DundeeDesignFestival25.—28.05.2016

West Ward WorksGuthrie Street

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Exhibition Opening Wed 25 May, 5 – 7pmThurs 26 – Sat 28 May, 10am – 5pm West Ward Works

From the buildings we live in, to the tools we use for our work, to the products, services and materials that allow us to express ourselves, interact with one another, and live well — everything is linked by design.

Across an entire floor of a former print works in the once industrial heart of Dundee, this exhibition weaves together some of the great design stories currently emerging from the city, including new innovations in textiles, game design and design for heath and wellbeing.

These are stories of local design with global impact, stories about what design can do when we join forces. Taken as a whole, they capture a moment where, in a city the size of Dundee, people are coming together from across studios, campuses, cities and nations to help frame problems and find solutions.

Scottish Jewellery Week West Ward Works also plays host to Scottish Jewellery Week, a biennial celebration of the best contemporary jewellers and silversmiths living or trained in Scotland. Scottish Jewellery Week includes an exhibition showcasing the work of 15 jewellers, a jeweller-in-residence plus a Jewellery Trail across the city.

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Designing Better Care Homes Fri 27 May, 10 – 10.30am

How can architects and designers change the way we spend our old age? Hear the ground-breaking research in design, computing and healthcare tackling the challenge of how to maintain quality of life for older adults long after they’ve moved into care home environments. Led by BESiDE.

Story of Maggie’s Centre DundeeFri 27 May, 11 – 11.30amMaggie Keswick Jencks believed people shouldn’t “lose the joy of living in the fear of dying”. Lesley Howells, Director of Maggie’s Centre Dundee, explains how Maggie’s use the healing power of architecture and design to uphold this ethos, providing an uplifting, dignified and calming sanctuary for patients and families alike.

Designs On JusticeFri 27 May, 12 – 12.30pmThe criminal justice system is failing communities, offenders and those professionals who provide our legal services. What can design thinking do to usher in a new era of effective criminal justice in Scotland?

Prospect North: Live from VeniceFri 27 May, 1 – 1.45pm

Live streaming from the Scottish Pavilion at the 2016 Venice Architecture Biennale, research and design collective Lateral North plus Soluis and artist Deirdre Nelson answer questions on why Scotland should look north.

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Focus on Social Design: HelsinkiFri 27 May, 2 – 2.45pmSocial design is a fast growing area that utilises design to improve the wellbeing of human beings and society. A panel of leading architects and designers from Helsinki come to Dundee to discuss how design can bring about social change both in Finland and worldwide.

What Can Design Do for Forensic Science?Fri 27 May, 3 – 3.30pmForensic science is in crisis. Professors Sue Black and Niamh Nic Daiéd are looking for solutions and they need your help.

Reclaiming GeddesSat 28 May, 12 – 12.30pmPatrick Geddes is celebrated the whole world over for his writing and work on urbanism and town planning. But how did his 30 years in the city as a Professor of Botany at University College Dundee influence his seminal ideas?

Forensic JewellerySat 28 May, 1pm – 1.30pmHow can jewellery be used to identify a dead body? Forensic jeweller Maria Maclennan tells how objects and ornaments can be used to help piece together stories after death or disaster.

Redesigning Smoke AlarmsSat 28 May, 3 – 4pmResearch has shown that smoke alarms don’t always wake sleeping children. Forensic scientist, Prof. Niamh Nic Daiéd shares her team’s extraordinary research before laying down a challenge to designers to rethink smoke detector systems.

Talks

Journeys, Dundee: Writing WorkshopFri 27 May, 10am – 12pm: freeAll agesJoin novelist Zöe Venditozzi as she launches “Journeys”, a website designed to gather stories of Dundee. In this writing workshop, Zöe will help participants describe their memories and craft them into a piece of writing, ready to be uploaded onto the site.

Weaving drop-inFri 27 May, 1 – 5pm: freeAll agesTry your hand at weaving by joining our drop-in workshop where you can design and create your own piece of woven textile.

Redesigning the Dundee ExperienceSat 28 May, 10am – 12pm: freeAll agesHow can citizens of the UK’s only UNESCO City of design capitalise on their city’s status as a visitor destination? An introduction to service design tools to help participants think creatively about how they can create innovative experiences for visitors to Dundee. Led by Open Change.

Wearable ArtSat 28 May, 12.30 – 2.30pm: freeAll agesJoin artists in creating a unique piece of Wearable Art using your imagination and just a tiny bit of craft talent. Using recycled, upcycled, found objects and almost anything you can mould or sew, you can create a work of art and wear it home.

Scottish Jewellery Week: CARVEFri 27 May, 3 – 5pm: £60 16+. Under 18s accompanied by an adultJoin jewellers Kate and Katie for a two-hour workshop where you can carve jewellers wax into a one-off ring. They then take the wax and transform it in to solid silver and return it to you within 2-3 weeks.

Screen Printing drop-inSat 28 May, 10am – 4pm: freeAll agesCome and discover the art of printmaking with the Dundee Contemporary Arts team. Try out screen printing, badge-making and stamp carving with the DCA’s team of artists who’ll be on hand to show you some of the amazing possibilities of print.

Creating Comics Sat 28 May, 10am – 12pm: freeSuitable for 5 -17 yrsAre you an aspiring artist or writer who dreams of creating the next Desperate Dan, Ms Marvel, or Jake and Finn from “Adventure Time”? Come along and join Dundee Creative Comic Space for a morning of colour-filled fun.

Design. Build. Play. Sat 28 May, 12.30 – 2.30pm: freeAll agesGaming isn’t just staring at a screen. Join Abertay University’s Game Lab to help design a real game in real time, from concept to play in just two hours. Expect lots of making, materials, and movement as we discover how play is central to creativity and game design.

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Workshops

Wed 25 May, 10am – 5pm: £30Dalhousie Building, Old HawkhillDundee DD1 5EN

A one-day forum showcasing the rewards design can bring to our businesses and our economy.

A design revolution is sweeping the globe – a revolution worth £72 billion to the UK economy alone.

V&A Museum of Design Dundee, Design in Action and UNESCO City of Design Dundee bring together a range of pioneering design-led businesses, adventurous design cities, and global academic partnerships to demonstrate the importance of design innovation in business.

Topics include “UK Design Economy: Financial Impact and the Opportunities for Business”; “Changing Businesses Through Design Thinking”; and “UNESCO Cities of Design: Accelerating The Benefits for Business”.

Contributors: Stephen Miller (The Design Council); Professor Ulrich Weinberg, (School of Design Thinking, Hasso Plattner Institute, Potsdam); Ting Xu (Shenzhen City of Design); Professor Jon Rogers (School of Creative Technology, University of Dundee) and more...

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Design Revolution Innovative Cities and Business

Mass AssemblyThurs 26 May, 10am – 5pm: £10 - £15West Ward Works

A one-day forum exploring the future of collective working for creatives and the places they are based.

Mass Assembly brings together individuals who are part of creative hubs, collectives, networks and clusters from all locations, rural and urban. The forum aims to build stronger connections across Scotland and beyond whilst offering inspiration and practical insights to practitioners and producers.

With plenty of opportunities to meet other hubs and share experiences, we will also be joined by speakers who will talk about the future of collective working.

Produced in partnership between Creative Edinburgh and Creative Dundee.

Contributors: Aleksandra Savanović (founder of Nova Iskra and Zent, Belgrade); Alix Zacharias (August, New York); Canan Marasligil (writer and curator, Amsterdam); and Steve Hamm (Swarm, London).

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West Ward Works will be the main hub of the design festival, but there will be activity across the city.

University of Dundee Degree Show 2016Fri 20 – Sun 29 May13 Perth RoadDundee DD1 4Hdundee.ac.uk/djcadFor ten days in May the buildings at the University of Dundee Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art & Design transform into one of the country’s largest galleries to celebrate the success of its graduating students.

Ignite DundeeTues 3 – Mon 30 MayVarious venuesignitednd.co.ukFor the whole of May, Dundee will be awash with creativity across the city. Exhibitions, talks, workshops, poetry and pop-up markets are all encompassed under the colourful umbrella of Ignite.

Pecha Kucha Night: Vol 15Thurs 26 May, 7 – 10pm: £5 West Ward Workscreativedundee.comA special design-themed Pecha Kucha Night with a great mix of speakers in a super-speedy format. Individuals have 20 images and just 20 seconds per image to speak about their topic. Entertaining, thought-provoking, and always inspiring.

Remembering Witch’s Blood Fri 27 May, times TBC: £6West Ward Works The large-scale community play “Witch’s Blood” is being brought back to life after 30 years. First produced in 1987 to great public and critical acclaim, this intimate reimagining of William Blain’s play is a teaser of a full production planned for next year. Tickets are extremely limited and will go on sale in late April.

Patrick GrantSat 28 May, 6 – 7pm: FreeDalhousie BuildingOld HawkhillDundee DD1 5ENdundee.ac.uk/sels Star of BBC’s Great British Sewing Bee, Patrick Grant is a leading menswear fashion designer and owner of bespoke tailors Norton & Sons of Savile Row, London. In this exclusive event, Patrick will discuss his fascinating career and rise to success. Brought to you by the University of Dundee.

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Across the City

Dundee has continually reinvented itself after the collapse of its heavy industries. Fast forward to today and design is right at the heart of how the city imagines its future.

The role of design was unequivocally underlined in 2014 when UNESCO named Dundee the UK’s first City of Design. This prestigious award recognises the major contribution Dundee has made to design worldwide.

Today, the city is busy creating an expansive, dynamic waterfront, designing an open, inclusive city of the future. At the heart of this plan is the creation of V&A Museum of Design Dundee, a global home for Scotland’s design heritage and a showcase for the best of international design.

Taking place in West Ward Works plus other venues across the city, the four-day festival programme is a collaboration with Dundee’s major cultural institutions. It includes over 30 exhibitors and more than 30 talks, workshops and performances designed to delight and enthrall a wide range of audiences.

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West Ward Works is the perfect venue for the inaugural Dundee Design Festival, connecting the city’s industrial past with its creative present.

A former print works and the site of an important jute mill in the Blackness area of the city, this building was home to the printing and binding of DC Thomson titles including Beezer, Twinkle, Black Bob, Sparky, and Topper for over 60 years.

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Place.Work.Folk. Design.

Dundee, the UK’s only UNESCO City of Design, is hosting the first Dundee Design Festival from 25th to 28th May.

A former print works in the once industrial heart of the city will play host to an ambitious programme of design activity including exhibitions, talks, workshops and performances.

The theme for the first Dundee Design Festival is “Place. Work. Folk. Design.” through which we explore the potential of design to connect the city’s communities and improve our everyday lives.

Focusing on design for health and wellbeing and including the best of digital design, computer game design, textiles and architecture, this ground-breaking work examines how design involves everyone, connects everything and makes anything possible.

image: West Ward Works, the venue for the inaugural Dundee Design Festival

The dimensions of this programme are taken from a Beano annual, one of the many comic book annuals produced in the West Ward Works building by DC Thomson.dundeedesignfestival.com