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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 👋
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
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’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
Especially wonderful to see a feature of Dundee's rare books collection, hosted by Local History at Central Library, on display alongside a new mural by local designer James Moorwood of @bitloomgames.bsky.social.

Be sure to stop by to see all the gorgeous wee details in-person! 👀
January 27, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Creative Central at Central Library is now open! 🎉

Thanks to the Dundee Libraries team for inviting us along to the launch - great to see the reuse of space and all the brilliant facilities available for both self-led and group making 💕
January 27, 2025 at 5:36 PM
SDAY is back for its 6th year, this time celebrating the theme of “Shaping The Future Together”! These awards are open to Dundee based students or young professionals (aged 35 and under).

👉 You can find out more about the categories, prizes + how to apply on sday.design
January 15, 2025 at 12:07 PM
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 ☺️
January 7, 2025 at 3:46 PM