ANNIE MARRS
LEAD OFFICER
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Annie began working with UNESCO City of Design Dundee in 2015 in its first year of the designation as the team’s Project Coordinator. She is now the city’s Lead Officer and Focal Point, the Design Cities Network Deputy Coordinator and is supported by Project Coordinators, Kirsten Wallace and Lizzie Day.
Annie has led the delivery of a number of our projects including Dundee Design Festival and the first ever Dundee Design Parade. She is currently coordinating the ambitious pedestrianisation of Union Street co-designed by local businesses and residents, as part of Sustrans’ Spaces for People Programme. Annie is passionate about providing creative opportunities to local artists, designers and makers; bringing creatives together to develop new projects.
Annie also finds time to work with Crail Food Festival and co-owns theatre production company, Sweet Venues! She returned to Dundee to join the team after previously studying at Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design and uniquely, has the world’s favourite colour, Marrs Green, named after her!
KIRSTEN WALLACE
PROJECT COORDINATOR
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Kirsten has been working with the designation since volunteering for Dundee Design Festival 2017 where she produced its social media content. Now working as one of the team’s Project Coordinators, Kirsten continues to support projects such as Dundee Design Festival and manages our social media and website content.
With a passion for providing opportunities for local communities to participate in and co-design, Kirsten has also led the delivery of some of our community based projects including: Dundee Design Parade 2019, Rack Your Brains and our Free Online Design Activities. She is currently leading Dundee’s Covid Community Memorial as part of the national project, Remembering Together, and working with Design Studio, Around Zero.
Kirsten is in her 13th year of living in Dundee after studying Fine Art at Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design. She still enjoys keeping up her art and performance practices in her spare time and has her own crafts business.
LIZZIE DAY
PROJECT COORDINATOR
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Lizzie recently joined the UNESCO City of Design Dundee team and will work on several projects including the 2024 Dundee Design Festival, curated by Creative Director Dr Stacey Hunter.
With an interest in the utulisation of non-traditional settings for works of contemporary art and design, Lizzie has held roles with a number of creative organisations including GENERATORprojects, Edinburgh Art Festival, Art Night and V&A Dundee.
Responding to the limitations and accessibility of space for experimental working, Lizzie launched Volk Gallery alongside frequent collaborator Luke Cassidy Greer in 2021. Another ongoing work, Windfall*, an infrequent arts publication and collaborative project, looks at similar themes of representation and opportunity.
DR STACEY HUNTER
Creative Director,
Dundee Design Festival 2024
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The appointment of design curator and Local Heroes founder, Dr Stacey Hunter points to a change of direction for the 2024 Dundee Design Festival which will celebrate the 10th anniversary of our UNESCO City of Design designation. The festival’s 5th edition will take place in September 2024 and is set to be the biggest and most ambitious festival to date, working with local and international partners to present a focused and meaningful programme of design-centred exhibitions, events and projects.
Design Curator Dr Stacey Hunter curates, writes and produces within a contemporary design context. Her collaborative exhibitions and projects are known and appreciated for their unconventional approach and broad appeal. As the founder of Local Heroes, her critically acclaimed exhibitions and projects have promoted Scottish design in Edinburgh, Glasgow, Tokyo, New York City and London. A V&A Dundee Design Champion, and recipient of the Creative Edinburgh Leadership Award, Stacey is committed to the development of design culture in Scotland and enlivening design and craft discourses.
