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Design Your Own Lace with MYB Textiles
Join Margo Graham and Sherry Campbell to try your hand at designing lace or Scottish Madras. Participants will learn how lace and Madras are designed during a fun and informal practical workshop and benefit from MYB Textile’s extensive shared experience and knowledge of the niche lace industry. Book a slot to confirm your place, suitable…
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Introducing Sonos
Industrial designers David Keating and Sam Prentice discuss their most recent project – Sonos Ace, the company’s first wearable product. This pop-up talk hopes to create a dialogue on the role and significance of industrial design in consumer and wearable technology. Sonos has kindly supported the Detroit section of HYPER-LOCAL, providing a record player and…
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Bookends: Celebrating 20 Years of UNESCO Creative Cities
This year, Edinburgh celebrates its 20th anniversary as a UNESCO City of Literature. In 2004, Edinburgh helped to found the UNESCO Creative Cities Network which now boasts 53 Cities of Literature and 350 Creative Cities globally. Using the BOOKENDS exhibit as a prompt, join curator Stacey Hunter and members of the UNESCO network for a…
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Donna Wilson & Gabriella Marcella: In Conversation (chaired by Stacey Hunter)
Join us at the main stage for an insight into the multiplicity of ways that MATERIALISE designers Donna Wilson and Gabriella Marcella have evolved without limitations into a truly interdisciplinary practice with their own unique and distinctive styles. From large-scale installations to collaborations with global brands, Donna and Gabriella have both expanded beyond the product…
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Timorous Beasties and Hugo Macdonald: In Conversation
Join us at the main stage for an insight into the practice of the internationally-acclaimed design studio Timorous Beasties. The Glasgow studio founded by Alistair McAulay and Paul Simmons in 1990 has just opened its fourth showroom and launched a new collection called Stucco. The brand is renowned for its maximalist designs which have appeared…
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Designing for Change
Join Alicia Storie, MATERIALISE designer and founder of AdesignStorie, as she shares her conscious interiors journey and discusses the influential role of design and collective action amidst the climate crisis Alicia Storie is the founder of the multi-award-winning climate-conscious interior design studio AdesignStorie. She specialises in designing spaces that embody nature-inspired principles, enhance well-being, and…
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Designers Breakfast
Join us for anetworking breakfast hosted by the Dundee Design Festival team. Meet like-minded makers and new collaborators at this relaxed session with an introduction to the festival and it’s themes from Creative Director, Dr Stacey Hunter. Breakfast is free, just book a slot to confirm your place and register […]
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Fraser Muggeridge: The Craft of Type
Join us at the main stage for a talk by designer Fraser Muggeridge that investigates the theme of this year’s festival – Multiplicity – through print and graphic design. Hosted in partnership with the National Gallery as part of the public programme for The Triumph of Art, a nationwide project by artist Jeremy Deller. The…
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Design Cultures with Gabriella Bennett
“Design is the ultimate expression of culture” says Gabriella Bennett. “The places we move through, the meals we eat, the homes we inhabit: all have hidden within them a design code full of meaning. In each case, design tells us so much about the country we are in, its national identity and how its people…