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David Dow
Design Spotlight - Placenames of Scotland
It’s only right for our first design spotlight to focus on one of our most popular and oldest designs, our ‘Placenames of Scotland’. When refining the concept of Urban Pirate we wanted to focus on Scotland but not just like what was already available. Scottish design is better than shortbread tins, Scotty dogs and ‘see you Jimmy' hats. So, we aimed to create designs that were timeless and celebrate what is best about Scotland. This design creates the idea that all these great places make up what is great about our little country. The concept for the design came about...