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.

Unesco Dity of Design
Union Street. Photography provided by Sustrans Scotland.
Code Souvenir Dundee
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.