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Material innovation for our contemporary age.

Today we face many urgent issues caused by climate change - designers in Scotland are tackling these issues head-on.

Design for Our Times offers sustainable solutions to overconsumption and material waste through the innovative work of selected designers based in Scotland. It is presented by Design Exhibition Scotland, a pioneering initiative that celebrates and supports exceptional designers, fresh ideas and new possibilities.

Often it takes one individual with a great idea, plus tenacity and time, to create real change. The exhibition showcases researchers, creators and makers - all driven by a desire to make a difference: to question established norms, challenge the use of time-honoured materials and think anew about a product's life cycle and impact on the planet.

Discover how designers are developing ingenious solutions, using unexpected materials in new ways - from biodegradable mycelium, to spent grain, to construction waste.

The show illuminates the design process - from incubating an initial idea, through the trials and errors of prototyping, towards production - and features a range of ideas and projects at different stages of development.

Come and join the discussion about designing a less wasteful, more sustainable world.

Design for Our Times features:-

Ffion and Steven Blench Chalk Plaster

Aymeric Renoud Draff

Maria Lander and Peter Large Future Practical

Dr Sam Chapman and Prof. Gabriela Medero Kenoteq

Andrew Miller Studio Andrew Miller

Lewis Harley and Simon Harlow Mirrl

Catriona Brown Shroom

Image Credit:Dixon drinking fountain, 2021 by Mirrl, commissioned by Design Exhibition Scotland. © Andy Stagg .

Information published by Leisure and Culture Dundee.