THE JURY

The International panel of jurors will be representative of business, designers and design commentators. The judging will be conducted in a round-table discussion format to be held in Dublin in September 2010. The jury will seek to assess how successful the designer was in achieving the objectives set out in the design brief.

In addition the jury will evaluate each entry for:

• Function
• Innovation
• Content / Context
• Production technique

The 2010 IDI Awards Jury will be announced shortly.

Stephen Conlon MBS. MIDI - Awards Chariperson

Stephen Conlon is a founder member and a former president of the Institute of Designers in Ireland. He holds a Masters in Business Studies (Hons) in International Marketing and Diplomas in: Exhibition Design / Effective Marketing Management / International Marketing and Market Research.

Stephen Conlon worked for 34 years with Enterprise Ireland, initially in the design and implementation of Ireland’s overseas promotional programme and eventually in International marketing advisory. Stephen has worked in almost every developed and some undeveloped markets across the globe. He established and headed up the Enterprise Ireland’s Design Unit to promote design development strategies to Irish businesses, working with companies to redesign and re-launch existing products and the development of entirely new ones. The Design Unit was also responsible for establishing Design Ireland, Stephen has spoken at a number of International design conferences on the promotion of design strategies, Singapore, Sydney, Brno and Prague and Nagoya.