Dundee City Council @dundeecitycouncil.bsky.social Showcasing Dundee as a creative place to...🏡 Live 🚎 Visit 🎓Study & 🏬 Do Business #DundeeIsNow. 💻 Please use our website for enquiries & reporting issues.
https://linktr.ee/DundeeCityCouncil
Caird Hall Dundee @cairdhalldundee.bsky.social Dundee's Concert & Conference Venue 🎼🎤
Dundee Rep Theatre @dundeerep.bsky.social We are a diverse, creative and exciting theatre based in the middle of Scotland, come and check us out!
Abertay University @abertayuni.bsky.social Friendly people, cutting-edge courses, work-ready graduates.
Based in the heart of Dundee - the UK's coolest little city.
Public Health Scotland @publichealthscot.bsky.social Public Health Scotland is the national agency for improving and protecting the health and wellbeing of the people of Scotland.
Find out more at publichealthscotland.scot
Amy Mitchell @amycmitchell.bsky.social Product manager and author of Product Management IRL
https://amycmitchell.substack.com/
https://www.linkedin.com/in/amycmitchell/
Anna Goss @annagoss.co Deputy director of Test, Learn & Grow. Otherwise mostly hanging out with my dog.
NHS 24 @nhs24.bsky.social Scotland's digital health and care service. If you’re ill when your GP practice is closed, call 111 or see our symptom checkers at nhsinform.scot 📱💻
seylordev @lyesoussaiden.com Lyes Oussaiden (He/Him)
Researcher! Teaching Fellow!
Too young to have a valid opinion,
old enough to know better.
Views completely my own.
🏴… 🏳️🌈! 🏳️⚧️ally.
https://lyesoussaiden.com
Centre for HCID, City St George's @hcid.city The Centre for Human-Computer Interaction Design @citystgeorges.bsky.social, University of London conducts leading user-centred research. Home of the MSc HCID. https://hcid.city/ #HCID2025: https://hcidopenday.co.uk/
Jukesie @jukes.ie Bristolian | internet of public service person | comic book collector | street art seeker | Adidas obsessive | 50s | UK
https://jukes.ie
Stamanfar @stamanfar.bsky.social Service designer, DHSC. It's more than what you bargained for but it's a little less than what you paid for.
Touretteshero @touretteshero.bsky.social
Fiona MacNeill @fmacneill.bsky.social I build meaningful interactions for learning and doing. UX Researcher/Designer, Learning Designer, and Technologist #UX #FHEA
Printmakers of Scotland @printersofscotland.bsky.social A collective of printmakers from across Scotland - working together to develop and share printmaking.
Festival of Printmaking 14-16 Aug 2026 University of Stirling.
www.printmakersofscotland.com
Centre for Digital Public Services @cdps.bsky.social Canolfan Gwasanaethau Cyhoeddus Digidol - building better public services for Wales 🏴
www.gwasanaethaucyhoeddusdigidol.llyw.cymru
www.digitalpublicservices.gov.wales
You’re Wrong About ADHD @ywaadhd.bsky.social Award-nominated podcast exploring a late #ADHD diagnosis. Old mates Sam and Katie share their experiences and get expert help along the way. Hosts @breathwick.bsky.social and Sam Pittis https://linktr.ee/yourewrongaboutadhd?fbclid=PAZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAaarWS
Katie Breathwick @breathwick.bsky.social Classic FM…ex-LBC. Rants about climate and politics. Podcast: You’re Wrong About #ADHD. 2 whippets, 1 husband who kills people for a living.
Board: The Watermill Theatre
Patron: The Women’s Prize
https://linktr.ee/yourewrongaboutadhd
Gordon Watson @gordonwatson.bsky.social Escaping doom scrolling. Nicer here apparently 😊
CairngormsCEO @cairngormsceo.bsky.social Helping to look after the Cairngorms National Park. www.cairngorms.co.uk
Llibertat UK (Katrina) @llibertatuk.bsky.social Design for humans. End to end, front to back, user-centred digital services with real impact for the public, private and third sectors globally. Led by former GOV.UK Head of Content Padma Gillen. Accessible by design. Posts by Katrina (she/her)
Jamie @proudfoot.bsky.social Scottish 🏴 Shoots 🏹 Lifts 🏋️♂️ Eats 🌱 Writes 📝
Camps 🚐 Rescues 🦇 Works 🏞️ Learning 🇯🇵
🏳️🌈 Ally 📚 BSc. Psychology, Nature, Environment
🧵@jrproudfoot
Euan's Guide @euansguide.com Award-winning charity known for our disabled access review website, making accessible loos safer with our Red Cord Cards, and the UK's largest Access Survey.
www.EuansGuide.com
Heledd Quaeck @helivans.bsky.social Dyfal Donc a Dyr y Garreg.
Persistent tapping will break the stone.
#IStillBelieveInDigitalTransformation
Own views - mostly about:
Cymraeg / Welsh 🏴
User-centred services for public good
Joe Lanman @joelanman.com Design Lead on data.gov.uk at the UK Government Digital Service
Projects include Register to Vote, Petition Parliament, GovWifi and the GOV.UK Prototype Kit
https://joelanman.com
Himal Mandalia @himal.bsky.social No DMs
Ignacia Orellana @ignaciaorellana.bsky.social Independent design consultant, specialising in service design and strategy. Mainly works in public sector. Previously: Service Design lead @gdsteam. Chilena en Londres
She/her
https://ignaciaorellana.com/
Annie Heath @annieheath.bsky.social Head of Tech, Data, Experience Reigate & Banstead Borough Council. Public Sector Endurance Medallist. Wife to music writer Harold Heath. Daughter of a loop da loop era.
Adrián Ortega 🗺️🧭 @adrianortega.bsky.social Existential holistic detective 🇪🇸
User-centred Design @ Digital Public Services Wales (DPSW) 🏴
Views my own, and all that.
www.adrianortega.co.uk
Maggie Chapman (she/her) @maggiechapman.bsky.social Scottish Green MSP for North East Scotland | Rector of Dundee University | Eco-Socialist & Intersectional Feminist | She/Her
https://linktr.ee/maggiechapman
@agencyofnone.bsky.social @agencyofnone.bsky.social
Rick Curran @qreate.co.uk Human who reads short form text on many similar platforms.
Creative Dundee @creativedundee.bsky.social Strengthening Dundee’s creative community through connections, support and opportunities. Join our #AmpsDundee network and visit our website for news & events!
https://creativedundee.com/
Lisa Matthews, PhD @poetech.bsky.social Poet & Creative Writing academic • Asemics & sculpture • Deer @ copper.hart • Collage @voila_ici • @Tine.Studios co-founder • Latest book “Hartsongs” with BlueprintPress. UK civil servant by day, digital content designer, UX writer and ND-inclusive #UCD.
Self Esteem @handle.invalid Automated posts about new music and videos from Self Esteem
🌉 bridged from ⁂ https://music-social.com/@selfesteem, follow @ap.brid.gy to interact
Younity @younityuk.bsky.social On a mission to supercharge UK community energy ⚡
Connect volunteers | Provide funding | Buy clean energy 🤝
Please email together@younity.coop for any enquiries 💚
Octopus Energy @octopus.energy Floating about.
We believe energy should be better - a better experience for customers, better for the planet, and better value for money.
Need help from our social media team? https://octo.ps/bluesky-help
Anne Ramsden @ramsdenanne.bsky.social Lead Content Designer in UK Gov digital. A bit deaf. She/her. #BWithTheT
Michelle O'Connor @mocogam.bsky.social Used to be Specky Scribbler.
Copywriter, content designer, co-founder of @Access:Given
www.ogamconsulting.com
North Dubliner in Edinburgh | she/her
Sacha Coward @sachacoward.bsky.social LGBTQ+ history dude (He/Him) 🌈 Research, Tours & Escape Rooms. Mermaid lover. Lifts heavy things for attention.
Lorna Slater @lornaslater.bsky.social Edinburgh Central MSP | Scottish Greens | She/Her | DMs not open.
Simon Wardley. @swardley.bsky.social Mapper. I like ducks, they're fowl but not through choice.
@fryrsquared.bsky.social @fryrsquared.bsky.social
Jonti Eccles-Swinglehurst @contentjonti.bsky.social Content designer. Big love for collaboration across divides, active listening, inclusion and accessibility.
I'm a Humanist. I support the NHS 💙. I'm fun at parties.
Creative Boom @creativeboom.com Art & design, minus the gatekeeping 👀
News, inspiration & advice for the people who make things – artists, designers & illustrators. Championing the creative community since 2009.
www.creativeboom.com
DESIGN THINKING! Comic @designthinking.lol Comics pulled kicking and screaming from a designer’s head.
https://designthinking.lol
Free comics newsletter: https://designthinkingcomic.substack.com
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/cw/designthinkingcomic
Mike Press @mikepress.bsky.social Writer - about music, about London, often both together. Sometimes about design. Edinburgh based.
One half of the Walk on the Wild Side project.
https://walkonthewildside.substack.com
We write, take photos and organise walks.
Justin Darley @justindarley.bsky.social Co-lead UX and Content at Nexer Digital
Latecomer to video game addiction
ADHD
Occasional poet
Music lover
Plastic Brummie
Hater of writing these things
Grumpy old man
Yes bab
Arwen @arwenx7.bsky.social Lover of all the animals, IT worker and Amature Photographer. I enjoy riding around on my motorcycles when the weather is nice. When it's horrible outside you can usually find me curled up ina comfy seat with some crochet, a book or playing a game.
Brooke Combe @brookecombe.bsky.social
meg @mscarbie.bsky.social (she/they)
embroidery artist ~on hiatus~
books. cats. guinea pigs. plants.
insta: mscarbie
Citizens Advice @citizensadvice.bsky.social We are Citizens Advice - the people's champion.
If you need advice, visit our website: citizensadvice.org.uk
Kirsty @kirstywrites.bsky.social Copywriter in the charity sector by day, trustee, travel blogger by night.
Julie McCarthy @artymccarthy.bsky.social Creative health professional working in strategy, programme management and research. Neurodivergent, queer and gluten free.
@peggyrace.bsky.social @peggyrace.bsky.social Diver, beekeeper, human
Abi ✨🌹 @abnormalgail.bsky.social Scottish lawyer still in my emo phase (she/her)
Dan Of Chorlton @danofchorlton.bsky.social Oncologist, senior medical leader, EDI, lgbtq+, allyship, oboist, dog-parent, husband, Manchester UK
Dundee Contemporary Arts @dcadundee.bsky.social Updates from Dundee Contemporary Arts: Galleries, Cinema, Print Studio, Shop and Jute Café Bar.
Fíona C @ficanavan.bsky.social Architect, runner, plate-spinner
Linsey McIntosh @linseymcintosh.bsky.social A designer, educator, facilitator and researcher with a passion for spaces, places, people and communities. Interior & Environmental Design Lecturer at DJCAD.
Gillian Easson @gillianeasson.bsky.social Shaper of projects. Fan of people, places, platforms + what we do next, collectively. she/her.
The Skinny @theskinnymag.bsky.social Independent Cultural Journalism from Scotland. Free monthly magazine, website, podcasts, and more. DMs not monitored, send us an email.
theskinny.co.uk
Dundee Culture @dundeeculture.bsky.social 🏴❤️ Showcasing Dundee to the world by promoting cultural news, stories & events fae oor bonnie wee city! #APlaceOfNewHope
Cities of Design @designcities.bsky.social 🇺🇳 UNESCO Cities of Design is a subnetwork that belongs to the UNESCO Creative Cities Network (UCCN).
🌐 53 #DesignCities
www.designcities.net
Matthew Jarron @mhjarron-curator.bsky.social Museum curator - Dundee heritage enthusiast - art, film and cake lover
UNESCO City of Design Dundee @designdundee.bsky.social As the UK’s only UNESCO City of Design, we promote + champion design in Dundee + its role in improving lives. Delivered by Annie, Kirsten + Lizzie 👋
matt johns ༘⋆ @mattjohnss.bsky.social illustration | concept art | character design | prev. Double Fine & Patattie Games ミ✶ Available for work
https://mattjohns.carrd.co
Fraser // Lost Astronaut @lostastronaut.design Graphic Designer, Illustrator & Storyteller ✨
(He/They) | TTRPG Character Artist | Trans Rights ✊ | Free Palestine
hello@lostastronaut.design
Jen @jencollins.bsky.social Thinkin’ about illustration, creative community, being outside or being in bed.
✷
she/her
Mairi Isla @mairi-isla.bsky.social ✸ scottish artist + maker ✸
cara rooney @cararooney.bsky.social illustrator + plaything maker
spydergrrl @spydergrrl.bsky.social Outdoorsy UXer. Workshop design coach & consultant. Lives with anxiety. Runs on espresso and Star Wars. She/her. 🇨🇦🏳️🌈 Founder of CanUX. Best known for popularizing the phrase "UX Theatre". https://spydergrrl.com
Autistic Adam @autisticadam.bsky.social Autisting my way through life while raising awareness and acceptance amongst the
autistic population ♾️ England, UK ⛰️🚶♂️
SDinGov @sdingov.bsky.social 11 March 2026 | Virtual, online | virtual.sdingov.net
23-25 September 2026 | Edinburgh | sdingov.net
The original international community event for anyone involved in designing and commissioning public services.
Lily Dart @lilydart.bsky.social Design Director @photobox. 20 years in design. 10 yrs public speaking. Diversity, inclusion & design at scale. Advisory board @innovateheruk she/her 🏳️🌈 ♿️
dxw @dxw.com We design, build and run digital public services that make people's lives better.
dxw is employee owned.
Find out more about us 👉 https://linktr.ee/_dxw
Ed Parkes @edtparkes.bsky.social Contractor and freelancer. Strategy, research, service design, UXR, data.
Currently - user centred design in humanitarian data.
www.edparkes.co.uk
🏳️🌈
Simon Gough @mistergough.bsky.social Design, Facilitation, Economics, Data, Photography, Videography, Unschooling, Cats.
Phillippa Rose @phillirose.bsky.social All things service design, digital transformation, play. http://current.works and http://digitalby.design
Philippa @philippanewis.bsky.social Director at Public Digital.
Calum Ryan @calumryan.com Making the web a better more accessible place on GOV.UK at GDS and in my own time with https://calumryan.com
#Accessibility Advocate
Tech and travel enthusiast 🧳🚄
👋 he/him
🇬🇧 🇮🇪
Annie @annie-codes.com I make (and sometimes design) stuff on the internet.
UX dev | Digital Anthropology | Design systems | Bookworm | Crochet | Bouldering | Queer | Neurodiverse
🏳️🌈🌱📖🐯♾️🇬🇧🇪🇺
Neil Milliken @neilmilliken.bsky.social Founder of Thrival Holdings former VP #accessibility at Atos, lover of good #UX #Neurodivergent #ADHD #Dyslexic
Co-founder of @AXSChat.bsky.social
Keen amateur gardener & nature photographer.
Social networking should be sociable feel free to engage.
Jonathan Stephens @jonathanstephens.us Fond of — semicolons, and‽
Late-realised AuDHD—always a bit queer.
Garden: jonathanstephens.us
Business: poetandscribe.com
Newsletter: craftandpractice.com
Sil Bormüller @silbormueller.bsky.social 📐 Founder https://www.intodesignsystems.com
🏳️⚧️ (he/him)
Joe Walnes @waln.es Building new stuff at Stripe.
Previously: Apple, Google, Thoughtworks, trading, founder.
Open source: websocketd, xstream, hamcrest, and others…
github.com/joewalnes
linkedin.com/in/joewalnes
x.com/joewalnes
Dan Lockton @danlockton.com Utrecht, NL + Norwich, UK
Prof of Design & Imagination, Norwich University of the Arts ⦿ Director, Institute for Sustainable Worlds https://sustainableworlds.org.uk ⦿ Design⸻imagination⸻climate⸻futures ⦿ http://imaginari.es ⦿ he/him ⦿ Not employer's views
Rosemary Richings @rosemaryrichings.bsky.social Writer, editor, speaker #Neurodiversity. Author (2 #Dyspraxia books): “Stumbling Through Space & Time: Living Life With Dyspraxia” & “Studying with Dyspraxia”. #Neurodivergent & living without a #Thyroid. https://linktr.ee/rosemary_richings
Drew LeVan @drewklevan.bsky.social I am a passionate designer with a deep obsession for branding. With a well-rounded experience in both in-house and marketing agency settings.
www.drewklevan.com
Kristine Planche @lalaplanche.bsky.social Lead UX designer. #designSystems, contributions communities, and education programs. ☀️ Process nerd. 🤓 Book worm. 📚 Hiker. 🌳 Baker. 🥖 DIYer. 🔧 Dog obsessed. 🐶 She/Her 🇨🇦
Soren (they/them) @uxnotyoux.bsky.social Disabled queer sparkle holographic cryptid leading a11y for daters with disabilities 💜| blind and low vision views mine | neons, knitting, glow painting, side projects, radical love 💖
Dr Hannah Barham-Brown @drhannahbb.bsky.social GP, writer, disabled, queer, neuroglittery and generally chaotic. Trans Health, supporting disabled healthcare professionals, resisting hiding in the mountains. 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🏴
Lizzie Bruce @lizziecake.bsky.social Not everything needs to be digital. Content strategist, project manager: arts, nature, law, gov. Author, readability specialist, online course creator. Run #UCDFreelancersDirectory. Books, films, hikes. Photo by me. cakeconsultancy.com
Pete Hewitt @iamnotniles.bsky.social I have too many bags for life
Senior Content Designer at NS&I.
Enemy of FAQs. Vanquisher of PDFs.
Connor @codesign.scot Hey sunshine ☀ Dundee, Scotland • Designer and educator • they/them • 📷🎹☕🏳️🌈⚧️🍉
Sarah Millican @sarahmillican.bsky.social Latest special Late Bloomer is on Netflix (not UK & IRE) & Channel4.com (UK & IRE) now.
Also part of the Standard Issue podcast team
Replies ending TSM are by my team.
https://linktr.ee/thesarahmillican
Jack Garfinkel @curiousscutter.bsky.social Content design, dungarees, parenting, custard they/them