Welcome to Design Exhibition Scotland
Celebrating exceptional objects & ideas for the everyday through an on-going programme of projects, commissions, conversations & our online journal, DES.
Design for Our Times, our celebration of material innovation now open at V&A Dundee.
Dixon goes public . . . & soon to Europe!
DESIGN INNOVATION
DES has collaborated with Mirrl of Glasgow on an eye-catchingly good looking fountain for the contemporary age. So here’s Dixon, a strikingly fresh fountain installed outside South Ken tube in London. And what’s more Dixon is to tour Europe as part of Plastics: Remaking Our World in 2022. Mirrl’s Simon Harlow & Lewis Harley here talk about the inspiration behind the designing of Dixon.
Catch up with DES Events
DES EVENTS
Dark nights in . . so catch up with our Studio Visits via Zoom & lively online conversations. Hear from Harry Morgan, Mirrl, Tania Kovats, James Rigler, Laura Aldridge, Frances Priest & many more. Listen to lively conversations between designers, architects & academics who are all exploring fresh ideas, new materials & a brighter future.
Cinema Paradiso
ARCHITECTURE
Cromarty’s new cinema cuts a brilliant architectural dash. Sitting beside Cromarty Firth, it is testimony to a community-led initiative & outstanding contemporary architecture. Susanna Beaumont speaks to Cromarty Community Cinema’s architect, Lynne Sproull.
Questions & Answers / Catharine Rossi
QUESTIONS & ANSWERS
Catharine Rossi, curator of Night Fever at V&A Dundee & Craft Scotland’s recent Craft & Cultural Conversations, shares insights into 1960’s Italian nightclubs, her favourite disco hits & the kitchen gadget she couldn’t do without.
