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industries in Scotland, a strong digital theme immediately became apparent to us – this is demonstrated in Dundee through its growing and very successful computer games industry. It also became clear that it wasn’t just the digital industries that were using digital technologies as tools to innovate – all areas of design were using digital, and we wanted to rel ect that. We want to rel ect and showcase the Zeitgeist of design practice, to capture the mood and the excitement of the changing nature of design and designers.’ As if to accentuate the word ‘Zeitgeist’, she also points out that Design in Motion – the latest and largest in an ongoing series of V&A Dundee outreach programmes – has been created and curated by a group of designers and academics remotely online through a Pinterest board, while a Design Scotland app has been created with Dundee developers eeGeo, enabling users to view and contribute to a 3D map of Scottish design heritage.
‘Currently there’s no one place you can go to see the story of this design heritage in its entirety,’ says Saunders. ‘V&A Dundee’s Scottish design galleries will provide that home for the i rst time. Our outreach programme will continue once we’re open, our schools programme will have a national reach, and the digital resources we create will allow us to connect with people anywhere in Scotland and across the globe. We hope these help as many people as possible to get involved with and inspired by design.’
Design in Motion, Dundee, Fri 13–Fri 27 Feb; Edinburgh, Mon 2–Fri 13 Mar; Glasgow, Mon 18–Fri 22 May. See full route and listings at list.co.uk and vandadundee.org