- The city is well established in the game design field and is home to Rockstar North who produced the award-winning game Grand Theft Auto
- Edinburgh International Festival and Festival Fringe, were both founded in 1947 and since then they have attracted some of the biggest names as well as providing a creative environment for performers from around the world
- Edinburgh has a thriving film and television industry, and as well as the host for the International Film Festival it has also been the location for several successful productions including Trainspotting and Outlander
- Design Informatics at the University of Edinburgh has been bringing together the creative and technology industries to deliver projects using robotics, speech recognition, data visualisation and interaction design
