image of a Louise Forbes wooden spoon over the CODE Souvenir Dundee branding
19 July 2022  

OPEN CALL: CODE Souvenir Dundee Vol. 2

After great success with the launch of CODE Souvenir Dundee Vol. 1 in December 2020, the call for the second volume of CODE Souvenir Dundee is now open with a deadline of 5pm 30th August 2022.

CODE Souvenir Dundee is a collection of souvenir style products designed here in the city. More than the traditional fridge magnet, the souvenirs will vary from textiles and jewellery, to tea towels and mugs. What the products all have in common is that they evoke a sense of the city’s character or tell a story, acting as a memento or reminder of Dundee.

The catalogue is a tool to connect buyers with designers; to act as a resource for local stockists looking to include more local design in their offer, and for designers to elevate their businesses. Publicly available, aimed at corporate purchasers, retailers and the general public, CODE Souvenir Dundee is a place for tourists to find mementos of their visits, for local people to find the perfect gifts and for organisations to showcase local design talent.  

CODE Souvenir is an original concept, developed by fellow UNESCO City of Design, Montréal and launched in 2010. Since then Montréal have produced five catalogues profiling the wealth of talent in their city, increasing sales, and supporting the success of local designers.

The call for CODE Souvenir Dundee Vol. 2 is now open! Each item submitted for consideration requires a separate form to be completed, each designer/studio/company may submit up to 5 items, if you were included in CODE Souvenir Vol.1, and would like to submit the same items again, you will need to fill in the forms for Vol.2 to be entered in to this open call.

Apply here!

The deadline for applications is 5pm 30th August.

PLEASE NOTE:

An example of each item put forward for consideration for CODE Souvenir Dundee Vol. 2 must be delivered to go to the judging panel. Items must be delivered to: Our Street Studio, 34 Union Street, Dundee, DD1 4BE. The drop off slots will be:

– 16th August 10am-8pm
– 19th August 8am-3pm
– 23rd August 10am-12pm
– 30th August 9:30am-5pm
All items must be received to be considered by the panel for inclusion in the catalogue. This is so that the panel can assess the quality of the items, but also so that the successful items can be photographed for the catalogue.

If you are unable to drop off items within the designated times, please get in touch using the email address below to arrange an alternative time or postage.

After the items are selected, and successful items photographed, you will be notified about how to collect your items.
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If you have any questions, or need assistance with your application, please email poppy.jarratt@vandadundee.org

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CODE is an original concept by Raban Ruddigkeit of the Berlin agency ® ruddigkeit corporate ideas. CODE is an acronym for City Of Design and marks a city’s particular character (“DNA”).

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18 December 2020  

2020 Round Up

A round up each of the projects that we delivered during 2020!

We would like to thank each of the organisations that we partnered up with to deliver a number of projects throughout 2020, the designers who have worked with us and contributed their ideas, and to the public for engaging in all of the work we delivered and supported. It was a challenging year in many ways and we were pleased that we could continue to support Dundee based artists and designers during the pandemic, using design as a positive tool for bringing about positive change.

 

You can view our Annual Report for 2020/2021 here

Back in March when we faced a national lockdown, we brought back The Design Gameshow with Ryan Mcleod of Agency of None, actor Chris O’Mara and comedian Andy Bullick, streamed live through our Instagram stories. We also saw the return of We Dundee, developed in partnership with Creative Dundee and Agency of None, where we asked Dundee citizens what had surprised them during these times and what should happen next for our city.
Sadly we had to cancel Dundee Design Parade due to restrictions, but our brilliant team of workshop leaders created online workshops that young people could get involved in from home.
We developed the popular Sunny Dundee Face Coverings with Halley Stevensons and Dundee City Council, designed by Pamela Scott and stitched by a brilliant team of speedy makers!
During the summer of 2020, we partnered up with Sustrans’ Scotland Spaces For People programme and Dundee City Council to pedestrianise Union Street with input from local businesses thanks to Service Design Academy. The iconic design was created by Callum Laird.

We were thrilled to launch the first volume of CODE Souvenir Dundee as both a paper and online catalogue, which promotes the work of Dundee based designers available to buy as gifts for both tourists and local people!

Late in the year, selected bike racks were installed across the city as a result of Dundee Cycling Forum’s competition where we paired up local designers with young people from across Dundee. We have also been working with Urban Foresight to commission local designers to reimage electric charger feeder pillars in the city centre.

Finally we rounded up the year by partnering up with Dundee City Council’s Events team and V&A Dundee to brighten up empty shop windows with Christmas-tree inspired displays created by local artists and designers.

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Union Street. Photography provided by Sustrans Scotland.
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CODE Souvenir Dundee Vol.1 Catalogue

It was also a pleasure to virtually meet with all of our international sister Cities of Design and extended Creative Cities during virtual convenings, where we had valuable discussions and were inspired by projects from across the world.