Dott Projects
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Eco Design Challenge
Education lies at the heart of Dott 07. After all, when it comes to sustainability and design, all of us - young and old - need to learn new skills. Dott’s objective is to equip the next generation with the insight and skills required to achieve one planet living.

Eco Design Challenge asked Year 8 students across North East England two questions: ‘How big is your school’s ecological footprint?’ and ‘What design steps would make it smaller?’ We monitored their progress over the year, and you can read about how they fared in the Schools section.
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Dott Debates
Dott Debates: What next?
Dott 07 held a series of debates during the Dott 07 Festival. In the debates we asked: what did we learn in the projects, and what do we do next?

Debates included Low Carb Lane, Design and Sexual Health, Food Systems and Cities, Better Lives with Dementia, The Movement Dilemma and Sustainability, Schools and Schooling. Speakers included people involved in the projects and influential people from key areas in the North East of England.

Read the transcripts or listen again to the guest speakers from the Dott Debates series.
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A year of projects and events that explored what life in a sustainable region could be like - and how design could help us get there.
Allendale scene.
Find out more about four sustainable tourism projects developed by students and professionals during Design Camp.
Picture House
Film directors, artists and designers transformed Belsay Hall with a series of cutting-edge art and new media installations.
Our Cyborg Future? on at the Discovery Museum
Our Cyborg Future? was an exhibition that looked at the shrinking divide between us and the technology we use.
Does your postcode define who you are?
Do stereotypes used to define communities represent the lifestyles and characteristics of the people in them?
Buy the Dott 07 Manual on Amazon.
Download the Dott 07 Manual, written by John Thackara, that outlines the results and findings of the two year project.