Aberdeen-based studio, Design and Code, are celebrating after the successful launch of a new collaborative project with V&A Dundee as part of their latest exhibition: ‘Night Fever: Designing Club Culture’. The studio was one of a handful of Scottish companies to be approached and commissioned to design an exclusive range of merchandise for the exhibition.
The exhibition, which is now open for visitors at V&A Dundee, explores the relationship between club culture and design from the 1960s to present day, and its far-reaching influence on popular culture. The merchandise items will be inspired by the exhibition’s core themes and will be produced as part of Design and Code’s first online store - ‘Disco and Coffee’.
Disco and Coffee was initially started as a side project to provide a creative outlet for the studio’s team of designers, illustrators, coders, and animators to experiment and learn new skills. Now, as its own established business, the studio plans to add new product collections and further collaborations in the coming months.
Disco and Coffee’s lead designer, Madeleine Edwards, said: “Designing a product range for Night Fever is the perfect fit for Disco and Coffee, and a dream project for all of us here at Design and Code. We’ve taken our ethos of simple, accessible design and combined it with the magic and sparkle of the dance floor. It’s our first collaboration since starting out, so we're buzzing that it's with V&A Dundee.”
The collection, which includes a series of typographic prints, enamel pins, and a one-off V&A Dundee tote, is available for purchase in-person or online via V&A Dundee’s online shop.
Alan Birch, V&A Dundee’s retail manager, said: “At V&A Dundee we love to champion the very best in local Scottish design, and the team at Disco and Coffee have come up with an exciting and accessible collection of products that really capture the vibe of club culture at a time when we’re all in need of a good night out.”
Colin Leonard, Design and Code founder, added: “We’d like to thank the team at V&A Dundee for all their support during the project. It’s been a turbulent time for the nightlife industry over the course of the pandemic so we’re immensely proud to be part of V&A Dundee’s brilliant spotlight on all things design-related to club culture. With restrictions now starting to ease, we’re planning future events and workshops as part of our commitment to support the vibrant creative community up here in the North-east of Scotland.”
V&A Dundee’s ‘Night Fever: Designing Club Culture’ exhibition will run until January 9 2022. For more information, visit vam.ac.uk/dundee. To view the latest ‘Night Fever’ merchandise collection, visit the Disco and Coffee online shop at discoandcoffee.com and V&A Dundee’s online shop at shop.vandadundee.org.