More than 100 art students from an Aberdeen university will attempt to get the north-east’s culinary goods recognised by the UN this month.
Design, communication, fashion and textiles students from Gray’s School of Art show off their best work in an effort to attract the attention of Unesco, the United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organisation, as part of the project.
The Granite Crumbs initiative will involve more than 130 students working together to create an image of Aberdeen and the north-east as Scotland’s foodie capital.
Sue Fairburn, a product design lecturer and researcher at Gray’s said: “Dundee is a Unesco city of design, Edinburgh is a Unesco city of literature and Glasgow is a Unesco city of music.
“With the range of amazing produce on our doorstep and some really exciting start up and food innovation companies appearing in the city, we felt that this project could raise the possibility of Aberdeen working towards becoming a Unesco city of gastronomy.
“The project is about exploring our relationship with food and experience of food and how to re-conceive what food means to the people in the north-east.”
The project launches today, and will conclude with the student’s work being judged on October 23.