20 Scotland-based designers reimagined bookends inspired by two pioneering female journalists? global adventures at this year's Dundee Design Festival 2024.

At this year?s Dundee Design Festival, bookends got their moment in the spotlight. Often the humble sidekick to your favorite reads, they stepped out from the shadows to become centerpieces of an exhibition that?s all about storytelling, adventure, and design.
The Bookends exhibition marked a double anniversary: Dundee?s tenth year as a UNESCO City of Design and Edinburgh?s twentieth as a UNESCO City of Literature. The exhibit draws inspiration from two trailblazing female journalists, Bessie Maxwell and Marie Imandt, who made headlines over a century ago with their globetrotting reporting. They opened eyes to the cultures, landscapes, and lives of women around the world, all from the vantage point of the 1890s. Lauren Morsley – Wonder: “This project afforded me the opportunity to delve into an unfamiliar process, and it’s been such a fun and informative experience”
For the exhibition, 20 designers from across Scotland were tasked with reinterpreting the women?s extraordinary travels through the lens of ? you guessed it ? bookends. “Every bookend has a story and we wanted to invite some of Scotland?s most interesting and inventive designers to tell their own,? shares Dundee Design Festival Creative Director Stacey Hunter. Each designer took cues from the textures, colors, and cult...