{"id":2389,"date":"2026-05-06T12:09:16","date_gmt":"2026-05-06T12:09:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.dundee.ac.uk\/library\/?p=2389"},"modified":"2026-05-06T12:09:16","modified_gmt":"2026-05-06T12:09:16","slug":"dundee-month-of-design-may-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.dundee.ac.uk\/library\/dundee-month-of-design-may-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Dundee Month of Design &#8211; May 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Dundee is the UK\u2019s first and only UNESCO City of Design. The global designation as a Creative City acknowledges Dundee\u2019s rich design heritage, its thriving contemporary design sector and a city committed to using design to solve problems and make Dundee a better place to live. The University makes an essential contribution to this through its teaching, research and cultural activities.&nbsp; May is \u2018Dundee Month of Design\u2019 and to celebrate we have picked a selection of print books and e-books from the Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art &amp; Design Library, covering various topics in design including interior design, furniture design, jewellery design, product design, graphic design, industrial design, disability &amp; design, architecture &amp; design and biomimicry &amp; design. Dundee was ranked 6<sup>th<\/sup>&nbsp;in the UK for Art &amp; Design in The Times and The Sunday Times Good University Guide and the Library plays an important role in underpinning its success.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>View the <a href=\"https:\/\/libguides.dundee.ac.uk\/recommend\/book-display-main-library\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/libguides.dundee.ac.uk\/recommend\/book-display-main-library\">online scrolling book jacket display for the \u2018Dundee Month of Design May 2026\u2019 <\/a>\u00a0and on the <a href=\"https:\/\/libguides.dundee.ac.uk\/artdesign\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/libguides.dundee.ac.uk\/artdesign\">\u2018Art and Design\u2019 subject guide<\/a> \u00a0You can also see a display of relevant books in the Main Library and the DJCAD Library.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For more details of events happening in Dundee during the \u201cDundee Month of Design\u201d please visit the <a href=\"https:\/\/cityofdesigndundee.com\/dundee-month-of-design\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/cityofdesigndundee.com\/dundee-month-of-design\/\">\u201cCity of Design Dundee\u201d<\/a> and view their online <a href=\"https:\/\/cityofdesigndundee.com\/events\/month\/2026-05\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/cityofdesigndundee.com\/events\/month\/2026-05\/\">calendar of events<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dundee is the UK\u2019s first and only UNESCO City of Design. The global designation as a Creative City acknowledges Dundee\u2019s rich design heritage, its thriving contemporary design sector and a city committed to using design to solve problems and make Dundee a better place to live. The University makes an essential contribution to this through [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":933,"featured_media":2390,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,85,29],"tags":[87,86,88],"class_list":["post-2389","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog","category-library","category-resources","tag-dundee-month-of-design","tag-library","tag-unesco"],"blocksy_meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.dundee.ac.uk\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2389","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.dundee.ac.uk\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.dundee.ac.uk\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.dundee.ac.uk\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/933"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.dundee.ac.uk\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2389"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sites.dundee.ac.uk\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2389\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2391,"href":"https:\/\/sites.dundee.ac.uk\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2389\/revisions\/2391"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.dundee.ac.uk\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2390"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.dundee.ac.uk\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2389"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.dundee.ac.uk\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2389"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.dundee.ac.uk\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2389"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}