IDI’s 49th Annual General Meeting was held on Tuesday 15th November, and we were pleased to report on a very positive year. Operationally IDI has strengthened considerably, and the level of output remains consistently high across both the IDI and the Design Skillnet.  more

A huge congratulations to all of the winners of the 2022 IDI Awards, who came out in force to celebrate in The Marker Hotel on 17th November, in particular the coveted Grand Prix prize awarded to Design Partners, who demonstrated consistent design excellence across all categories entered. more

A warm welcome to IDI's new president Mary Doherty, founder of Red Dog and two new IDI board directors Dr Kevin Dowd of TransferGo and John Lynch of Context Studio. more

IDI delivered the Design in Government Conference for Creative Ireland and the Department for Public Expenditure & Reform to launch Design Principles into government. more

Another successful Ideal Home Show this Autumn for 'Ask an Expert' hub participating interior designers IDI members Monica Daly, MD Designs; Angela Connolly, Conbu Interior Design; Linda McNally, Clontarf Interiors; Deirdre O'Connell, Dtale Interior Design; Lana Dullaghan, Lana Dullaghan Design and Jackie Carton, Carton Interiors who took the stage at the DFS Home Theatre hosted by Lorraine Keane to talk about "Injecting designer style, room by room". more

Congratulations to all the winners of the Graduate Design Awards 2022, who celebrated at the Graduate Awards Ceremony in TU Dublin on October 21st. Of 800 entries, the winners were truly deserving, and special congratulations to Emi Daly of IADT who won the Grand Prix! more

IDI is delighted to support its Interior Designer members at this year’s second edition of Ideal Home Show, returning to the RDS this weekend. Be sure to check out the ‘Ask the Expert’ stand hosted by IDI from Friday 21st to Sunday 23rd October with Monica Daly, MD Designs; Angela Connolly, Conbu Interior Design; Linda McNally, Clontarf Interiors; Lana Dullaghan, Lana Dullaghan and Deirdre O'Connell, Dtale Interior Design and Carton Interior's Creative director Jackie Carton's talk on Sunday. more

John Lynch is the founder and director of Context Studio, a service design practice based in Dublin and the co-chair of Service Design Network, Ireland Chapter. A valuable asset to the IDI board, bringing a service design lens to the activities of the IDI, supporting our work with government bodies to further amplify the voice of design in Ireland. more

We are delighted to announce the return of FEED, our bi-monthly in-person design talks to nourish creative thinkers' souls. more

The IDI Graduate Awards were created to recognise and reward outstanding and innovative design by new designers at the beginning of their creative careers. The 2022 ceremony is well on its way and the judges have spoken. The IDI Graduate Awards 2022 short list is now live. A huge congratulations to everyone who made the shortlist for the IDI Graduate Awards 2022! more

Lesley is the new Administrator for the IDI and Design Skillnet. She supports the delivery of strategic objectives and learning programmes through efficient financial and administrative support. more

Let's celebrate JOY! The Institute of Designers in Ireland (IDI) is 50 this year and are delighted to launch JOY. We bring all our flagship events together; the IDI Irish Design Awards 2022, Design Leaders Conference, led by Design Skillnet and ReJOYce - an exhibition celebrating 50 years of Irish Design for a true celebration of what we all stand for; great work.

Stay Tuned! Follow the hashtag #idiJOY and visit JOY's website.
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