The Dundee Degree Show 2008 opens this weekend showcasing work by graduates at Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design.

The exhibition, which is on from 17 to 24 May 2008, includes work by graduates in textile design, jewellery and metal design, interior & environmental design, innovative product design and interactive media.

Jeweller Lynne MacLachlan brings together craft techniques with technology and unites mathematics with nature. Inspired by insects' wings, normally butterflies, she has taken this shape into photoshop and CAD in order to create a three dimensional repeating pattern. From her resulting computer files the patterns are laser cut and photoetched onto silver. Lynne then soldered the pieces together, using enamels to introduce colour into the complex forms of bracelets, necklaces, rings and earrings. Her work has secured her a place in London on Royal College of Art's Masters in Goldsmithing, Silversmithing, Metal Work and Jewellery course.

Interactive media design graduate, Rob Black, has designed an interactive table, creating a new social music-generating tool.  The table-top is a surface on to which a mix of eight marked cubes can be placed - each cube acts as a different instrument. The cubes have four symbols on them with each one representing a different beat, riff or section that work together to complete a musical composition, giving the users there individual control and a feeling of being part of a group. As the cubes are then moved around the surface, they can manipulate volume, tempo, pitch and a myriad of other effects. 

The Dundee Degree Show 2008 is on from 17 to 24 May 2008 at Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art & Design, University of Dundee, 13 Perth Road, Dundee DD1 4HT.  Open Saturday 17 May 9.30am to 4.30pm, Sunday 18 May 9.30am to 4.30pm, Monday to Friday 9.30am to 8.30pm and Saturday 24 May 9.30am to 2pm.