Hello, I’m Angela Tulloch. I am studying a Masters of Design (MDes) at DJCAD in Dundee and previously graduated from Edinburgh Napier University with a 2:1 in Interior Architecture.
Within the MDes we have been working in multi-national and interdisciplinary groups over the past months on fast paced projects, encouraging public involvement. I have learnt a lot about myself; how I fit within a group; and have discovered new areas where my skills can be applied and make a difference. I am very much the connector within a group setting, good at listening to others views and encouraging others to voice their opinions and involvement; I am an analytical thinker, follow my own initiative, with the ability to lead or follow as is appropriate. I am energetic and enthusiastic about co-design and am adaptable to situations.
Designing for people, with people is my passion and it can be done anywhere. The future of design encourages interaction between users and designers alike and is an exciting world to be apart of.
Being from the Shetland Islands, I want to encourage collaborative design over distance, creating diverse networks to support and sustain remote communities. I hope to work within the area of Service Design in the future as it will allow me to continue to work across many areas and have a strong link with design for the public.
My Masters project will therefore combine all these aspects, questioning why creative graduates often having to travel further afield in pursuit of creative sector employment. The project aims to provide a spring board which would help graduates launch their careers and encourage graduates to return to more rural areas, for example the Shetland Isles, still have a thriving career and inject life into the local economy.
“A lot of people have guessed at the structure of creative industry careers; none has had the evidence to support anything other than informed hunches. The issue is important. The industry is important economically, but more fluid and project based than most. Creativity itself is elusive to pin down, but the serendipities of interaction with other disciplines and cultures is plainly important.”
Will Hutton, Executive Vice-Chair, The Work Foundation
