The day was filled with honest conversations, shared values, and creative energy all centered around one powerful question: How can designers shape a sense of place that actively addresses the climate crisis? more

Design Declares Ireland present Amplifying Voices for Change with a keynote address by Duncan Stewart. This event, in partnership with CREW, spotlights the designers role in place making and contributing to their own communities. more

GASP! 2025 – The Digital Business of Storytelling took place on Friday, March 28th at Innovate Limerick, and the response was electric. The one-day conference sold out in advance, drawing a packed house of creatives, designers, brand strategists, and digital thinkers from across Ireland. more

Meet IDI members at the Ask An Expert Hub.
IDI will host the highly popular ‘Ask an Expert’ event, where visitors can book a one to one consultation with expert designers, free of charge. more

At the Design Leaders Conference 2025, IDI’s CEO Charlotte Barker shared a bold vision: “For Ireland to be recognised globally for design excellence, where the impacts benefit society as a whole.” more

Inspiring Today, Transforming Tomorrow

The Design Leaders Conference is where creative professionals across all design disciplines come together to connect, share and celebrate the power of design. more

Fast becoming one of our most popular features, this month we've interviewed four more designers making waves in their careers from offices and studios in the West. Check out the below stories from Lisa Breslin in Donegal, Alan Davis in Clare, Kerry Eugenie Prendiville in Clare, and Conor Buckley in Limerick. more

We started 2024 with an ambitious action plan, yet here we are at the end of the year with great progress made. There has been no shortage of things achieved. Both in what the IDI set out to do this year, plus opportunities that we were able to leverage in order to deliver against our Vision. more

The IDI Awards 2024 took centre stage at the RDS Dublin on Thursday the 14th of November, celebrating the incredible talents of designers and collaborators across Ireland. This year’s winners embody the resilience and creativity of Irish design, shining bright in the face of global challenges.

And the winners are…! more

In order to effectively support design businesses in Ireland, IDI is developing a strategy for data collection to better understand our sector’s needs
and support future growth of business. As such we launched the Nationwide Survey; I Am A Designer in January 2024, which captured data across Ireland in order to understand the changing landscape of the sector. more

A huge CONGRATULATIONS to the winners and commended entries of the IDI Graduate Awards 2024! more

Congratulations to everyone who made the shortlist for the IDI Awards 2024.

Our commiserations to those of you who didn't make the list. We hope the winning projects will inspire you to come back stronger next year. ⁠Sincere thanks to all our judges who did an incredible job of managing over 320 entries.⁠

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