Dundee Degree Show 07

About 3000 people visited Duncan of Jordan to see the opening of Degree Show 2007.

Thousands more visited the exhibition held throughout the last week of May, which showcases the work of final year students in Fine Art, Animation, Architecture, Illustration, Jewellery, Textile Design and Interactive Media Design. Exhibitions from Time Based Art, Graphic Design, Interior and Environmental Design and Innovative Product Design were also included.

A giant Meccano set, speakers hidden in a shelf and a blanket made of envelopes were just some of the exhibits on show throughout the two buildings and fourteen floors that form Duncan of Jordanstone, with every spare space exhibiting art. The show, the first of the season, attracts thousands of visitors to the University and is seen as a great springboard for emerging artists.

Duncan of Jordanstone has a reputation as one of the most exciting art schools in the UK and many of its students go on to be world renowned artists.

Dean of Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design Professor Georgina Follett described this year's show as one of the "cultural highlights of the Dundee arts calendar."

"The annual degree show at Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design showcases the amazing level of talent and creativity of our graduates from the Schools of Design, Fine Art, Television and Architecture," she said.

Kings of the Hill
Fifth-year architecture students Lesley McIntyre and Michael Williams, together with third-year Sarah Brown, have all worked on 'The Hill', a new public building focusing on sensory experiences which is planned for a site at Potters Field, next door to Tower Bridge.

Created for a client, theatre expert Simon Elliot, the building is the latest project from acclaimed architect Kathryn Findlay, who is a Professor of Architecture and the Environment at the University. Plans for the building include a zero gravity room, a mutating maze and slow food restaurant.

Dropping the Noisebomb
Interactive Media Design student Jennifer Kelloe's exhibition includes a Nuisance Noise Awareness campaign, which has already proved extremely effective and generated some excitement in the media.

Her 'NoiseBomb' enables people with noisy neighbours to record the nuisance noise and then post it back to the neighbour in question so that they can hear for themselves how disruptive their noise is.

Fifescape
Mature student Vicki Todd is celebrating a "huge gamble" she took a few years ago when she packed in her job as a council services officer in Cupar to go to art college. This month she will graduate from Dundee with a Degree in Fine Art.

Vicki's stunning Fife landscapes takes a close look at the changing world around us and aims to remind us how astonishing Mother Nature is, while reflecting the changes that we are seeing across the countryside.

Man-sized 'Meccano'-style
Interior and Environmental Design student Jonathan Morris designed and constructed a giant cardboard `Meccano'-style set which can be used just like the toy but on a considerably larger scale.

"The idea behind the set is that you can use these parts to experiment with the endless possibilities of constructing a small dwelling or sculpture, exposing the opportunity within cardboard whilst conveying architectural undertones" said Jonathan.