News
Dundee provides inspiration for Alice
Illustration student Alice Newman has created a beautifully detailed tribute to her adopted city, and its pubs, for the DJCAD Degree Show 2013, which opens tomorrow. Alice (21) originally from Glasgow, has increasingly taken inspiration from her surroundings since she moved east to study at DJCAD, part of the University of Dundee, four years ago. She undertakes a lot of reportage drawing for her practice, and aims to capture everyday goings on and charm found in ordinary places such as pubs, streets and coffee shops. A keen printmaker, Alice has created a 150cm x 90cm wall-mounted screen print of Dundee as...
Planet Earth re-imagined in soft sculpture at DJCAD Degree Show
Animal-obsessed artist Mary Beth Quigley will unveil a menagerie of life-sized giraffes, hippos, lemurs, penguins, flamingos and other creatures when this year's Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design (DJCAD) Degree Show opens on Friday. In addition, Mary Beth will anthropomorphise one of the world's favourite animals when she steps into character as 'Mrs Panda Head' to give a live performance at the launch. The 24-year-old, originally from Lesmahagow in South Lanarkshire, creates textile sculptures using recycled materials. With these salvaged textiles, she invents characters that celebrate her l...
Degree Show 2013
This year’s Degree Show at Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design (DJCAD) celebrations will take place from 17th to 26th May, with a host of special events lined up to celebrate the institution’s 125th anniversary. Hundreds of alumni from around the globe are expected to attend a special reunion event on Friday, 17th May ahead of the traditional Preview Evening for the students, their families and invited guests. The city’s largest annual exhibition of art and design will feature the work of some 290 final-year students, while an additional exhibition of alumni artwork will be he...
Next stop New York for Scottish designer Hayley Scanlan
Scottish Young Designer of the Year and Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art & Design graduate, Hayley Scanlan has been invited to preview her latest fashion collection in New York, as part of a week long programme of events celebrating Scotland. Hayley's latest designs will be showing at the "From Scotland With Love" fashion show on Monday 8th April, the centrepiece of New York's much loved 'Tartan Week' and billed as the most prestigious Scottish fashion show in the world. The fundraising fashion event aspires to bring designers together, who are working with Scottish textiles, from across the world and sho...
FLEX project puts ideas for elderly dwellings on display
Research into new modes of dwelling for an ageing population will go on display at Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design (DJCAD) next month. The exhibition celebrates the recent work of FLEX, the Flexible Dwellings for Extended Living research project and will be on show at the Upper Foyer Gallery at DJCAD's Matthew Building from 4th to 12th April. The FLEX initiative is a collaboration between academics and practitioners from DJCAD, the University of Northumbria and Newcastle-based Northern Architecture. It has been exploring the future of elderly dwelling with input from professionals, organisa...
#UoDcourse: BDes Jewellery and Metal Design - innovation and excellence in jewellery creation http://t.co/Ny3L ...
2 days agoSee you all this evening for the Degree Show. Check out everyone before you arrive http://uod.ac.uk/ds
YesterdayDundee Facilities Guide
There is a variety of facility services available at Dundee. Be s ...
University YouTube Channel