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Dundee Contemporary Arts @dcadundee.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Last chance to become a DCA Young Filmmaker! The deadline is approaching to apply for our free Stop Motion Animation Week in October. This five day programme is designed for teens aged 15 to 18 who want to learn stop motion animation skills and work together to create a finished animation.

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UNESCO City of Design Dundee @designdundee.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

✏️ Illustration by Freya Allan 💻 Redesign by Agency of None 🗞️ Supported by Dundee: One City, Many Discovereies, UNESCO City of Design Dundee and VA Dundee. 📸 Featured image photographed at The McManus Galleries with ‘Waldella, Dundee’ by David Batchelor.

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UNESCO City of Design Dundee @designdundee.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Have you picked up a copy of the latest 99 Things to See and Do in Dundee guide? 📖 Back for 2026, @creativedundee.bsky.social's crowd-sourced, pocket-sized guide to Dundee includes highlights across nature, play, creativity and more!

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Biome Collective @biomecollective.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Open call: Creative Producer Meet-up Do you make creative work happen? Join a small cohort for six informal sessions on creative practice, collaboration, projects, business, funding and more. Sep to Nov. Dundee + online options. Apply by noon, 23 Sep: arcadiadundee.com

A stylised poster showing lots of hands doing lots of things like working, gaming or writing to demonstrate multi skilled people with the following words - Arcadia presents Creative Producer Meet-up with logos of Biome Collective, UNESCO City of Design Dundee and Creative Dundee.

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UNESCO City of Design Dundee @designdundee.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

OPEN CALL: Dundee’s Designer Christmas Trees 📣 🎄 3 bespoke ‘Christmas Trees’ by local designers or creative practitioners ♻️ To be created from reused or recycled materials + utilise multiples of an object 💷 A £2,200 award for each design 🗓️ Applications close on 12pm on Monday 28th September 👇

Open call for Dundee’s Designer Christmas Trees 2026 — two people beside a wooden sculptural tree in a city centre.

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UNESCO City of Design Dundee @designdundee.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

🌎 Whanganui was designated a UNESCO City of Design in 2021. Read more about our Object of the Month series here: cityofdesigndundee.com/projects/obj...

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UNESCO City of Design Dundee @designdundee.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

It's time for a new Object of the Month at Central Library, from across our Cities of Design Network 🪟 🌾 Harakeke Bag 📍 Whanganui, New Zealand Created by Māori designer and maker Matthew McIntyre Wilson using harakeke, a large evergreen plant native to New Zealand and found here in Dundee 🌿

Hand with gold mesh watch holding the top of a square woven straw basket bag against a pale wall.

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UNESCO City of Design Dundee @designdundee.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

Scotland's Creative Cities Living Heritage Residency Programme was supported by UNESCO in the UK and developed in collaboration with Perth City of Craft, Glasgow City of Music + @edincityoflit.bsky.social

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UNESCO City of Design Dundee @designdundee.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

You can also read more about Whanganui X Dundee: Textile Legacies residency project on our website, where you can learn more about Hannah's time in Whanganui and Matthew McIntyre Wilson's visit to Dundee:

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Whanganui X Dundee: Textile Legacies - Design Dundee

Matthew McIntyre Wilson extracts muka fibre from a Dundonian harakeke plant at the University of Dundee's Botanic Gardens, April 2026. Whanganui X Dund ...

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UNESCO City of Design Dundee @designdundee.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Textile Legacies resident, Hannah Sabapathy delivered a fascinating talk in Dundee back in May, where she reflected on her time in Whanganui, New Zealand and shared her practice 🌿 This talk is now available to watch in full over on our YouTube channel:

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Bad Specimens: Cuttings and Swatches in Aotearoa Archives

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UNESCO City of Design Dundee @designdundee.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

Congratulations to local maker, Camillo Atlas who has been appointed to create bespoke prizes for the bands and artists being recognised at this year's SAY Award Ceremony on Thursday 5 November at Caird Hall Dundee 👏 cityofdesigndundee.com/camilloatlas...

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Camillo Atlas: Appointed Maker for 2026 SAY Award Design Commission - Design Dundee

PRESS RELEASE, 11th August 2026 Camillo Atlas: Appointed Maker for 2026 SAY Award Design Commission As part of the Scottish Album of the Award’s (SAY) host ...

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UNESCO City of Design Dundee @designdundee.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

SUBIMIT YOUR TRINKETS TO BE FEATURED ON UNION STREET 🔑🥛 For the final stage of the Union Street Transformation Project, we are asking people from across Dundee to contribute a small object or trinket that tells a story about a connection to Union Street Find out more 🔗 tinyurl.com/auds4ay8

Two hands holding a small round beige dish with metal parts on a terrazzo tabletop.

Brass threaded ring, two metal plates and small screws scattered on a terrazzo tabletop.

Hands placing a rectangular terracotta tile on a terrazzo tabletop beside a small stone dish and a brass threaded ring.

Terrazzo tabletop with brown and black stone chips, a small gold inlay ring, and a ribbed clear glass of water at top left.

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UNESCO City of Design Dundee @designdundee.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

For August, our Object of the Month has been selected by our Career Ready intern, Daisy-belle ❤️ 🧣 World Cup Scarf (2026) 📍 Dundee, Scotland Commissioned by @vadundee.bsky.social, and co-designed by printmaker Aoife Cawley and pupils from Rockwell Learning Centre 🦄

Three smiling fans on stadium steps holding colorful scarves, one reading "Think Again."

Person cheering, holding up a blue scarf reading "THINK AGAIN" beside a waterfront and stepped concrete building.

Young woman standing by a railing wearing a colorful unicorn scarf and blue eyeliner, modern building facade behind

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UNESCO City of Design Dundee @designdundee.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

📸 Images feature Rhona Jack and Romy Matar with the Beirut & Dundee delivery team at the launch of Overlapping at the Seams. Image 3 features Norah Campbell of British Council, Imane Assaf of Ahla Fawda, Ramez Daher of Scotland Lebanon Association and Annie Marrs of UNESCO City of Design Dundee.

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UNESCO City of Design Dundee @designdundee.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

This project has been supported by @britishcouncil.bsky.social's Momentum Follow-up Fund and is a collaboration between @designdundee.bsky.social, Open Close Dundee and Ahla Fawda.

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UNESCO City of Design Dundee @designdundee.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

In May, Dundee based maker, Rhona Jack and Lebanese animator, Romy Matar created a collaborative mural at Kirk Lane footpath in Dundee's City Centre, titled Overlapping at the Seams 🖌️ 🔗 You can read more about this collaboration here: cityofdesigndundee.com/projects/bei…

Woman speaking into a microphone by a colourful mural while a small crowd, some with umbrellas, listens on a rainy day.

Seven smiling adults standing arm-in-arm indoors by a potted tree and a decorated window.

Four smiling adults standing together on grass in front of a colourful painted mural wall.

Curved concrete wall painted with a colourful abstract geometric mural beside a park path and grass under a tree.

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UNESCO City of Design Dundee @designdundee.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

Design and Disability at V&A Dundee 💞 The landmark exhibition that centres disability as an identity and culture through design continues at @vadundee.bsky.social! 🗓️ Friday 5 June - Sunday 4 October 2026 🎟️ Admission FREE 📸 Photography by @grantandersondotme.bsky.social.

Banner reading "Disabled People Fightback — Nothing About Us Without Us" above a bench; two visitors, one using a wheelchair.

Two people chat by a blue exhibit wall with a mounted bicycle and orange benches; one person stands with a cane.

Woman in white tee viewing architectural models in blue-walled gallery; two visitors chat in background, one with cane.

White lace bridal gown on a mannequin in a pink exhibition space, a man in a wheelchair looks at the display.

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UNESCO City of Design Dundee @designdundee.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

Could this be you + your design? 🤩 👇 Image 1: Elin Isaksson Glass, 2024. Photography by Clair Irwin. Image 2: No Comply, 2025. Photography by Grant Anderson. Image 3: Still Life, 2021. Photography by Clair Irwin. Image 4: Stuart Blackman of Brutal Concrete, 2023. Photography by Clair Irwin.

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UNESCO City of Design Dundee @designdundee.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

⏱️ You have until midnight on Wed (22nd July) to submit your expression of interest for this year's SAY Award design commission! We'd like to hear about proposed materials, concepts of what an 'award' could be and how they will celebrate music and design 🎵 🔗 www.sayaward.com/designcommis...

Woman holding a textured green-and-clear glass sculpture against a beige background.

Smiling man and woman standing behind a table, each holding handcrafted layered wooden sculptures against a dark background.

Two smiling men holding a blue-and-white patterned plate and a colourful vase with a sunflower

Bearded man in a green jacket holding a vertical stack of rounded white stones, standing by yellow-and-black striped pillars.

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UNESCO City of Design Dundee @designdundee.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

🌎 Montréal was designated a UNESCO City of Design in 2006. 📸 Quality Toolkit features animations by Studio Nord Est + illustrations by Alice Picard Read more about our Object of the Month series here:

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Object of the Month 2026/27 - Design Dundee

Object of the Month Showcasing objects from across the UNESCO Design Cities Network Utilising the UNESCO City of Design Dundee office window space at Centra ...

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UNESCO City of Design Dundee @designdundee.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

Created by Ville de Montréal’s Bureau du design, Quality Toolkit aims to enhance the quality and benefits of urban projects in Montréal, Canada. Its contents are inspired by local and national government policies and are meant to evolve over time, just like a trading card game.

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UNESCO City of Design Dundee @designdundee.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

Quality Toolkit is an online guide with accompanying playing cards that provides digital awareness and training tools to managers, promoters and design community professionals.

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UNESCO City of Design Dundee @designdundee.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

It’s time for a new Object of the Month! Utilising our window space at Central Library we display a different design object every month from across the Cities of Design Network 🪟 Our July object is: 🎴 Quality Toolkit 📍 Montréal, Canada

Two hands fanning colourful illustrated playing cards on a white background.

Fanned colourful cards titled 'Design Montreal Quality Toolkit' with prompts on design, architecture, urban resilience.

Stylised red-and-grey city scene showing groups of pedestrians, a person with a small dog, and abstract buildings.

Magenta-framed "Object of the Month" window revealing a display with small colourful objects, and desks and chairs through the window.

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UNESCO City of Design Dundee @designdundee.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

📸 Photography by Grant Anderson, Kathryn Rattray & Erika Stevenson

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UNESCO City of Design Dundee @designdundee.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

Do you have an idea for Dundee Design Festival 2027? Or a venue that could host a project? As we plan the DDF 2027 programme, we're keen to hear from anyone who's interested in connecting with us. 💬 To organise a chat, please email Lizzie Day on elizabeth.day@leisureandculturedundee.com

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UNESCO City of Design Dundee @designdundee.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

This morning @vadundee.bsky.social have announced that they will be the first venue to host V&A's David Bowie: On Tour 💫 😍 Coming to Dundee in November! This exhibition will be the first time highlights from David Bowie’s archive have been shared on this scale outside London - don't miss out! ⭐

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UNESCO City of Design Dundee @designdundee.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

Due to popular demand, BOOKENDS has been extended until Thursday 9th July at Central Library! 📚 Make sure to drop-in and visit for free! 🤩 📍Level 1, Central Library, The Wellgate 🕐 Mon, Tues, Thurs + Fri: 9am - 8pm Wed: 10am - 8pm, Sat: 9.30am - 5pm Sun: Closed 📸 Photography by Lydia Smith.

Two bookends on a wooden table: layered natural wood (left) and marbled blue plastic (right), 'BOOKENDS' sign blurred behind.

Man viewing ceramic sculptures on wooden A-frame shelves in a gallery with large "BOOKENDS" text on the wall.

Small green paper mache figure holding a pink magnifying glass ring in front of its face

Hands taking a green-covered brochure from a stack on a wooden stand marked "Free exhibition brochure."

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UNESCO City of Design Dundee @designdundee.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

In conversation with Jane Petrie 🎭 Join Leisure & Culture Dundee's Anna Day tomorrow evening as she sits down with renowned costume designer Jane Petrie! 📍 The McManus 🗓️ Tuesday 23 June, 6:30pm 🎟️ £10: tinyurl.com/ytkftn8t 📸 Photography by @grantandersondotme.bsky.social

Person smiling in round glasses and striped sweater in a museum beside a red Victorian dress and a Suffragette poster

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UNESCO City of Design Dundee @designdundee.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

BOOKENDS is now open at Central Library, ahead of Dundee Book Festival 2026 📚 📍Level 1, Central Library, The Wellgate 🗓️ Thursday 18 June - Sunday 21 June Every pair of bookends is unique, reflecting how each designer creates, thinks and designs differently 💭

Person in a striped shirt leaning on wooden display shelves in a gallery beneath large BOOKENDS wall text with sculptures.

Person in a striped shirt holding two textured white stone sculptures threaded with wooden dowels on a wooden table.

Gallery with wooden A-frame racks displaying small sculptures and ceramic objects on a pale wood floor.

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UNESCO City of Design Dundee @designdundee.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

Design for Scotland is a collaborative project exploring the development of a national design policy through research and engagement, led by V&A Dundee and funded by @creativescots.bsky.social Find out more here:

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Design for Scotland Lab

Contribute to a fun, interactive national manifesto shaping design

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UNESCO City of Design Dundee @designdundee.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

Design for Scotland Lab 🗺️ Visit @vadundee.bsky.social before the end of June to explore projects and stories that showcase Scotland's design economy. Play the role of 'Future Minister of Design', learn about the missions for creating a national design policy, and share your views. 💬 📸 Lydia Smith

Gallery exhibit with metal mesh display with table and chairs, a wall map of Scotland and a V&A Design for Scotland poster.

Three people around a table with a tiered wooden model, smiling and laughing during a design discussion.

Two hands holding purple cards over a wooden tabletop, one labeled Education and a small How to Play instruction card.

Colourful wall posters promoting design for technology, fashion, textiles and health, including a photo of surgeons.

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UNESCO City of Design Dundee @designdundee.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

Dundee Book Festival 2026 📚 Join Dundee-based storyteller Erin Farley and Alistair Heather for a deep-dive into the lives of lighthouse keepers 🔦 📍Steps Theatre, Central Library 🗓️ Sunday 21 June, 10-11am 🎟️ £5: dundeebookfestival.com/product/erin…

Dundee Book Festival poster with an image of a brown haired woman standing against a mural. The poster details: Erin Farley, Lighthouse Lives talk, Sun 21 Jun 10am, Steps Theatre, £5

Person holding a book titled "Lighthouse Lives" at sea with a distant lighthouse visible on the horizon.

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UNESCO City of Design Dundee @designdundee.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

We're delighted to share that Dundee-based print + textile designer Kate Scarlet Harvey has been selected for Scotland’s Creative Cities Living Heritage Residencies Programme! Kate will undertake a micro-residency at New Lanark, a UNESCO World Heritage Site on the river Clyde, later this month 🌊

Woman in white shirt wearing a colorful headscarf and floral earring, looking right among purple and yellow wildflowers.

Person hidden behind tall dark beach towel with colorful geometric and floral patterns, sandy beach and seaside houses behind.

Two young men in colorful patterned sweatshirts and scarves by a graffiti-covered brick wall, one sitting on wooden pallets.

Playful colorful collage of geometric shapes and icons, including Big Ben, cars, buildings, stars and hearts, on a cream background.

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UNESCO City of Design Dundee @designdundee.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

SPOTTED! 👀 Design Lives Here supporters Studio Ordinary have gone BIG, printing a massive version of our design mark for their studio window! Just look at that soft pink glow 🌸 💻 Design Lives Here identity and graphic design by Stein Design.

Meeting room with wooden table and red chairs, windows overlooking a river; pink window decal reading "Design lives here."

Concrete Dundee university building with blue shield crest; white circle and arrow highlight a third-floor window.

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UNESCO City of Design Dundee @designdundee.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

Vennels: Perth’s Little Streets 🏙️ This new exhibition developed in collaboration with Perth UNESCO City of Craft explores the fascinating past and present of the vennels, closes, alleys and lanes that have crisscrossed the city of Perth for centuries 🔨 📍 Perth Museum 🗓️ 29 May - 6 September 🎟️ FREE

Hand holding "Vennels: Perth's Little Streets" brochure with two figures walking on a pink-brick alley; stone building in background.

Person with long blonde hair in black clothing stands in a museum doorway, looking toward colorful exhibit panels.

Person seen from behind walking along a corridor beside a colorful mural depicting a ship, rope knots and sailing scenes.

Stone relief of a market stall: vendor, hanging meats, basket of produce, dog, chickens and cat on blue background.

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UNESCO City of Design Dundee @designdundee.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

Dundee Book Festival 2026 📚 Join Dundee-based designer Cally Booker in-conversation with Annie Marrs of @designdundee.bsky.social for an inspiring exploration of her new book, Designing and Weaving Double Cloth ➿ 📍Steps Theatre, Central Library 🗓️ 19 June, 2:30pm 🎟️ £5: tinyurl.com/2vwmsy2c

Person with teal glasses by colorful thread spools; Dundee Book Festival promoting a weaving talk Fri 19 Jun, 2:30pm

Book cover and woven samples in green and lavender showing double-cloth patterns, with weaving shuttles and threads.

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UNESCO City of Design Dundee @designdundee.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

We're excited to share that our 2024 exhibition BOOKENDS will be reshown for the first time at Dundee Book Festival this June! 📚 📍Central Library, The Wellgate 🗓️ Thursday 18 June - Sunday 21 June 📸 Photography by Reuben Paris.

Two striped wooden half-cylinders with cork-textured tops on copper bases, set on a white table.

Two green-and-pink abstract figurative sculptures on a white pedestal in a gallery.

Two textured, stacked stone-like sculptures pierced by wooden rods on a white pedestal against a gray concrete wall.

White pedestal holding two wedge sculptures: a natural wood wavy block and a blue marbled resin block.

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UNESCO City of Design Dundee @designdundee.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

Our June Object of the Month is Louise Kirby's 'Dundee Delights Tea Towel' (2017) 🫖 Dundee Delights is an illustrated collection of products celebrating some of Dundee's delicious delicacies and iconic local places. This tea towel celebrates marmalade which was made in Dundee until 1992 🍊

Hands holding black-and-white fabric printed with jar illustrations; person in a striped shirt with a ring and pastel wristwatch.

Black-and-white repeating pattern of jam jars labeled "Dundee Marmalade" over plaid, striped and dotted backgrounds.

Folded black-and-white tea towels with a teal band labeled Dundee Marmalade Tea Towel, featuring a jar illustration.

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UNESCO City of Design Dundee @designdundee.bsky.social · 30/05/2026

Last Friday we were excited to preview @dundee.ac.uk DJCAD Degree Show featuring the work of over 400 students! With a huge range of inspiring work on display, don't miss out on its final weekend! ⌛ 📍 DJCAD, 13 Perth Road 🗓️ Sat 30 May, 10:00 - 20:00 + Sun 31 May 10:00 - 16:00 🎟️ FREE, Drop-in

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UNESCO City of Design Dundee @designdundee.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

We are delighted that Dundee Design Festival has secured funding from @creativescots.bsky.social Expanded Festival Fund to return in 2027! 🥳 🔗 Read more about the fund + each of the successful festivals across Scotland here: bit.ly/4dT5EiA

Woman kneeling with young child, both smiling and waving in front of a sign reading "Dundee Design Festival".

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The Skinny @theskinnymag.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

From Dundee to Alexandria, SHHE continues her musical explorations of water on new record Thalassa Ahead of very special shows at Dundee's Bonar Hall and @thequeenshall.bsky.social, we catch up with SHHE www.theskinny.co.uk/music/interv... #newmusicfriday

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Spotlight On... SHHE - The Skinny

Following the release of her latest album, THALASSA, and ahead of two quadraphonic shows celebrating its release, we catch up with sound artist and producer SHHE.

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Creative Dundee @creativedundee.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

Exciting news! We've joined with Agency of None, Biome Collective, Bit Loom, tialt & Very Evil Demons to launch a new collaborative workspace! We're excited about what Hapworks_Studios can demonstrate for collective, visible creative infrastructure in Dundee & hope to welcome you to the space soon:

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How flooding and rising rents forced Dundee's creative firms to open new hub

Six of the city's top creative companies now work in a shared office space.

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UNESCO City of Design Dundee @designdundee.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

SHHE at Bonar Hall 📡 📍 Bonar Hall Park Place 📆 Thursday 28 May, 7:30-10pm 🎟️ £13-20, concession prices for artworkers 🔗 tinyurl.com/29fdra4v To celebrate the release of their new album THALASSA, Dundee-based SHHE presents a special hometown show performing live in quadraphonic.

Close-up portrait against red background of SHHE; white "shhe" is painted across the hairline; poster noted gig date "28th May" and location "Bonar Hall, Dundee".

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