As a graphic designer I am always looking to be inspired, to see that one piece of work that sparks a chain reaction of creative thoughts and ideas. This inspiration can come from anywhere and everywhere, but what better way to be inspired than to have a look at what the current fourth year students Read More
With the loss of the Weave Department, the Textiles students’ work now covers two areas: print and knit. Print work tends to focus on pattern and shape, whilst knit is perhaps self-evidently more concerned with structure and texture. There appear to be a number of common, but diverse, themes running through this year’s show: sustainability, Read More
This year’s Illustration Degree Show encompasses a vast array of different styles and solutions to various design problems; varying from picture books, to comics, to animation, all rendered to a professional standard. Consequently, it was not an easy task to single out individual pieces that really made an impact on me. Nonetheless, I found certain Read More
Having completed my penultimate year at Duncan of Jordanstone, this year’s degree show is a particularly engaging event for me. This time next year, it will be my work on display – an exciting and daunting prospect in equal measure. This year’s graduates have done an outstanding job producing some fantastic prototypes. Product design is Read More
21st May-7th June Magnetic North and Dundee Rep Theatre. Co-produced by Magnetic North and Dundee Rep, the late Tom McGrath’s enchanting drama Kora is enjoying a two-week run in the recently refurbished Bonar Hall. Inspired by a real life Coralie whom the playwright met in Dundee in the 1980s, the fictional Kora is a single Read More
(Spain, 2013) 10 – 23 May; DCA. Much of the humour of Los amantes pasajeros (I’m So Excited) runs the risk of being lost in translation. To Spanish speakers the original title means “the fleeing lovers” or “the passenger lovers”. As always, director Pedro Almodóvar aims to shock. Fans and critics of his work will Read More
(Australia/ USA, 2013) 24 May- 6 June; DCA. You know that when you have the option to watch an adaptation of a classic Fitzgerald novel in 3D you will most certainly be confronted by excess grandeur. In his adaptation of The Great Gatsby, the film chosen to open this year’s Cannes Film Festival, director Baz Read More
(Israel, France, Germany and Belgium, 2012) 13 – 16 May; DCA. The Gatekeepers, by Director Dror Moreh, premiered at the Jerusalem Film Festival in 2012, was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature. It is a short lesson on the futility of revenge. Six ex-leaders of Shin Bet, the less well-known wing of Read More
E.H. Gombrich. (Yale, 2008); pbk: £7.99. If I were a daring editor at Yale, living in a parallel universe where rights issues were no obstacle, I’d consider giving this incredible little book a new subtitle. I’d call it A Little History of the World: A Stunning Example of Some of the Many Things Wikipedia Cannot Read More