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Mark Stephen visits the Product Design Engineering Department at Glasgow School of Art.

Mark Stephen visits a design department of Glasgow School of Art, meeting the course creator and the graduate who designed the Queen's Baton for the 2014 Commonwealth Games.

Behind the doors of the Glasgow School of Art, a small department is quietly going about its business. Created 25 years ago as a joint initiative betweeen the School of Art and Glasgow University, the department of Product Design Engineering has been producing graduates who go on to design for gobal brands such as Dyson, Apple and Jaguar Land Rover. Mark Stephen meets Professor Dugald Cameron whose brainchild the course was a quarter of a century ago, Craig Whittet, the current head of Product Design Engineering and Robin Smith, a former graduate of the course who designed the Queen's Baton for 2014 Commonwealth Games.

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Mark Stephen hears the stories of the North East's distinctive past.

Mark Stephen hears the stories of the North East's distinctive past from those who are part of its rich history.

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