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Programme

Thurs 25 May - Mon 29 May

Five days of design-inspired exhibitions, talks, practical workshops, family events, film screenings and live performances across three enormous galleries.

 

Thursday

9am 10am 11am 12pm 13pm 14pm 15pm 16pm 17pm 18pm 19pm 20pm 21pm 22pm
Innovate UK Forum09.30 - 14.00 Thu 25th May University of Dundee, Dalhousie Building Lecture Theatre 2, Balfour Street DD1 4HBFREEInnovate UK, the UK’s innovation agency, is an executive non-departmental public body, sponsored by the Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy. https://2017.dundeedesignfestival.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/DDF-placeholderBg-670x503.pnghttps://2017.dundeedesignfestival.com/event-entry/innovate-uk-forum/
Print City10.00 - 17.00 Thu 25th May Gallery 2, West Ward WorksFREECome and explore a monumental city, built from hundreds of large-scale, hand printed cardboard building blocks. Watch the city grow, interact with the artists, walk through the streets and sit in the park. Follow on social media #printfestscot #printcity www.printfestivalscotland.comhttps://2017.dundeedesignfestival.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/PRINTCITY-670x503.jpghttps://2017.dundeedesignfestival.com/event-entry/print-city/
Punch In/Punch Out10.00 - 17.00 Thu 25th May RefectoryFREERyan McLeod invites you to discuss issues relating to design and creativity as part of his installation of the Creative Chit Chat - Dundee podcast. Throughout the festival he will be recording the audio from these conversations to be released as a series of episodes.https://2017.dundeedesignfestival.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/Punch-In-Punch-Out2-1-670x503.jpghttps://2017.dundeedesignfestival.com/event-entry/punch-in-punch-out/
Our silent monitors10.00 - 17.00 Thu 25th May Gallery 3FREEHow do you feel about how your digital data is used? Throughout the five-day festival, a team of designers will collect visitor feedback and interpret it into a huge painted installation covering the factory floor in Gallery 3.https://2017.dundeedesignfestival.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/Silent-Monitor-Vector-5_artwork-670x503.pnghttps://2017.dundeedesignfestival.com/event-entry/our-silent-monitors/
Experiments in Casting (Jesmonite Casting)10.00 - 12.00 Thu 25th May Gallery 1£20Together we will be experimenting with the exciting material Jesmonite; a safe and lightweight alternative to cast concrete. It’s fast to set and anyone can cast with it successfully. The experimenting part? What we’ll be adding to the material: acrylic chips, sawdust, liquid dyes, egg shells, ash and more (you can even bring something...https://2017.dundeedesignfestival.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/Photo22-03-2017173900-670x503.jpghttps://2017.dundeedesignfestival.com/event-entry/experiments-casting-jesmonite-casting/
MAKLab Drop in10.00 - 18.00 Thu 25th May Gallery 1FREEDrop in Demonstration Workshops: Design & make your own DDF tote bag or t-shirt.  Make your mark with a custom made Dundee Design Festival Tote Bag or T-Shirt. For the duration of the festival we’ll be running this as a drop-in workshop where you’ll use shapes from the Design Festival branding, add...https://2017.dundeedesignfestival.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/laser-670x503.jpghttps://2017.dundeedesignfestival.com/event-entry/maklab-drop-in/
Factory Floor10.00 - 17.00 Thu 25th May Gallery 1FREEAn exhibition celebrating makers, materials and machines. Dundee Design Festival uses the rich backdrop of a former print factory as context in which to describe what making means now.https://2017.dundeedesignfestival.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/Factory-Floor-Exhibition-Tour-01-670x503.jpghttps://2017.dundeedesignfestival.com/event-entry/factory-floor/
Factory Floor: Exhibition Tour10.30 - 11.00 Thu 25th May Gallery 1FREEJoin festival producer and curator Siôn Parkinson for a tour of the exhibition Factory Floorhttps://2017.dundeedesignfestival.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/Factory-Floor-Exhibition-Tour-02-670x503.jpghttps://2017.dundeedesignfestival.com/event-entry/factory-floor-exhibition-tour/
Collective Architecture: Future Façade11.00 - 12.30 Thu 25th May WRKSHPSOLD OUTHow can architects, designers and fabricators collaborate better to produce a range of materials and forms that are more responsive to Scotland’s urban and rural environments? Jude Barber and Dafni Michalaki of Collective Architecture, one of the country’s leading architecture studios, invite you to explore the possibilities of four raw materials – brick, concrete, sheet metal, and wood.https://2017.dundeedesignfestival.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/03-Future-Facade-670x503.jpghttps://2017.dundeedesignfestival.com/event-entry/collective-architecture-future-facade/
Make / Share12.00 - 17.00 Thu 25th May Gallery 1, West Ward WorksFREECreative Dundee’s regular Make/Share event brings people together to hear behind-the-scenes insights into the work of creative people from a mix of backgrounds. Make/Share will be running on Thursday and Friday afternoon every hour, on the hour from noon. Join a range of speakers for brief insights as they demonstrate their design processes.https://2017.dundeedesignfestival.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/MakeShare-670x503.jpghttps://2017.dundeedesignfestival.com/event-entry/make-share/
Live Build: Model & Make13.00 - 14.30 Thu 25th May WRKSHPFREEA hands-on workshop delivered by the world-class design team at information technology giants NCR.https://2017.dundeedesignfestival.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/NCR-01-670x503.jpghttps://2017.dundeedesignfestival.com/event-entry/live-build-model-make/
Why should we make more?15.00 - 16.30 Thu 25th May Gallery 3FREEWhat is the future of manufacturing in Scotland? And how can designers make it more visible?https://2017.dundeedesignfestival.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/04A-Should-we-make-more-C-Ross-Fraser-McLean-670x503.jpghttps://2017.dundeedesignfestival.com/event-entry/why-should-we-make-more/
Workplace: The Connected Space17.00 - 19.00 Thu 25th May Gallery 3FREEA documentary focusing on an everyday setting that affects millions: the modern office. https://2017.dundeedesignfestival.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/rga-2-670x503.jpghttps://2017.dundeedesignfestival.com/event-entry/workspace-the-connected-space/
Pecha Kucha Night Dundee Vol 1819.00 - 22.00 Thu 25th May Gallery 1£5The speedy global Pecha Kucha Night returns to DDF, giving each of the dozen speakers just 20 images and 20 seconds per image to talk about whatever they want.https://2017.dundeedesignfestival.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/IMG_0254-670x503.pnghttps://2017.dundeedesignfestival.com/event-entry/pecha-kucha-night-dundee-vol-18/
9am 10am 11am 12pm 1pm 2pm 3pm 4pm 5pm 6pm 7pm 8pm 9pm 10pm

Friday

9am 10am 11am 12pm 13pm 14pm 15pm 16pm 17pm 18pm 19pm 20pm 21pm 22pm
Is the Internet of Things creating a healthy factory floor?09.30 - 12.30 Fri 26th May Gallery 1FREEAs we head towards a new wave of the internet where billions of connected devices are coming into our lives, DJCAD and Mozilla Foundation ask you to take a pause and question if we know how and where these products are being made. What is happening to the data that these devices produce, and are they creating a healthy approach to the way we use the internet?https://2017.dundeedesignfestival.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/Internet-of-Things_Mark-Surman-670x503.jpghttps://2017.dundeedesignfestival.com/event-entry/is-the-internet-of-things-creating-a-healthy-factory-floor/
Our silent monitors10.00 - 17.00 Fri 26th May Gallery 3FREEHow do you feel about how your digital data is used? Throughout the five-day festival, a team of designers will collect visitor feedback and interpret it into a huge painted installation covering the factory floor in Gallery 3.https://2017.dundeedesignfestival.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/Silent-Monitor-Vector-5_artwork-670x503.pnghttps://2017.dundeedesignfestival.com/event-entry/our-silent-monitors/
Design & make your own DDF tote bag10.00 - 12.00 Fri 26th May Gallery 1£10Make your mark with a personalised Tote Bag or T-Shirt. In this 2 hour workshop you will learn how to create shapes and designs in Illustrator before sending them to the Vinyl Cutter to have them realised. You’ll then be free to arrange your shapes and patterns on your chosen...https://2017.dundeedesignfestival.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/25374872995_a971047f0a_h-670x503.jpghttps://2017.dundeedesignfestival.com/event-entry/design-make-ddf-tote-bag/
MAKLab Drop in10.00 - 18.00 Fri 26th May Gallery 1FREEDrop in Demonstration Workshops: Design & make your own DDF tote bag or t-shirt.  Make your mark with a custom made Dundee Design Festival Tote Bag or T-Shirt. For the duration of the festival we’ll be running this as a drop-in workshop where you’ll use shapes from the Design Festival branding, add...https://2017.dundeedesignfestival.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/laser-670x503.jpghttps://2017.dundeedesignfestival.com/event-entry/maklab-drop-in/
Factory Floor10.00 - 17.00 Fri 26th May Gallery 1FREEAn exhibition celebrating makers, materials and machines. Dundee Design Festival uses the rich backdrop of a former print factory as context in which to describe what making means now.https://2017.dundeedesignfestival.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/Factory-Floor-Exhibition-Tour-01-670x503.jpghttps://2017.dundeedesignfestival.com/event-entry/factory-floor/
Print City10.00 - 17.00 Fri 26th May Gallery 2, West Ward WorksFREECome and explore a monumental city, built from hundreds of large-scale, hand printed cardboard building blocks. Watch the city grow, interact with the artists, walk through the streets and sit in the park. Follow on social media #printfestscot #printcity www.printfestivalscotland.comhttps://2017.dundeedesignfestival.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/PRINTCITY-670x503.jpghttps://2017.dundeedesignfestival.com/event-entry/print-city/
Punch In/Punch Out10.00 - 17.00 Fri 26th May RefectoryFREERyan McLeod invites you to discuss issues relating to design and creativity as part of his installation of the Creative Chit Chat - Dundee podcast. Throughout the festival he will be recording the audio from these conversations to be released as a series of episodes.https://2017.dundeedesignfestival.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/Punch-In-Punch-Out2-1-670x503.jpghttps://2017.dundeedesignfestival.com/event-entry/punch-in-punch-out/
Make / Share12.00 - 17.00 Fri 26th May Gallery 1, West Ward WorksFREECreative Dundee’s regular Make/Share event brings people together to hear behind-the-scenes insights into the work of creative people from a mix of backgrounds. Make/Share will be running on Thursday and Friday afternoon every hour, on the hour from noon. Join a range of speakers for brief insights as they demonstrate their design processes.https://2017.dundeedesignfestival.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/MakeShare-670x503.jpghttps://2017.dundeedesignfestival.com/event-entry/make-share/
Voice Works: Speech Recognition & the Internet of Things14.00 - 16.00 Fri 26th May WRKSHPSOLD OUTAn afternoon workshop exploring the future of speech recognition in an increasingly connected world.https://2017.dundeedesignfestival.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/Internet-of-Things_Voice-Works-670x503.jpghttps://2017.dundeedesignfestival.com/event-entry/voice-works-speech-recognition-the-internet-of-things/
Singer Machine Choir19.00 - 21.00 Fri 26th May Gallery 1FREEDundee Design Festival invites you to come down to West Ward Works and help form the Singer Machine Choir, a vast chorus of voices that together will playfully conjure the sounds of factories past and present. https://2017.dundeedesignfestival.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/09A-Singer-Machine-Choir_H406-1966-10-18-West-Ward-women-CDCT-670x503.jpghttps://2017.dundeedesignfestival.com/event-entry/singer-machine-choir/
9am 10am 11am 12pm 1pm 2pm 3pm 4pm 5pm 6pm 7pm 8pm 9pm 10pm

Saturday

9am 10am 11am 12pm 13pm 14pm 15pm 16pm 17pm 18pm 19pm 20pm 21pm 22pm
Silo Studio: Experiments09.00 - 18.00 Sat 27th May Gallery 3, West Ward WorksFREEA series of videos throughout the day that document Studio Silos experimental processes.https://2017.dundeedesignfestival.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/Silo_Newtons-Bucket-02-670x503.jpghttps://2017.dundeedesignfestival.com/event-entry/silo-studio-experiments/
Printmaking10.00 - 12.00 Sat 27th May Gallery 2FREEJoin the Learning team from Dundee Contemporary Arts for a series of drop-in printmaking sessions, using the ever-changing city of Dundee as our starting point.https://2017.dundeedesignfestival.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/Printmaking-670x503.jpghttps://2017.dundeedesignfestival.com/event-entry/printmaking/
Printmaking14.00 - 16.00 Sat 27th May Gallery 2FREEJoin the Learning team from Dundee Contemporary Arts for a series of drop-in printmaking sessions, using the ever-changing city of Dundee as our starting point.https://2017.dundeedesignfestival.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/Printmaking-670x503.jpghttps://2017.dundeedesignfestival.com/event-entry/printmaking/
Print City10.00 - 17.00 Sat 27th May Gallery 2, West Ward WorksFREECome and explore a monumental city, built from hundreds of large-scale, hand printed cardboard building blocks. Watch the city grow, interact with the artists, walk through the streets and sit in the park. Follow on social media #printfestscot #printcity www.printfestivalscotland.comhttps://2017.dundeedesignfestival.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/PRINTCITY-670x503.jpghttps://2017.dundeedesignfestival.com/event-entry/print-city/
Punch In/Punch Out10.00 - 17.00 Sat 27th May RefectoryFREERyan McLeod invites you to discuss issues relating to design and creativity as part of his installation of the Creative Chit Chat - Dundee podcast. Throughout the festival he will be recording the audio from these conversations to be released as a series of episodes.https://2017.dundeedesignfestival.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/Punch-In-Punch-Out2-1-670x503.jpghttps://2017.dundeedesignfestival.com/event-entry/punch-in-punch-out/
Our silent monitors10.00 - 17.00 Sat 27th May Gallery 3FREEHow do you feel about how your digital data is used? Throughout the five-day festival, a team of designers will collect visitor feedback and interpret it into a huge painted installation covering the factory floor in Gallery 3.https://2017.dundeedesignfestival.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/Silent-Monitor-Vector-5_artwork-670x503.pnghttps://2017.dundeedesignfestival.com/event-entry/our-silent-monitors/
Experiments in Casting (Jesmonite Casting)10.00 - 12.00 Sat 27th May Gallery 1£20Together we will be experimenting with the exciting material Jesmonite; a safe and lightweight alternative to cast concrete. It’s fast to set and anyone can cast with it successfully. The experimenting part? What we’ll be adding to the material: acrylic chips, sawdust, liquid dyes, egg shells, ash and more (you can even bring something...https://2017.dundeedesignfestival.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/Photo22-03-2017173900-670x503.jpghttps://2017.dundeedesignfestival.com/event-entry/experiments-casting-jesmonite-casting/
Factory Floor10.00 - 17.00 Sat 27th May Gallery 1FREEAn exhibition celebrating makers, materials and machines. Dundee Design Festival uses the rich backdrop of a former print factory as context in which to describe what making means now.https://2017.dundeedesignfestival.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/Factory-Floor-Exhibition-Tour-01-670x503.jpghttps://2017.dundeedesignfestival.com/event-entry/factory-floor/
MAKLab Drop in10.00 - 18.00 Sat 27th May Gallery 1FREEDrop in Demonstration Workshops: Design & make your own DDF tote bag or t-shirt.  Make your mark with a custom made Dundee Design Festival Tote Bag or T-Shirt. For the duration of the festival we’ll be running this as a drop-in workshop where you’ll use shapes from the Design Festival branding, add...https://2017.dundeedesignfestival.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/laser-670x503.jpghttps://2017.dundeedesignfestival.com/event-entry/maklab-drop-in/
Are you for real? Looking for Authenticity in Graphic Design11.00 - 11.40 Sat 27th May Gallery 3, West Ward WorksFREETangent, the design agency behind the recent University of Dundee rebrand, will examine why authenticity and the ‘human element’ has become so valued in today’s society.https://2017.dundeedesignfestival.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/Are-you-for-real-01-670x503.jpghttps://2017.dundeedesignfestival.com/event-entry/are-you-for-real/
Silo Studio: Handmade High-tech11.00 - 11.40 Sat 27th May Gallery 3FREEThe core of Silo’s work is to look at bringing industrial processes and materials into the studio to develop further. Hear what inspires their extraordinary work.https://2017.dundeedesignfestival.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/Silo_Handmade-High-tech-01-670x503.jpghttps://2017.dundeedesignfestival.com/event-entry/silo-studio-handmade-high-tech/
Invent12.00 - 14.00 Sat 27th May WRKSHPSOLD OUTWant to build toothbrush racecars and race them across the factory floor? The team at Ardler Inventor Project will be on hand to help you design and build your own inventions using a wide range of craft materials and miniature motors. https://2017.dundeedesignfestival.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/Invent-01-670x503.jpghttps://2017.dundeedesignfestival.com/event-entry/invent/
Silo Studio: Newton’s Bucket12.00 - 13.00 Sat 27th May WRKSHPFREESilo Studio demonstrate their spectacular Newton’s Bucket machine designed to mould liquid in motion. https://2017.dundeedesignfestival.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/Silo_Newtons-Bucket-01-670x503.jpghttps://2017.dundeedesignfestival.com/event-entry/silo-studio-newtons-bucket/
Silo Studio: Sew, Steam, Shape13.30 - 16.30 Sat 27th May WRKSHPFREESilo Studio host a drop-in workshop, inviting you to experiment with sewing, steaming and sculpting three-dimensional objects. https://2017.dundeedesignfestival.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/Silo_Sew-Steam-Shape-670x503.jpghttps://2017.dundeedesignfestival.com/event-entry/silo-studio-sew-steam-shape/
Have a go at bookbinding14.00 - 17.00 Sat 27th May Gallery 1£20Bookbinding is the traditional art of making books by hand. In this workshop you will be given an introduction to the basics of bookbinding and leave with your own Moleskine-style hardback book.We will guide you through the process of binding a set of A6 pages together and making the hardback case....https://2017.dundeedesignfestival.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/LFischler-2366-670x503.jpghttps://2017.dundeedesignfestival.com/event-entry/have-a-go-at-bookbinding/
“Maker the Movie” screening18.00 - 21.00 Sat 27th May Gallery 3FREE“Maker” is a feature-length documentary that looks into the current Maker Movement in America – a new wave of Do-It-Yourself and Do-It-Together culture fueled by passion and powered by the advent of new technologies.https://2017.dundeedesignfestival.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/10B-Maker-the-Movie-670x503.jpghttps://2017.dundeedesignfestival.com/event-entry/maker-the-movie-screening/
9am 10am 11am 12pm 1pm 2pm 3pm 4pm 5pm 6pm 7pm 8pm 9pm 10pm

Sunday

9am 10am 11am 12pm 13pm 14pm 15pm 16pm 17pm 18pm 19pm 20pm 21pm 22pm
Experiments in Casting (Jesmonite Casting)10.00 - 12.00 Sun 28th May Gallery 1£20Together we will be experimenting with the exciting material Jesmonite; a safe and lightweight alternative to cast concrete. It’s fast to set and anyone can cast with it successfully. The experimenting part? What we’ll be adding to the material: acrylic chips, sawdust, liquid dyes, egg shells, ash and more (you can even bring something...https://2017.dundeedesignfestival.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/Photo22-03-2017173900-670x503.jpghttps://2017.dundeedesignfestival.com/event-entry/experiments-casting-jesmonite-casting/
MAKLab Drop in10.00 - 18.00 Sun 28th May Gallery 1FREEDrop in Demonstration Workshops: Design & make your own DDF tote bag or t-shirt.  Make your mark with a custom made Dundee Design Festival Tote Bag or T-Shirt. For the duration of the festival we’ll be running this as a drop-in workshop where you’ll use shapes from the Design Festival branding, add...https://2017.dundeedesignfestival.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/laser-670x503.jpghttps://2017.dundeedesignfestival.com/event-entry/maklab-drop-in/
Factory Floor10.00 - 17.00 Sun 28th May Gallery 1FREEAn exhibition celebrating makers, materials and machines. Dundee Design Festival uses the rich backdrop of a former print factory as context in which to describe what making means now.https://2017.dundeedesignfestival.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/Factory-Floor-Exhibition-Tour-01-670x503.jpghttps://2017.dundeedesignfestival.com/event-entry/factory-floor/
Print City10.00 - 17.00 Sun 28th May Gallery 2, West Ward WorksFREECome and explore a monumental city, built from hundreds of large-scale, hand printed cardboard building blocks. Watch the city grow, interact with the artists, walk through the streets and sit in the park. Follow on social media #printfestscot #printcity www.printfestivalscotland.comhttps://2017.dundeedesignfestival.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/PRINTCITY-670x503.jpghttps://2017.dundeedesignfestival.com/event-entry/print-city/
Print City10.00 - 17.00 Sun 28th May Gallery 2, West Ward WorksFREECome and explore a monumental city, built from hundreds of large-scale, hand printed cardboard building blocks. Watch the city grow, interact with the artists, walk through the streets and sit in the park. Follow on social media #printfestscot #printcity www.printfestivalscotland.comhttps://2017.dundeedesignfestival.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/PRINTCITY-670x503.jpghttps://2017.dundeedesignfestival.com/event-entry/print-city/
Punch In/Punch Out10.00 - 17.00 Sun 28th May RefectoryFREERyan McLeod invites you to discuss issues relating to design and creativity as part of his installation of the Creative Chit Chat - Dundee podcast. Throughout the festival he will be recording the audio from these conversations to be released as a series of episodes.https://2017.dundeedesignfestival.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/Punch-In-Punch-Out2-1-670x503.jpghttps://2017.dundeedesignfestival.com/event-entry/punch-in-punch-out/
Our silent monitors10.00 - 17.00 Sun 28th May Gallery 3FREEHow do you feel about how your digital data is used? Throughout the five-day festival, a team of designers will collect visitor feedback and interpret it into a huge painted installation covering the factory floor in Gallery 3.https://2017.dundeedesignfestival.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/Silent-Monitor-Vector-5_artwork-670x503.pnghttps://2017.dundeedesignfestival.com/event-entry/our-silent-monitors/
Foldability: Fold10.30 - 12.30 Sun 28th May WRKSHPSOLD OUTA decorative textile folding workshop. Make your own pleated tote bag with advice from designer and origami expert Kyla McCallum, founder of Foldability.https://2017.dundeedesignfestival.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/Foldability_Fold-01-670x503.jpghttps://2017.dundeedesignfestival.com/event-entry/foldability-fold/
Dawn Youll & Chalk: Plaster Cast13.30 - 16.30 Sun 28th May WRKSHPFREEJoin contemporary ceramicist Dawn Youll and decorative plasterers Ffion and Steven Blench, aka Chalk Plaster Design, for an afternoon of model making and casting in plaster.https://2017.dundeedesignfestival.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/Dawn-Youll-Chalk-Plaster-01-670x503.jpghttps://2017.dundeedesignfestival.com/event-entry/dawn-youll-chalk-plaster-cast/
Have a go at bookbinding13.00 - 16.00 Sun 28th May Gallery 1£40Bookbinding is the traditional art of making books by hand. In this workshop you will be given an introduction to the basics of bookbinding and leave with your own Moleskine-style hardback book.We will guide you through the process of binding a set of A6 pages together and making the hardback case....https://2017.dundeedesignfestival.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/LFischler-2366-670x503.jpghttps://2017.dundeedesignfestival.com/event-entry/have-a-go-at-bookbinding/
Graphic Means: A History of Graphic Design Production18.00 - 20.00 Sun 28th May Gallery 3FREEGraphic Means is a film about a journey through the transformative Mad Men-era of pre-digital design production to the advent of the desktop computer.https://2017.dundeedesignfestival.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/FB_Twitter_GraphicMeansPromo1-670x503.jpghttps://2017.dundeedesignfestival.com/event-entry/graphic-means-a-history-of-graphic-design-production/
9am 10am 11am 12pm 1pm 2pm 3pm 4pm 5pm 6pm 7pm 8pm 9pm 10pm

Monday

9am 10am 11am 12pm 13pm 14pm 15pm 16pm 17pm 18pm 19pm 20pm 21pm 22pm
Our silent monitors10.00 - 17.00 Mon 29th May Gallery 3FREEHow do you feel about how your digital data is used? Throughout the five-day festival, a team of designers will collect visitor feedback and interpret it into a huge painted installation covering the factory floor in Gallery 3.https://2017.dundeedesignfestival.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/Silent-Monitor-Vector-5_artwork-670x503.pnghttps://2017.dundeedesignfestival.com/event-entry/our-silent-monitors/
MAKLab Drop in10.00 - 18.00 Mon 29th May Gallery 1FREEDrop in Demonstration Workshops: Design & make your own DDF tote bag or t-shirt.  Make your mark with a custom made Dundee Design Festival Tote Bag or T-Shirt. For the duration of the festival we’ll be running this as a drop-in workshop where you’ll use shapes from the Design Festival branding, add...https://2017.dundeedesignfestival.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/laser-670x503.jpghttps://2017.dundeedesignfestival.com/event-entry/maklab-drop-in/
Factory Floor10.00 - 17.00 Mon 29th May Gallery 1FREEAn exhibition celebrating makers, materials and machines. Dundee Design Festival uses the rich backdrop of a former print factory as context in which to describe what making means now.https://2017.dundeedesignfestival.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/Factory-Floor-Exhibition-Tour-01-670x503.jpghttps://2017.dundeedesignfestival.com/event-entry/factory-floor/
Printmaking10.00 - 12.00 Mon 29th May Gallery 2FREEJoin the Learning team from Dundee Contemporary Arts for a series of drop-in printmaking sessions, using the ever-changing city of Dundee as our starting point.https://2017.dundeedesignfestival.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/Printmaking-670x503.jpghttps://2017.dundeedesignfestival.com/event-entry/printmaking/
Printmaking14.00 - 16.00 Mon 29th May Gallery 2FREEJoin the Learning team from Dundee Contemporary Arts for a series of drop-in printmaking sessions, using the ever-changing city of Dundee as our starting point.https://2017.dundeedesignfestival.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/Printmaking-670x503.jpghttps://2017.dundeedesignfestival.com/event-entry/printmaking/
Doodle Targets: Draw, Scan, Play10.00 - 12.00 Mon 29th May WRKSHPFREEDesign and draw the most terrifying, most bizarre monsters you can imagine, then scan them so that they appear instantly within a computer game.https://2017.dundeedesignfestival.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/Draw-Scan-Play-670x503.jpghttps://2017.dundeedesignfestival.com/event-entry/doodle-targets-draw-scan-play/
Doodle Targets: Draw, Scan, Play13.30 - 16.30 Mon 29th May NCR WRKSHPFREEDesign and draw the most terrifying, most bizarre monsters you can imagine, then scan them so that they appear instantly within a computer game.https://2017.dundeedesignfestival.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/Draw-Scan-Play-670x503.jpghttps://2017.dundeedesignfestival.com/event-entry/doodle-targets-draw-scan-play/
Print City10.00 - 17.00 Mon 29th May Gallery 2, West Ward WorksFREECome and explore a monumental city, built from hundreds of large-scale, hand printed cardboard building blocks. Watch the city grow, interact with the artists, walk through the streets and sit in the park. Follow on social media #printfestscot #printcity www.printfestivalscotland.comhttps://2017.dundeedesignfestival.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/PRINTCITY-670x503.jpghttps://2017.dundeedesignfestival.com/event-entry/print-city/
Punch In/Punch Out10.00 - 17.00 Mon 29th May RefectoryFREERyan McLeod invites you to discuss issues relating to design and creativity as part of his installation of the Creative Chit Chat - Dundee podcast. Throughout the festival he will be recording the audio from these conversations to be released as a series of episodes.https://2017.dundeedesignfestival.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/Punch-In-Punch-Out2-1-670x503.jpghttps://2017.dundeedesignfestival.com/event-entry/punch-in-punch-out/
Comic Works11.00 - 13.00 Mon 29th May WRKSHPFREECome and join the expert crew from Dundee Comics Creative Space who will help budding artists bring their imagination to the page in this free drop-in workshop.https://2017.dundeedesignfestival.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/Comic-Works-01-670x503.jpghttps://2017.dundeedesignfestival.com/event-entry/comic-works/
Design & Build a moisture sensor14.00 - 16.00 Mon 29th May Gallery 1£12We’re packing in loads of new skills in this workshop to create something useful for anyone with a bit of a green thumb.  You’ll be designing your own moisture sensor and simultaneously learning laser cutting and even how to solder.At the end if the workshop you’ll leave with a handy...https://2017.dundeedesignfestival.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/Photo01-02-201711313612-670x503.jpghttps://2017.dundeedesignfestival.com/event-entry/design-build-moisture-sensor/
Andrew Wasylyk: Themes for Buildings & Spaces19.00 - 21.00 Mon 29th May Gallery 3£10Andrew Wasylyk, the alias of Scottish writer, producer, multi-instrumentalist, Andrew Mitchell, invites an intimate audience to explore his hometown of Dundee. https://2017.dundeedesignfestival.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/Andrew-Wasylyk-670x503.jpghttps://2017.dundeedesignfestival.com/event-entry/andrew-wasylyk-themes-for-buildings-spaces/
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09:00-12:00 - West Ward Works - FREE

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