Wender·Vista
Dundee
shown on ceramic, 12-inch tileUnited Kingdom
on the Firth of Tay, in eastern Scotland

Dundee

— — the river city the design world found again.

— Where it lives

Not only on a wall.

A small tile on the nightstand catching the morning. A larger one above the fire. Yours, wherever you spend the slow hours.
— On the nightstand, a 6-inch on a walnut stand
— Among the books, a 6-inch leaning into the spines
— Beside the kettle, a 12-inch propped
— Down a quiet hall, an 18-inch floating off the wall
— Above the fire, the 24-inch in a walnut surround
— a note from the studio

“A Tayside city that built ships, milled jute, and printed comics for a century, then reopened in 2018 as a UNESCO City of Design. Kengo Kuma's V&A Dundee leans over the waterfront beside Scott's old polar ship, the Discovery. The Law watches over both from a volcanic hill behind the centre. The wind comes up the Tay most afternoons.

from the studio
Dundee
— bring it home

Dundee, on ceramic.

Each tile is finished by hand in our Knoxville studio. Artwork is slowly infused into the ceramic surface under high heat and pressure, and rests beneath a thin glossy finish. The colour lives in the surface, not on top of it.

What kind of piece?
One tile — square or rectangle.
How big?
the popular one — counter, shelf, nightstand
6 × 6 in · 15 cm · 1.6 lb
Surface finish
A clear glossy finish — the artwork reads as if under resin. Ideal for show-pieces and framed wall art.
How it sits
A hidden cleat — sits ¼″ proud of the wall.
$58
Hand-finished and shipped from our studio at the foot of the Smokies. On your wall in about ten days.
— size
6 × 6 in
15 cm
— weighs
1.6 lb
solid in the hand
— surface
ceramic, hand-finished
art rests beneath a thin glossy finish
— from
Knoxville, TN
our family studio, at the foot of the Smokies
— start a Coaster Set

Pick any four 4-inch tiles — National Parks you've been to, a Smokies set, the four seasons of one place. $ for a set of , cork-backed, ready to live on the table.

— about Dundee

The place, in three passes.

A little of what's known, in case you fall down the rabbit hole — or want to go see it yourself.
— the place

Dundee sits on the north bank of the Firth of Tay in eastern Scotland, about ninety kilometres north of Edinburgh. With a population near 150,000 it is Scotland's fourth-largest city and the administrative centre of the Dundee City council area. The Law, a volcanic plug rising 174 metres above the town centre, anchors the skyline. UNESCO designated Dundee a City of Design in 2014, the first and only such designation in the United Kingdom. The Tay Road Bridge crosses to Fife at 2.25 kilometres, the longest road bridge in Scotland.

— informed by Wikipedia
— the stone

V&A Dundee, designed by Japanese architect Kengo Kuma, opened on the waterfront on September 15, 2018, as the first design museum in Scotland. The exterior reads as a sea cliff: 2,500 cast-stone panels hung from a concrete frame angled to mimic the layered geology of the Scottish coast. RRS Discovery, the Antarctic ship that carried Captain Robert Falcon Scott south in 1901, is moored alongside as a museum vessel, returned to her city of build in 1986. Both stand within five minutes' walk of the railway station.

— informed by V&A Dundee
— the visit

Dundee is reached most easily by train from Edinburgh Waverley, about seventy minutes north on the East Coast Main Line, or by road over the Forth and the Tay. V&A Dundee opens daily with free general admission; ticketed exhibitions rotate three times a year. The walk from the railway station to the waterfront takes under five minutes, and the climb to the summit of the Law from the city centre takes about forty minutes on foot. The Discovery Point ticket also covers entry to the RRS Discovery.

— informed by Visit Scotland
— where
United Kingdom · Dundee City, Scotland
— elevation
9 m · 30 ft
— position
56.4620° N · 2.9707° W
— the neighborhood

What's nearby.

A handful of named places within an hour's walk or short drive. Some we've already painted; some we will.
6 km E
Broughty Ferry
seaside suburb
20 km S
St Andrews
university and golf town
30 km W
Perth
Tayside city
25 km NE
Arbroath
fishing town
N
Dundee
Broughty Ferry
St Andrews
Perth
Arbroath
— common questions

What people ask.

A few questions we get about Dundee — and about bringing the piece home.
— about the place

On the north bank of the Firth of Tay in eastern Scotland, about ninety kilometres north of Edinburgh and thirty kilometres east of Perth. It is Scotland's fourth-largest city by population.

The first design museum in Scotland and the only V&A outside London. Designed by Kengo Kuma, it opened on the waterfront on September 15, 2018, as part of a £1 billion waterfront regeneration project.

The Antarctic research ship that carried Captain Robert Falcon Scott and Ernest Shackleton south in 1901. She was built in Dundee that same year and returned to her birth city in 1986, now moored at Discovery Point.

A volcanic plug rising 174 metres above the city centre, the remnant of an extinct volcano. The summit holds a war memorial and offers views across the Tay into Fife and west to the Sidlaw Hills.

A Victorian shorthand for the three industries that built the modern city: jute mills, which peaked in 1873, Keiller's marmalade, registered in 1797, and DC Thomson publishing, founded in 1905.

UNESCO designated Dundee a City of Design in 2014, the first and only city in the United Kingdom to hold the title. It sits in the Creative Cities Network alongside Helsinki and Kobe.

— about the piece in your home

Yes. The piece reads as the river city itself rather than a tartan-shop souvenir, which travels well for anyone who studied at the University of Dundee or grew up under the Law. A Medium with a studio note works.

The river-grey and slate palette suits Scandinavian, design-led modern, and quiet maximalist interiors. It reads well beside oak, brushed brass, natural linen, and Mid-century furniture.

Yes. Dundee's UNESCO design status and the V&A's architectural language give the tile a contemporary edge that suits Scandinavian, Japandi, and quiet-modern interiors without leaning generic.

A single Large reads cleanly above most sofas. The waterfront horizontal carries especially well in a four-tile Mural; a nine-tile Mural anchors a larger living or dining room.

Yes. Choose the Dura Satin or Matte finish, which are scratch-resistant and handle bathroom steam or kitchen splatter without dulling. The Glossy finish stays in drier rooms.

A microfibre cloth and warm water. No spray cleaners, no abrasives. The colour is slowly infused into the ceramic surface under heat and pressure, so it will not wipe off.

Yes. Every WenderVista tile is painted in the studio's own visual language by Reid Wender, the curator. There is no licensing and no third-party reproduction.

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