In conversation with Jane Petrie 🎭 Join Leisure & Culture Dundee's Anna Day tomorrow evening as she sits down with renowned costume designer Jane Petrie! 📍 The McManus 🗓️ Tuesday 23 June, 6:30pm 🎟️ £10: https://tinyurl.com/ytkftn8t 📸 Photography by @grantandersondotme.bsky.social

BOOKENDS is now open at Central Library, ahead of Dundee Book Festival 2026 📚 📍Level 1, Central Library, The Wellgate 🗓️ Thursday 18 June - Sunday 21 June Every pair of bookends is unique, reflecting how each designer creates, thinks and designs differently 💭

Design for Scotland Lab 🗺️ Visit @vadundee.bsky.social before the end of June to explore projects and stories that showcase Scotland's design economy. Play the role of 'Future Minister of Design', learn about the missions for creating a national design policy, and share your views. 💬 📸 Lydia Smith

Dundee Book Festival 2026 📚 Join Dundee-based storyteller Erin Farley and Alistair Heather for a deep-dive into the lives of lighthouse keepers 🔦 📍Steps Theatre, Central Library 🗓️ Sunday 21 June, 10-11am 🎟️ £5: https://dundeebookfestival.com/product/erin-farley-lighthouse-lives/

We're delighted to share that Dundee-based print + textile designer Kate Scarlet Harvey has been selected for Scotland’s Creative Cities Living Heritage Residencies Programme! Kate will undertake a micro-residency at New Lanark, a UNESCO World Heritage Site on the river Clyde, later this month 🌊

SPOTTED! 👀 Design Lives Here supporters Studio Ordinary have gone BIG, printing a massive version of our design mark for their studio window! Just look at that soft pink glow 🌸 💻 Design Lives Here identity and graphic design by Stein Design.

Vennels: Perth’s Little Streets 🏙️ This new exhibition developed in collaboration with Perth UNESCO City of Craft explores the fascinating past and present of the vennels, closes, alleys and lanes that have crisscrossed the city of Perth for centuries 🔨 📍 Perth Museum 🗓️ 29 May - 6 September 🎟️ FREE

Dundee Book Festival 2026 📚 Join Dundee-based designer Cally Booker in-conversation with Annie Marrs of @designdundee.bsky.social for an inspiring exploration of her new book, Designing and Weaving Double Cloth ➿ 📍Steps Theatre, Central Library 🗓️ 19 June, 2:30pm 🎟️ £5: https://tinyurl.com/2vwmsy2c

We're excited to share that our 2024 exhibition BOOKENDS will be reshown for the first time at Dundee Book Festival this June! 📚 📍Central Library, The Wellgate 🗓️ Thursday 18 June - Sunday 21 June 📸 Photography by Reuben Paris.

Our June Object of the Month is Louise Kirby's 'Dundee Delights Tea Towel' (2017) 🫖  Dundee Delights is an illustrated collection of products celebrating some of Dundee's delicious delicacies and iconic local places. This tea towel celebrates marmalade which was made in Dundee until 1992 🍊

Last Friday we were excited to preview @dundee.ac.uk DJCAD Degree Show featuring the work of over 400 students! With a huge range of inspiring work on display, don't miss out on its final weekend! ⌛ 📍 DJCAD, 13 Perth Road  🗓️ Sat 30 May, 10:00 - 20:00  + Sun 31 May 10:00 - 16:00  🎟️ FREE, Drop-in

We are delighted that Dundee Design Festival has secured funding from  @creativescots.bsky.social  Expanded Festival Fund to return in 2027! 🥳 🔗 Read more about the fund + each of the successful festivals across Scotland here: http://bit.ly/4dT5EiA

From Dundee to Alexandria, SHHE continues her musical explorations of water on new record Thalassa Ahead of very special shows at Dundee's Bonar Hall and @thequeenshall.bsky.social, we catch up with SHHE www.theskinny.co.uk/music/interv... #newmusicfriday

Exciting news! We've joined with Agency of None, Biome Collective, Bit Loom, tialt & Very Evil Demons to launch a new collaborative workspace! We're excited about what Hapworks_Studios can demonstrate for collective, visible creative infrastructure in Dundee & hope to welcome you to the space soon:

SHHE at Bonar Hall 📡 📍 Bonar Hall Park Place 📆 Thursday 28 May, 7:30-10pm 🎟️ £13-20, concession prices for artworkers 🔗 https://tinyurl.com/29fdra4v To celebrate the release of their new album THALASSA, Dundee-based SHHE presents a special hometown show performing live in quadraphonic.

GTMO 441: Games, Detention, Power 🕹 Join @biomecollective.bsky.social and @abertayuni.bsky.social for this public sharing of experimental playable media shaped by the lived experience of Mansoor Adayfi. 📍 Abertay University 🗓 Thursday 28 May, 5-8pm 🔗 events.humanitix.com/gtmo-441

1/3 🖌️ We recently welcomed back project partner, Ahla Fawda for the launch of Overlapping at the Seams. Founder, Imane Assaf also spent time with local orgs @biomecollective.bsky.social  @creativedundee.bsky.social @scrapantics.bsky.social MAXwell centre + Transition Dundee in a cultural exchange 💬

In-conversation with Hannah Sabapathy 💬 📍Steps Theatre, Central Library 📆 Wednesday 27 May, 6-7pm 🎟️ FREE: https://tinyurl.com/2r9epdd2 ⭐ Part of Dundee Month of Design Hannah Sabapathy is a Dundee-based designer who interrogates the power dynamics behind South Asian and British textile history 🌿

WRITING COMMISSION ✏️ As part of 'A Poet in Every Port', Dundee Book Festival are commissioning a new poem celebrating creativity and innovation ❤️ 🗓️ Applications due 5pm, Friday 22 May 💷 £600 set fee 📍 Applicants must have a strong connection to Dundee 🔗 https://tinyurl.com/2de96jmu

OVERLAPPING AT THE SEAMS 🖌️ The new mural by Rhona Jack and Romy Matar has now launched! This project has been supported by the British Council's Momentum Follow-up Fund and is a collaboration between, UNESCO City of Design Dundee, Open/Close Dundee and Ahla Fawda. 📸 Photography by Ben Douglas.

Dundee Book Festival returns for its second year! 🎉 📍Events across Central Library + The McManus 🗓️ 19-21 June 2026 🎟️ £0-10: https://tinyurl.com/2kyesw3b 📸 Mike Stirling, Director of Mischief at Beano.

Following today's mural launch, join us for an informal talk by Imane Assaf, Founder of Ahla Fawda. There will also be the chance to buy their products to support their ongoing fundraising efforts 🌍 📍 @scrapantics.bsky.social Community Space ⏱️ TODAY, 5-7pm 🎟️ FREE: https://tinyurl.com/2vmtmz6p

Join Textile Legacies resident Hannah Sabapathy for a talk about her learnings from Whanganui, NZ, including research into tapa cloth, harakeke and "bad specimens" 🌿 📍Steps Theatre, Central Library 📆 Wed 27 May, 6-7pm 🎟️ FREE: https://tinyurl.com/2r9epdd2 ⭐ Part of Dundee Month of Design

MURAL LAUNCH🖌️ Join us for the launch of a new collaborative mural, designed by Lebanese animator Romy Matar, and Dundee-based maker Rhona Jack_ ⬇️ 📍 King Street/Kirk Lane Footpath ⏱️ Thursday 14 May, 4-5pm 🎟️ FREE: tinyurl.com/4pnwuyt5 ⭐ Part of Dundee Month of Design

SPRING MEET-UP 🌼 We're back with another relaxed, in-person meetup - join us for some networking, complimentary refreshments, and the chance to tour Meadow Mill! 📍 Wasps Studios, Meadow Mill ⏱️ Wednesday 20 May, 4-6pm 🎟️ FREE: https://tinyurl.com/2sbczh2v ⭐Part of Dundee Month of Design

We're so excited to announce a new collaborative mural, designed by Lebanese animator Romy Matar and Dundee-based maker Rhona Jack, will soon be installed in Dundee City Centre! 🌍 ❤️ This is a collaborative project produced with Open/Close Dundee and Ahla Fawda, supported by the British Council.

Our May Object of the Month is: 👜 Water Hyacinth Woven Bag (2024) 📍Chiang Rai, Thailand This bag is designed by the team behind Modaloom, a fashion brand focused on sharing Thai heritage through contemporary design, and woven with water hyacinth. ⭐ Part of Dundee Month of Design

30 days of Textile Legacies 🧶 Māori designer Matthew McIntyre Wilson has spent the last few days of his residency exploring museum collections, visiting local designers, and researching alternative weaving methods for harakeke 🌿 Find out more 🔗 https://tinyurl.com/yjnhteuk

DUNDEE MONTH OF DESIGN GUIDE HAS LAUNCHED! ⭐💛🌼 You can now find our printed guides, showcasing events across the month of May, at @vadundee.bsky.social, @abertayuni.bsky.social, The McManus, DJCAD and more! Find out more + view the full programme🔗 https://tinyurl.com/skpp5vjy

Designer Matthew McIntyre Wilson has been visiting Māori collections in Dublin and Glasgow, learning traditional European flax spinning techniques, exploring Pictish stone sites in Angus and Perthshire, and sharing some of his weaving knowledge🌿 Find out more 🔗 https://tinyurl.com/yjnhteuk

2 weeks to go! 💛⭐🌼 We'll be celebrating Dundee Month of Design throughout May, spotlighting events, workshops, talks and more.  View the programme 🔗 https://cityofdesigndundee.com/dundee-month-of-design/ 📸 KT New Jewellery, photography by JillyJilly Studio.

Join illustrator Laura Darling for a playful drawing workshop inspired by The McManus' new temporary exhibition 'Curtain Call: Costumes from Stage to Screen' 🎭 📍The McManus: Dundee's Art Gallery & Museum 📆 Monday 20 April, 5:30-7:30pm 🔗 https://tinyurl.com/bdfsdfxe

‘Behind the Curtains’ is a window installation by illustrator and printmaker Lauren Morsley, now on display at our Design Lives Here window space!  📍 Outer Spaces, The Wellgate 📅 27 March  – 31 May 2026 ⭐ Part of Dundee Month of Design 2026

Māori designer Matthew McIntyre Wilson has been visiting local and national collections, exploring Dundee's design story and harvesting harakeke as part of our international residency programme in collaboration with UNESCO City of Design Whanganui 🌿 Find out more 🔗 https://tinyurl.com/yjnhteuk

🎮✨ Biome Collective & Arcadia present: Big Telly Jam ✨🎮 A one-day collaborative workshop for artists + game designers to explore creative technology, digital art & immersive experiences. Curious about creative tech? Interested in playful media? Got an idea you want to test?

👠Catwalk is now open at @vadundee.bsky.social shining a light on the cultural significance of the fashion show, celebrating their magic, creativity and enduring inspiration! 📅 3 April 2026 – 17 January 2027 🎟️ £7-16, Members + Kids go FREE ℹ️ Part of Dundee Month of Design

As part of Textile Legacies, we'll be hosting a relaxed in-conversation with visiting Māori designer Matthew McIntrye Wilson chaired by Kim Turford-Mowat, Learning Curator at Dundee Heritage Trust ⬇️ 📍Steps Theatre, Central Library 📆 Thursday 9 April, 6-7pm 🎟️ https://tinyurl.com/3j7wpx9z

Our April object of the month on display at Central Library is: 🔦Hanging Lamp (2019) 📍Dundee, Scotland This lamp, by Kevin Sinclair, was constructed as part of a 2-day residency programme where 4 designers worked in a live production space throughout Dundee Design Festival 2019 ✨

We are excited to be continuing work on Union Street, supporting the final phase of the pedestrianisation project 🔨  Find out more about the co-design process ⬇️ https://cityofdesigndundee.com/projects/union-street/ 📸 Union Street Visualisation by Kennedy Twaddle.

We are searching for a Dundee-based designer to undertake a micro-residency across 5-days at New Lanark World Heritage Site🚨 🗓️ Applications due 1pm, Monday 13 April 💷 Artist fee, travel, accommodation & materials support included 🔗 https://tinyurl.com/mv7ftd37

Local designer Cally Booker has recently launched her first book, published by Crowood Press 📚 'Designing and Weaving Double Cloth' explains the magic behind creating a multi-layered fabric in a single piece with clear, detailed instruction and over 500 images. Congratulations Cally! ❤️

As part of our residency programme, Textile Legacies, we're excited to host two events with visiting designer Matthew McIntyre Wilson! 🌿 First up, join us for an relaxed in-conversation with Matthew ⬇️ 📍Steps Theatre, Central Library 📆 Thurs 9 April, 6-7pm 🎟️ https://tinyurl.com/3j7wpx9z

Kicking off London Games Festival 2026, Dundee-based curator and producer @susepicious.bsky.social presents a gaming-inspired Friday Late event at V&A South Kensington!  📆 Friday 27 March, 6:30 - 10pm 🎟️ https://www.vam.ac.uk/event/Wl9jvzQb6a/friday-late-march-2026

🚨FINAL CALL FOR EVENTS🚨 Dundee Month of Design returns is back celebrating design exhibitions, talks, workshops and events across the city. Join the line-up today! ⏱️ Events due Sunday 22 March 🔗 https://cityofdesigndundee.com/dundee-month-of-design/ 📸 Photography by Lydia Smith

Abertay Historical Society & Dundee Libraries' Local History Centre present an introduction to living culture in Dundee, asking us which local traditions should be included in the UNESCO Register of Living Heritage 🐟 🔗 https://tinyurl.com/2x6jc82k 📸 Dressed Herring by Elsie McGaughrin

Do you care about the environment? Do you like games? Join @biomecollective.bsky.social for Climate Jam – a 3-hour workshop where you create games that explore climate justice in a playful and positive way ⬇️ 📍Creative Central at Central Library, Dundee 📆 Sat 28 March, 12:30pm 🎟️ tinyurl.com/2pfudssc

Work to permanently transform Union Street into an accessible pedestrianised space is beginning. The city centre project has been awarded more than £1 million of funding from the Scottish Government, which is allowing the final phase of the initiative to be undertaken. More here: bit.ly/4kjboFa

Exciting upcoming panel discussion considering spatial and social justice and urban space design ⬇️ 📍Cooper Gallery, Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art & Design 📅 Thursday 12 March, 6:30-8:30pm Find out more 🔗 www.dundee.ac.uk/events/right...

Dundee Month of Design returns this May! Submit your events now to be featured in our printed guide 💛 ⏱️ Events due Sunday 22 March 🔗 https://cityofdesigndundee.com/dundee-month-of-design/

Celebrating 30 years of @maggiescentres.bsky.social + the power of inspiring spaces, Maggie's: Architecture that Cares brings together the voices of centre visitors + staff with globally recognised architects 🧡 📍 @vadundee.bsky.social  📅 6 March – 1 November 2026 📸 @grantandersondotme.bsky.social