigndundee.com/dundee-month...
March 24, 2025 at 2:24 PM
We’re very excited to launch our brand new display, 'Object of the Month' at Dundee’s Central Library. Utilising our new window space, we will be displaying a new design object every month from across the UNESCO Design Cities Network 💞

Our first object on display is The Mythical Beast of Kaunas 🦈
March 10, 2025 at 4:46 PM
📚 JOB OPPORTUNITY WITH EDINBURGH CITY OF LITERATURE 📚

Edinburgh City of Literature Trust are looking for a new Director for the world’s first UNESCO Creative City! Check out more info from them here: cityofliterature.com/new-director/
March 5, 2025 at 2:44 PM
We’re so excited to see 'Design, Dance, Play' open @vadundee.bsky.social! The interactive installations include ‘Dance Floor Memories’, which encourages visitors to revisit their favourite dance floor memories through music and movement, and ‘Game Designer’, a design tool inspired by mini golf ⛳️
February 27, 2025 at 11:25 AM
We're so excited to hear that Central Library is a Scottish finalist for Library of the Year at The British Book Awards! 📖

You can find out more about the awards and hear from the amazing Dundee Libraries team here: tinyurl.com/44cva8wu

Winners are announced on March 12th 🎉
February 21, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Fellow UNESCO Creative City, Edinburgh City of Literature, have loads of amazing opportunities now open for Scottish writers including an international residency in Estonia! 🇪🇪

More details here ➡️https://cityofliterature.com/
February 14, 2025 at 5:53 PM
We’re over the moon to be presenting ‘Sounds of the Future’ as part of dundee radio club's 48- hour listening festival this weekend 💫

📍https://dundeeradio.club/
⏱️2pm 7-8 February

This recording was originally developed for Dundee Design Festival 2021 by @agencyofnone.bsky.social 💕
February 5, 2025 at 5:33 PM