Eight highlights from Dundee Design Festival 2024
Aeroplane seat covers designed for neurodivergent passengers and a knitted landscape filled with giant mushrooms were among the designs showcased at this year's Dundee Design Festival. More
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Dundee Design Festival sets out to become world's most sustainable
Dundee Design Festival has outlined the sustainability strategy that it hopes will make Scotland's largest design event the world's most sustainable design festival. More
Former gasworks chosen as site for Eden Project Dundee
The Eden Project charity has announced its plans for its first ecological attraction in Scotland, which is set to be built on a disused industrial site in Dundee. More
V&A Dundee is "a conversation between nature and artefact" says Kengo Kuma
In this exclusive video interview, Japanese architect Kengo Kuma reflects on the relationship between his V&A Dundee museum building and the sea. More
Kengo Kuma unveils cliff-like V&A Dundee museum
The first images of the completed V&A Dundee, designed by Japanese architect Kengo Kuma, have been revealed ahead of the museum's opening this weekend. More
V&A Dundee secures funding to rebuild lost Charles Rennie Mackintosh tearoom
An interior from the celebrated Ingram Street Tearooms by Charles Rennie Mackintosh, who was born 150 years ago today, is set to be rebuilt inside the soon-to-open V&A Dundee. More
V&A Dundee launches initiative to promote Scottish design
Dezeen promotion: ahead of the launch of the V&A's new design museum in Dundee next year, the organisation has created an online platform to showcase the work of emerging Scottish designers. More
Kengo Kuma's V&A museum takes shape in Dundee
The V&A museum has released a movie and photographs showing how far construction has progressed on its new Kengo Kuma-designed outpost in Dundee. More
Studioshaw proposes drone-racing arena and shipping-container offices for Dundee waterfront
Studioshaw has won an ideas competition for the Scottish city Dundee with its plans for a sunken courtyard to race drones and prototype virtual reality games. More
Kengo Kuma's V&A Dundee receives extra £20 million from Scottish Government
The Scottish Government has pledged an extra £20 million of funding to the V&A museum outpost in Dundee, a year after costs for the Kengo Kuma-designed building doubled to £80 million. More
Kengo Kuma "surprised" after V&A Dundee costs rise to £80 million
News: the cost to build a new outpost of the V&A museum in Dundee, Scotland, has almost doubled to the sum of £80 million – a figure that architect Kengo Kuma has claimed is "surprisingly high" (+ movie). More
Five cities awarded UNESCO City of Design status
News: Dundee, Bilbao, Curitiba, Helsinki and Turin have been awarded UNESCO City of Design status for their input to the international design industry. More
Green light for Kengo Kuma's redesigned V&A at Dundee
News: Kengo Kuma's latest proposals for a new outpost of the V&A museum in Dundee, Scotland, have been granted planning permission, following a redesign to reduce costs (+ slideshow). More
Kengo Kuma wins competition to design V&A at Dundee
Japanese architect Kengo Kuma has won the competition to design the new V&A Museum planned for Dundee in Scotland. More
V&A at Dundee proposals unveiled
The Victoria and Albert Museum have announced the six proposals for a building to house the V&A on the Dundee waterfront in Scotland, including designs by Steven Holl Architects, Snøhetta and Delugan Meissl Associated Architects (above). More