Design WEEK 2006
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This year Design Week is taking a significant step forward by truly becoming an international design festival. Major input from the Royal Netherlands Embassy has enabled Design Week 06 to include some of the leading names in Dutch design, architecture and advertising in its programme. Also making a presence this year is Richard Seymour, one of Europe’s best known product designers from the UK. The aim of Design Week is to develop a nationally recognised festival celebrating the importance of good design.
This year we have moved beyond the capital city with events taking place outside Dublin for the first time. Numerous lectures, workshops, exhibitions and trails are happening around the country and we hope you enjoy as many events as possible during the week. The week could not take place without the help and assistance of our many organisations, volunteers and of course our design, paper and print sponsors. To all of those our thanks are due. We look forward to seeing you during the course of Design Week 2006.
OPENING EVENT //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
Design Week Launch Party
with The Bombay Sapphire Designer Glass Competition 2006/2007
Monday 6th November marks the official opening of Design Week 2006. To
celebrate we are having a Drinks Reception hosted by Bombay Sapphire.
The event is open to all designers. During the evening we will be announcing
the finalists in the Bombay Sapphire Designer Glass Competition 2007 in
association with Waterford Crystal. The evening will be a lot of fun.
We hope to see you there and chat over a cocktail or two.
Date: Monday 6th November, 7pm - 9pm
Venue: Sin, Temple Bar
More info: www.designweek.ie
SEMINARS & LECTURES ////////////////////////////////////////////
SweetTalk
Date: Wednesday 1st November
Venue: The Sugar Club
Admission: €7. Doors from 7pm
More
info: www.candyculture.net
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event
Design Aware Breakfast Briefing - Enterprise Ireland
Enterprise Ireland Design Aware briefing will provide essential information
on the effective use of design to add value to businesses. Attendees will
also have the opportunity to view the IDI Design Awards; Best of Irish
Design Exhibition which showcases award winning designs by Irish designers
across a range of disciplines.
Date: Monday 6th November, 8am
Venue: Enterprise Ireland Glasnevin
More info: Rachel.Mccormack@enterprise-ireland.com
2 BEE or not TWO BEE
Award winning design company RED BEE MEDIA present Steven Aspinall, Simon
Crabtree and Victoria Stout to host a seminar on, TV branding the development
of some of the most recognised TV Brands including the development of
the BBC 2 brand and their new look for RTÉ ONE.
Click here to read more information on this event
Date: Monday 6th November, 6.30-9.00 pm
Venue: Morgan Hotel in Temple Bar
More info: carol.coffey@rte.ie
Warehouse Multimedia - Interactive, Audiovisual
design and production
Warehouse Multimedia develops interactive audio visual productions and
gaming design for educational publishers, government bodies and commercial
organisations. All interested 4th year, MA, PhD, CEAD students welcome.
Date: Wednesday 8th November, 5pm
Venue: Sybil Connolly Room NCAD,
100 Thomas Street, Dublin 8
More info: www.warehouse.nl,
www.ncad.ie
Kesselskramer / Koeweiden Postma - ICAD
& IDI present two influential Dutch creative forces in association
with The Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands
KesselsKramer is a communications company that works in several
different media including advertising, branding, graphic and product design,
editorial, exhibition curation and documentary film. Koeweiden Postma
are a graphic design group. Their approach is effervescent yet understated,
often refreshingly candid. Memorable, ironic and witty, their work is
unquestionably passionate. Both studios will speak on their work and the
thought behind their creative focus. This is an exciting opportunity to
see and discuss their challenging ideas.
Date: Wednesday 8th November, 7.30pm
Venue: The Morrison Hotel
Admission: ICAD/IDI Members €15, Students €10
Booking: Email Rina Whyte idi@indigo.ie
Click
here to view the PDF flyer
Loving Architecture
Winy Maas of MVRDV
Hamilton Osborne King and Irish Architecture Foundation present a lecture
by renowned Dutch architect Winy Maas of MVRDV. Winy Maas is founder and
principal of Dutch
architectural practice MVRDV. One of his most recent accolades is the
Marcus Prize, a $100,000 prize from Milwaukee’s Marcus Foundation
established to recognise emerging international stars in architecture.
MVRDV has received international acclaim for many projects including the
Silodam Housing complex in Amsterdam, the Matsudai Cultural Centre in
Japan and the Dutch pavillion at Expo 2000 in Hannover. The Irish Architecture
Foundation’s Loving Architecture lecture series is sponsored by
Hamilton Osborne King, market leaders in Irish and international property.
Date: Thursday 9th November, 6pm
Venue: Gaiety Theatre, King street, Dublin 2
Admission: Free, available by advance reservation through
the Gaiety Box Office on +353 (0)1 677 1717
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'Transformations - Advancing design practices for competitive positioning'
Design Shannon has developed this two-day event for graphic design, visual
communications and brand development businesses in Ireland. The event
also welcomes design professionals working in the education sector. The
objective is to allow participating design professionals to take time
out to reflect on key business development issues in order to enhance
market competitiveness and sustain the creative edge unique to all design
companies. The seminar fee includes lunch and refreshments for both days.
Registrations received before Tuesday 31st October will be entitled to
a 10% early bird discount.
Date: Friday 10th & Saturday 11th November
Venue: Clarion Hotel, Steamboat Quay, Limerick
Admission: Two days € 600 for one person / €800
for two people.
Booking: Telephone 065 6895282 or Email
deirdre@designshannon.ie
More info:
www.designshannon.ie
Richard Seymour: ‘The designer’s role in shaping the future’
IDI William H Walsh Commemorative Lecture
Date: Friday 10th November, Doors 7.30, Richard on stage at 8.15pm
Venue: Sugar Club, Lesson St, Dublin
Admission: Bookings secured by receipt of payment to
IDI, 8 Merrion Square, Dublin 2
€15 non members, €10 members
More Info: idi@indigo.ie
Bar open before and after lecture!
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Design Week Event - KILKENNY
SEMI-BOLD presents Cartoon Saloon
SEMI-BOLD (South East / Midlands Design) has been set up to promote
and stimulate an exciting design presence in the Midlands and South East
of Ireland. This event sees a presentation by the multi-award winning
Irish animation company ‘Cartoon Saloon’. They will talk us
through their approach to the animation process followed by a tour of
their studios in the Maltings, Kilkenny.
Date: Friday 10th November, 6pm
Venue: The Maltings, Tilbury Place, James St, Kilkenny
More Info:
www.penhouse.ie/semi-bold
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event
EXHIBITIONS ////////////////////////////////////////////
Foreign Affairs of Dutch Design’ Exhibition
The Foreign Affairs of Dutch Design Exhibition showcases
over 70 successful designs that Dutch designers have produced in recent
years for international markets and overseas clients. This exhibition
highlights the international success of contemporary Dutch graphic design,
fashion, product design, interior design and furniture design. It shows
that Dutch design not only has cultural value, it also contributes to
the quality and profitability of companies and other organizations. This
touring exhibition is an initiative of the Association of Dutch Designers
(BNO) and the Premsela Foundation, supported by the EVD (part of the Ministry
of Economic Affairs).
Date: Monday 6th - Saturday 11th
November
Opening Times: 10am - 5.30pm
Venue: Cultivate Sustainable Living and Learning Centre,
15-19 Essex Street West, Temple Bar, Dublin 8
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Irish Furniture Design Exhibition
Please join us for an evening of fun, design and wine at Dublin’s
little piece of Manhattan – The Loft, Powerscourt Townhouse Centre
Thursday 9th Nov from 6-9pm or you can also arrange a chat with one of
the designers any time during the week.
Date: Monday 6th November to Friday 17th November, 10am
- 5pm
Wine Reception Thursday 9th November 6 - 9pm
Venue: The Loft, Powerscourt Townhouse Centre, South
William Street, Dublin 2
More info: leoscarff@dna.ie
www.irish-designers.com
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event
ADORN
An event to showcase some of the most innovative of contemporary Irish
jewellery makers, with objects created using everything from paper to
platinum, with work by Inga Reed, Garvan Traynor, Rachel McKnight, Angela
O'Kelly, Eimear Conyard, Sé O'Donoghue & Lee Harding.
Date: Monday 6th November to Friday 17th November
Venue: Da Capo Goldsmiths, Studio 61, The Design Tower,
Trinity Centre, Grand Canal Quay, Dublin 2
Free admission, open to all
More info: se@dacapo.ie
or info@dacapo.ie
New Works by Graphic Studio Dublin's master printer Tom Phelan
Tom Phelan, Masterprinter at Graphic
Studio Dublin showcases his new work at Graphic Studio Gallery. Employing
a complex printing technique of layering woodblock and etching, Phelan
builds up translucent colours and textures using hand-mixed iridescent
inks throughout his new suite of prints. Contrast and balance is achieved
by strong forms against the weave like quality of handmade Japanese Bamboo
paper.
Date: 2nd - 25th November. Opening
night 2nd November between 6-8 pm
Venue: Graphic Studio Gallery, Through the Arch
off Cope Street, Temple Bar
Contact: Catherine or Ruth at Graphic Studio Gallery.
www.graphicstudiodublin.com
IDI Design Awards - Best of Irish Design Exhibition
The Institute of Designers in Ireland in association with Enterprise Ireland
have collaborated to present an exhibition of award winning work from
2005 by IDI Members. The exhibition includes a range of design disciplines
and will appeal to all business sectors.
Date: Wednesday 8th - Friday 10th
November
Venue: Filmbase, Curved St, Temple Bar, Dublin
2
More Info: idi@indigo.ie
GMIT Letterfrack - Furniture Design Exhibition
This exhibition will demonstrate the very best in contemporary
furniture design and traditional craft expertise by showcasing exhibits
from students currently attending the Institute alongside exhibits from
graduates such as Laura Mays, Brian Murray and John Lee all three of whom
exhibited at the Create show in 2005. The exhibition will also feature
a lecture series on contemporary and traditional furniture design perspectives
from some of the leading authorities in this field. Prospective students
of the G.M.I.T. Letterfrack programmes and their parents are encouraged
to come along to a special Open-Afternoon on Saturday 4th November 2006,
from 3.00pm to 5.00pm.
Date: Thursday 5th October - Sunday
5th November
Venue: Farmleigh Gallery
Contact: Jeremy Madden, GMIT @ Letterfrack,
The Furniture College, Letterfrack, Co. Galway. 095 41660
Seamus Gill, Silversmithing "25 years on"
Date: November 2006
Opening hours: 9am - 6pm Monday to Saturday, Sunday 11 am - 6pm
Venue: DESIGNyard
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Plan Expo
Plan Expo is the most important exhibition in the Irish
construction industry calendar. It’s where the industry comes together
to see what’s new, to assess progress and to plan for the future.
It is the only exhibition that is endorsed by both the Construction Industry
Federation and the Royal Institute of Architects of Ireland. Synonymous
with all that is new and innovative in the industry, it has consistently
delivered for both exhibitors and visitors.
Date: Thursday 9th - Saturday 11th
November
Venue: RDS Simmonscourt, Ballsbridge, Dubin 4
GDBA IDEA Exhibition
2006 is the twelfth year that the Irish Design Effectiveness Awards has
been held. The Awards are an all-island competition, open to any firm
whose core business is branding, visual communications or new media. The
judging is divided between assessment of written case studies, with the
content approved by the client company, and the review of the actual visual
material presented. This is an exhibition of the panels entered by which
the judges assessed the visual quality of each company’s work.
Date: Wednesday 8th November
Venue: PINK, Rear Warehouse, 30-32 Sir John Rogerson’s
Quay, D2
More info: emma@idea.ie
1:An exhibition in mono in Image Now
London on-line design store Blanka invited 28 of the world’s leading
designers, including Irish design consultancy, Image Now, to produce 28
black and white A1 posters representing 28 essential graphic design terms.
The designers invited include Wim Crouwel, Peter Saville, Angus Hyland,
Experimental Jetset, North, Non-Format, Tom Hingston, Cartlidge Levine,
3 Deep to name a few.
Date: Friday 3rd - Friday 17th November
Venue: Image Now, New Bride Street, Dublin 8
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this event
ICAD Upstarts Exhibition
The ICAD Upstarts programme 2006 ran over six weeks,
with six advertising agencies, six design studios and a total of 24 ‘Upstarts’
taking part. ICAD is The Institute of Creative Advertising and Design
and it’s chief purpose is to ‘foster, promote and reward creative
excellence in Irish Advertising & Design’. It exists for the
greater good of the creative industries in Ireland and as such has pulled
the industry together to encourage and nurture fresh creative talent.
Date: Friday 10th November
Venue: Creative Inc, Great Strand Street
Contact: elaine@icad.ie
Admission: By appointment only
www.icad.ie
AWARDS //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
IDI - Graduate Designer Awards
The IDI Graduate Design Awards are an annual event celebrating the yearly
departure of design talent from the nest that is college. The Awards aim
to help the best of that talent to get a start in industry by promoting
their work to their potential employers through exhibition. Many of the
current acclaimed designers in Ireland were winners of the IDI Graduate
Designer Awards at some stage and we hope that this trend continues in
2006.
Date: Awards night Wednesday 8th November,
7pm
Venue: Bank of Ireland Head Office, Ground Floor, Block
A, Baggot st. Dublin 2
More info: idi@indigo.ie
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more information on this event
GDBA IDEA Awards
IDEA is completely concerned with rewarding those assignments that reflect
measured commercial and communications benefits delivered by the design
process alone. IDEA, unlike most design awards, seeks to reward and celebrate
the client-design relationship and deliver the clear message that good
design is about client needs and not just aesthetics.
Date: Thursday 9th November
Venue: Jury’s Hotel Ballsbridge
Tickets: €100 per person and €1000 per table
of 12
More info: emma@idea.ie
Dyson Student Design Awards
The aim of the award is to encourage and inspire design students and to
increase interest in Industrial and Product design courses throughout
the island of Ireland. The awards are open to degree / diploma year undergraduates
from Industrial Design and Product Design courses. Seeking to encourage
complete design excellence, the winning designs are those that encompass
all principles of design and offer strong advantages over existing products
on the market.
Date: Thursday 9th November
More info: info@designireland.ie
WORKSHOPS //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
ICAD Kesselskramer - Dutch Advertising
KesselsKramer is a communications company that works in several
different media including advertising, branding, graphic and product design,
editorial, exhibition curation and documentary film.
Date: Wednesday, 8th November
Time: Morning workshop
Venue: IFI, 6 Eustace St, Temple Bar, Dublin 2
Availability: Limited
Enquiries: elaine@icad.ie
STUDENT EVENTS
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Re-f-use Lecture
Mrs. Natasha Drabbe, architectural historian, and Project Manager at Premsela
(Dutch Design Foundation) will give a talk on sustainable product design
in The Netherlands.
Date: Tuesday 7th November
Venue: DIT Mountjoy Square
More info: brenda.dermody@dit.ie
www.premsela.org,
www.design.nl
Gilian Schrofer - Interior Designer
Designer of the Foreign Affairs of Dutch Design Exhibition. Founder
of Concrete Architectural Associates, designers of Supperclub Amsterdam,
Rome, San Francisco and De Lairesse Apotheek amongst others. Currently
Director of Concern B.V.
Date: Tuesday 7th November
Venue: IADT, Dun Laoghaire
More info: david.smith@iadt.ie
IDI - Graduate Design Awards
The IDI Graduate Design Awards are an annual event celebrating the yearly
departure of design talent from the nest that is college. The Awards aim
to help the best of that talent to get a start in industry by promoting
their work to their potential employers through exhibition. Many of the
current acclaimed designers in Ireland were winners of the IDI Graduate
Designer Awards at some stage and we hope that this trend continues in
2006.
Date: Exhibition of winners work 6th – 17th November
Time: Monday to Friday 9am – 5pm
Venue: Bank of Ireland Head Office, Ground Floor, Block
A, Baggot st. Dublin 2
More info: www.idi-design.com
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more information on this event
Student Creativity Day Sponsored by Dyson, supported by IDI and
Design Ireland
Student Creativity Day is a workshop that brings together students from
a range of colleges and courses from throughout Ireland. The students
are divided into different teams and set a design challenge. Over the
course of the day the students learn team working, cross disciplinary
skills, time management and shared creativity. The students are set a
design challenge at the start of the day and have to present ideas at
the end to their peers and judges. The day replicates the working environment
with an emphasis on shared experience and fun.
Date: Thursday 9th November, 9 - 6pm
Venue: Digital Exchange, Crane Street, The Digital Hub,
Dublin 8
More info: info@designireland.ie
Dyson Student Design Awards,
The aim of the award is to encourage and inspire design students and to
increase interest in Industrial and Product design courses throughout
the island of Ireland. The awards are open to degree / diploma year undergraduates
from Industrial Design and Product Design courses. Seeking to encourage
complete design excellence, the winning designs are those that encompass
all principles of design and offer strong advantages over existing products
on the market. The competition is now in its third year. The winner in
2004 Patrick Moloney, won with the design of Fast Cast, an innovative
product that speeds the recovery process of broken limbs. Last years winner
is Martin Ryan with a design for a long distance equestrian saddle.
Date: Thursday 9th November
Venue: Digital Exchange, Crane Street, The Digital Hub,
Dublin 8
More info: info@designireland.ie
IDI William H Walsh Lecture
Lunchtime Students Lecture with Richard Seymour, Seymour Powell
Richard Seymour is one of Europe’s best-know product designers.
Trained as a graphic designer and illustrator initially, his career has
taken him from book and record-sleeve design, through advertising and
film production design to a commanding position on the International stage,
with Seymourpowell (which he created with Dick Powell in 1984), now regarded
as one of the world’s leading Product Design consultancies.
Date: Friday 10th November, lunchtime
More Info: idi@indigo.ie
OTHER EVENTS //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
Design Trail: Hella Jongerius / Marcel Wanders Window Display
Date: Monday 6th - Friday 10th November
Venue: O'Hagan Outlets
www.jongeriuslab.com,
www.marcelwanders.com
More Info: See
the Design Week brochure
'The Aviation Book' launch at the RIAI
The world's Aircraft A-Z by Fia O Caoimh MRIAI, Published by Thames and
Hudson Fia O Caoimh illustrates the history of flight through meticulous
drawings of nearly 400 of the world's aircraft, each individually rendered
and with technical specifications.
Date: Thursday 9th November, 6.30 - 8pm
Venue: RIAI, 8 Merrion Square, Dublin 2, Ireland
RSVP Jill Jacob jjacob@riai.ie
www.theaviationbook.com
City Walk- Reflecting City Walk/ Exhibition trail
Date: Saturday 11th November
Venue: Dublin City
More Info: See
the Design Week brochure
Design Week Closing Event - Film Screening
Expect to be surprised!
Date: Saturday 11th November
Venue: Meeting House Square, Temple bar, Dublin 2
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