March 29, 2011
In Architecture, Landscape Architecture + Urban Design, Events
Help produce this year’s Open House Dublin book!
The Irish Architecture Foundation are using the recently launched Fund it website to crowdfund this year’s Open House book.
March 23, 2011
In Design History, Events, Graphic Design + Advertising, Product Design
Less But Better
Posted by Hannah Mullan
Less But Better is an exhibition curated by Shane O’Donoghue and James Early of work inspired by and designed by the industrial designer Dieter Rams, who designed for Braun for 40 years.
March 23, 2011
In Architecture, Landscape Architecture + Urban Design, Design + culture, Events, Innovation + Technology
Prototype Extravaganza!
Deigning Dublin are prototyping ideas as part of their Love the City project, focussed on the Markets area:
March 22, 2011
In Architecture, Landscape Architecture + Urban Design, Design + culture, Humanitarian Design, Innovation + Technology, Product Design
IRISH INNOVATION IN DEVELOPING WORLD / EMERGING ECONOMIES
Helena Carlica Nhunho pumps water at a pump funded by Trocaire in Beia Peia, Mozambique. Photographer: Hu O’Reilly
Interview with Justin Kilcullen, Director of Trocaire
Posted by Frank Hughes
March 18, 2011
In Architecture, Landscape Architecture + Urban Design
architecturedublin.com
A great new website has launched allowing users to explore Dublin’s contemporary architecture online. An easily understood interface and good quality images make it accessible and gives a good understanding of the buildings in their contexts.
March 16, 2011
In Fashion Design
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Posted by Aisling Farinelli
The Dais project was set up in 2010 by stylist Sonya Lennon to showcase the creative talent that we have in Ireland alongside the work of successful Irish fashion designers working internationally. Through the medium of fashion film a collaborative piece was created by Sonya, photographer Christian Ammann and a team of Dublin based fashion industry artists.
March 11, 2011
In Architecture, Landscape Architecture + Urban Design
Urban development after the crisis
URBAN DEVELOPMENT AFTER THE CRISIS is the theme for an event taking place tomorrow Fumbally Studios, hosted by the Fumbally Exchange. Speakers: Urbanists, designers, planners and branding identity professionals from Dublin, Europe and the Netherlands in particular.
March 7, 2011
In Craft + Furniture, Design + culture, Interior Design
The Look of the Irish
designist are proud to present “The Look of the Irish”;
a week long event that will showcase Irish design in its
most current form. We have invited local designers to
present their work in the store, offering us all a glimpse
of Irish design right now. The exhibition coincides with the
city’s St Patrick’s Day festivities, hopefully offering people
the chance to experience Irish products without a mention
of Guinness or Aran Jumpers.
March 7, 2011
In Architecture, Landscape Architecture + Urban Design, Design + culture, Events
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HEAR 20 VOICES AND 20 VISIONS FOR DUBLIN CITY
Come and discuss the future of Dublin at the Urban Party presented by the Architecture Foundation and ReDrawing Dublin:
“The URBAN PARTY has invited diverse and acclaimed ‘Dublin Voices’ to speak for just 3 minutes each on their vision for our city, giving you fast moving and rotating urban perspectives on the future of Dublin.
February 24, 2011
In Events, Fashion Design, Uncategorized
ReDress Better Fashion Industry Talks
Posted by Aisling Farinella
Tonight will see the first of a schedule of fashion industry conversations, hosted by the ReDress group as part of their new Better Fashion initiative.
February 23, 2011
In Art + Design, Design + culture
Posted by Joanne Butler
Not so long ago, in the wake of the Farmleigh Economic Forum, the ‘creative economy’ was the buzz word on every politician’s lips. Now, with only two sleeps left to voting day, the enormity of the EU/IMF bailout and a school yard style personality contest dominates mainstream political analysis. Almost forgotten in the foray is any analysis of proposed policies for the support and development for the arts in Ireland.
February 22, 2011
In Art + Design
Posted by Clare Grennan and Laura Caffrey
BYOB DUBLIN is organized by the Irish Museum of Contemporary Art and will be hosted by Moxie Studios, on February 27, from 6pm to 10pm. IMOCA invites artists and designers to present their work at BYOB DUBLIN: the event is open to anyone, so Bring Your Own Beamer [projector] and join the show.
February 17, 2011
In Design + culture
Global Service Jam Dublin
Dublin will be hosting a local event as part of Global Service Jam 2011, a worldwide event that brings people together to develop, prototype and share new services. With over 40 cities and hundreds of participants, this will be one of the largest service design events ever, and you can take part!
February 16, 2011
In Innovation + Technology
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Posted by Frank Hughes
Interview with CEO Eamon Hession of Púca, Irish Innovator company in Mobile Marketing.
QUESTIONS
1. Tell me about Puca, its origins and its innovations in marketing here and abroad.
I founded Púca back in late 1999 originally as an online community specialist developing and managing web communities. We started integrating SMS as one of the features of our platform so that for example, you got an SMS if someone responded to a post you had made online. We were then asked by an advertising agency to run an SMS competition where people would text a number with a keyword, and that opened our eyes to the whole potential for interactive SMS, where the messages are not just being pushed out, but whereby the messages that are being received can be connected to information, applications and databases. We had a bit of a Eureka moment and decided to ditch the online community stuff, which at the time wasn’t making any money for us, and started devoting ourselves full-time to developing and managing SMS messaging for major brands and organisations. Over time we’ve added additional mobile technologies and capabilities, including Android and iPhone development. These obviously give a lot more richness in terms of the design and graphics possibilities. Although I think there’s still a lot to be said for plain old SMS in terms of its mainstream reach and instant access.
February 9, 2011
In Art + Design
Posted by Clare Grennan and Laura Caffrey – Irish Design Shop
RHA announces a series of POP UP shops:
Friday the 4th of March sees the launch of a series of Pop up shops hosted by the Royal Hibernian academy. The idea is to have a variety of designers/artists take over what was the bookshop in stints of one or two week periods. The POP UP offers the opportunity for small businesses or start-up projects to test out their ideas in a retail unit for a concentrated period.
The PIVOT Dublin blog has now moved to the new site at www.pivotdublin.com
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