Dundee

A place to stay on Loch Tay; beautiful boathouses

A stay on Loch Tay looks tempting in these two boathouses called Otter (pictured first) and Dipper. The owners will take you down the track to the Boathouses in their 4×4 so no need to worry about your suspension. There’s a generator for electricity that powers home comforts such as underfloor heating in the bathroom.  There were no prices listed at www.lochtay.co.uk/ Dipper Boathouse (pictured below)

Pointless Hackathon, Dundee

Dundee MakerSpace is celebrating their new home by  holding their most pointless event to date. The Pointlessness Hackathon will run on the 10 and 11 January 2015 and challenges you to make the most pointless thing you can think of. So what is a Pointlessness Hackathon? At the Hackathon you will have a day and a bit to make the most pointless thing you can think of. It can be

Dundee receives UNESCO City of Design

Congratulations to Dundee which has received the global recognition and title of UNESCO City of Design, the only UK city (along with Helsinki, Turin, Bilbao and Curitiba) to join 12 others including Kobe, Montréal, Seoul, Berlin and Buenos Aires. There are many reasons why Dundee has received this title; from the much-anticipated V&A and its surrounding waterfront development which will host new creative studios, District10, created from shipping containers. Then there’s city

Dundee and Global PARKing Day

On Friday 19 September 2014 Dundee joined the 162 cities around the world taking part in Global PARKing Day. The idea started in San Francisco in 2005 when Rebar Studio decided to transform car parking spaces for a day. Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design (DJCAD) led the way when 77 of its Interior Environmental Design students collaborated on six installations in car parking spaces around the university