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Discover the memories evoked by the winged tiara.
Discover the new way to attend fashion shows
A look at how the Paisley pattern was referenced in literature
Discover a stage set in the form of a huge pop-up picture book
We recorded artist and describer Juliana Capes describing the exhibition to her friend Anne Dignan
We say goodbye to 'Mary Quant' with this stunning painting by one of our visitors
Mary Quant influenced make-up as well as fashion
Learn more about the ongoing legacy Mary Quant created
Hear from experts on how Mary collaborated with manufacturers to make her designs a reality
Explore how Quant distrupted the fashion retailing landscape
Taking a closer look at the paisley pattern
We sat down with Heather Tilbury Phillips for a first-hand account of Quant's incredible story
Intricate paper design has us feeling all festive 🎄
How Laura Spring designed elements for our Visitor Assistants' uniform
Chronicling everyday ‘objects’ to reflect on the coronavirus outbreak
From the archives, listen to broadcaster Edi Stark interview Mary Quant
Hear our curator chat to former co-director of Mary Quant Limited
Explore the feelings evoked my Mackintosh's stunning interior
How do you design an exhibition to be visited in a pandemic?
How skateboarding can transform urban spaces and create a new social dynamic
Illustrator Steven Learmonth brings our museum to life for Halloween 🎃
Making reproduction pieces comes with a set of challenges
Recreating vintage designs in a contemporary context
Our amazing Visitor Assistants share their experiences of returning to work during the pandemic
How Mary Quant's legacy informed informed and influenced our costume maker's project
Museum, manufacturer and modern maker unite to handcraft a contemporary raincoat
Hear Alice Rawsthorn explore how design is responding to complex social, political and environmental challenges
How street art in Dundee has fostered a sense of community and ownership
How does a painted door in the city go from an idea to a realised work of street art?
Find out more about Open/Close Dundee and how it started
Quant's sixties' rebellion brought into the 21st century
Hear Dr Jen Ballie discuss the urgent problem of fashion waste and what you can do about it
How and why we are decolonising our museum
Scotland’s design history is underpinned by the exploitation of enslaved and colonised people around the world
Bringing a major lost work by Scotland’s most famous designer back to life
Hear Yasmeen Lari discuss her humanitarian work building zero-carbon structures
Hear designer Dean Brown discuss his studio practice
Your short and sweet memories of Mary Quant
Hear Dr Adele Patrick discuss how design has powered the development of Glasgow Women's Library
Exploring late designer Bernat Klein’s beautiful home
The how and why of being a signwriter
Documenting our webcomics project through the medium of...well, a webcomic
Tower block residents get a shock notice about their homes, but there's a twist
Meet the Louse family, living on Pugger the dog
Building the museum in Minecraft was almost as challenging as it was in real life
The surprise and delight of seeing design objects ‘out in the wild’ in their natural habitats
Beca Lipscombe and Lucy McKenzie discuss their Faux Shop installation
Can you complete a crossword based on the museum?
Memories and feelings evoked by a simple chair
Telling the stories behind our retail collaborations
How do you come to terms with your own impostor syndrome?
Find out about the successful, practical and smart landscape designer
Telling the stories behind our retail collaborations
After years of slaying beasts and seducing their way out of trouble, our adventurers face one final test
A late night walk through Dundee sparks some memories
Harmful gender stereotyping in AI explored through conversations between a family and their virtual assistant
What links William Morris, a fish that never swam and Guenevere...?
A glimpse into how a 7-minute fashion gets put together
A conveyor belt machine tries to learn to communicate, despite its manufacturers
Can a supermarket chatbot help a young woman in a not-so-distant dystopian future?
How do you design an exhibition?
Creatively exploring museum collections through the written word
A grandmother and her grandchild bond over a shared interaction with a smart robot
A different take on festive favourites
A different take on festive favourites
Follow Mòr, Beag and their trusty steed Cleas The Ram, as they endeavour to work together battling the evil Linton Worm!
A different take on festive favourites
How the kaleidoscope can offer a new creative perspective
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A wander around Dundee, taking in the sights...
Hints and tips for getting noticed
The inspiration behind our bubble-blowing robot
This true icon of design and engineering is dizzyingly iconic
Two young people in love, each dealing with mental illness in different ways
Discover an oversized jug filled with drama, movement and extravagance
How to design a visual identity...or at least try
Will he escape with the money or does gravity have other plans?
A short extract from the interviews that feature within our Videogames show
A series exploring the role played by design in protest materials
Kitchen gadgets aren't just for the back of your cupboard
Telling the stories behind our exclusive retail collaborations
A webcomic set on a space station...with a twist
Innovative and sustainable design for the home as well as the museum
A webcomic inspired by Spanish artist Francisco Goya and his Black Paintings
A light and fluid interpretation of our hulking building
Our museum can be a challenge for sketchers and drawers trying to capture the architecture
Telling the stories behind our exclusive retail collaborations
A webcomic inspired by Ocean Liners, our first ever exhibition
Unlikely personal parallels found in an architectural plan from 1913
A look at how and why players alter the videogames they play
Revisit the Star Wars-inspired video that went viral before we opened
How our museum's arrival is reflected in an artist's own journey
See the museum through a different lens
Read the poem written by the choir who performed so beautifully during our opening weekend
The impact even an unassuming object in the museum can have
Telling the stories behind our exclusive retail collaborations
The origin of the educational toys that would revolutionise the industry
Telling the stories behind our exclusive retail collaborations
How dynamic sound design is bringing Plaything to life
How Star Wars and the cutting room of the Citizens Theatre are connected by two costume designers
How game development software removes some of the barriers to making videogames
Telling the stories behind our exclusive retail collaborations
Discover the process behind bringing amazing exhibitions to life at the museum
The first in our series of articles unpacking the game development process
The sibling harmony behind the empowering fashion brand
Find out more about the role Scotland played in the construction and design of the nation's favourite ship
How do you distil a six month national project into a focused exhibition?
From poverty to colonialism, explore a darker side of ocean travel
The Dounreay Nuclear Reactor was the world’s first fast nuclear reactor to supply energy to a national grid
An insight into the design of our beautiful, festive Instagram illustration
Telling the stories behind our exclusive retail collaborations
Telling the stories behind our exclusive retail collaborations
Work that makes you a household name isn't always safe from criticism
Designer Maeve Redmond explores how her compelling graphic design piece came together
The pioneering technological innovation of Pringle
To commemorate the centenary of the First World War, we explore how the ocean liner Lusitania was both created and destroyed...
Telling the stories behind our exclusive retail collaborations
How creative collaboration inspires Dundee duo ST.MARTiiNS
One of the the most successful video games in the world was born in Dundee
How costumes in a cinematic universe were inspired by vintage Paisley
Our Scottish Design Galleries explore Scotland’s unique design landscape, both historically and today
The Racerback swimsuit made quite a splash in the 1920s
Embroiderers stitched unique designs on a microscopic scale