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Foreword by Minister Ged Nash ........................................................................................pg 4Irish Design, Karen Hennessy ..............................................................................................pg 4At the threshold, Alex Milton ..................................................................................................pg 6Creative Collaborations, Louise Allen ..........................................................................pg 8Animation Ireland .........................................................................................................................pg 10Aodh ...........................................................................................................................................................pg 14Knut Klimmek ...................................................................................................................................pg 15Alex Gufler ............................................................................................................................................pg 15Arckit ..........................................................................................................................................................pg 16Damien Murtagh of Arkit Interview .............................................................................pg 17Claire Anne O’Brien.....................................................................................................................pg 18Ceadogán Rugs ..............................................................................................................................pg 19Claire Anne O’Brien in collaboration with Ceadogán Rugs ...............pg 20Rothschild & Bickers .................................................................................................................pg 21Emma Cahill........................................................................................................................................pg 22Genevieve Howard ......................................................................................................................pg 23 Designgoat .........................................................................................................................................pg 24Katie Sanderson ...........................................................................................................................pg 25Designgoat in collaboration with Katie Sanderson ..................................pg 26Design Partners in collaboration with Seed Labs Inc. - Silvair .......pg 28Design Partners - Causeway ............................................................................................pg 29Dolmen ....................................................................................................................................................pg 30Novaerus................................................................................................................................................pg 31Dolmen in collaboration with Novareus .................................................................pg 32Dolmen and Novareus Interviews ................................................................................pg 33Liminal - Milan ...................................................................................................................................pg 34Liminal - New York .......................................................................................................................pg 36Love and Robots ............................................................................................................................pg 38Niamh Lunny ......................................................................................................................................pg 39Love and Robots in collaboration with Niamh Lunny ...............................pg 40Love & Robots Interview ........................................................................................................pg 41Cathal Loughnane ........................................................................................................................pg 42Peter Sheehan .................................................................................................................................pg 43Cathal Loughnane in collaboration with Peter Sheehan ......................pg 44Mcor Technologies ......................................................................................................................pg 46Deirdre McCormack of Mcor Technologies talks about innovation and the development of the company ........................................pg 47The Salvage Press........................................................................................................................pg 48The Salvage Press in collaboration with the Distillers Press and Solaris Tea .............................................................................pg 49The Souvenir Project .................................................................................................................pg 50Studio AAD in collaboration with John McLaughlin ArchitectsThe Cabinet of Modern Irish Life ...................................................................................pg 54Scott Burnett of Studio AAD talks about Irish design and the development of The Cabinet of Modern Irish Life .......................................pg 57Think & Son in collaboration with Seymours Irish Biscuits ................pg 58The Stone Twins .............................................................................................................................pg 62Derek Wilson......................................................................................................................................pg 63VFX Association of Ireland...................................................................................................pg 64Interview with James Morris, Windmill Lane Studios ................................pg 66Zero-G ......................................................................................................................................................pg 68Liminal showreel ............................................................................................................................pg 70Team biographies .........................................................................................................................pg 71Thanks ......................................................................................................................................................pg 72

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Irish Design 2015

Showcasing Irish design to the world is central to all of the events and activities taking place this year as part of Irish Design 2015 (ID2015). Through an extensive year-long programme, we are presenting the work of contemporary Irish designers at major international design events and through trade missions, developing commercial opportunities and establishing strategic partnerships for the ongoing development of this vibrant sector.

As an Irish initiative with global reach, ID2015 offers Irish designers a unique opportunity to highlight the significant role and impact that design has in every facet of life, shining a spotlight on the level of innovation, collaboration and new product development happening in Ireland right now.

The business model of showcasing Irish creativity through our flagship exhibition Liminal – Irish design at the threshold is proving successful in generating real commercial opportunities. The featured designers have the ambition and capability to expand into international markets and the experience and industry knowledge gained from participating in events such as Dutch Design Week will have lasting benefits for the sector as a whole.

Collaboration with public and private partners both in Ireland and abroad, for which we are extremely grateful, has been central to the planning and delivery of the ID2015 programme in order to ensure a legacy from this year. With continued support and investment in design and working with our partners, ID2015 has the potential to act as a catalyst for significant change in Ireland’s competitiveness in the global marketplace and in creating employment opportunities over the years to come.

Karen HennessyChief Executive, Irish Design 2015

Foreword

Ireland’s creativity in areas such as literature, music and art is world-renowned. But in Ireland we also have many great businesses producing creative products and services using excellent internationally competitive and innovative design. The Irish Government’s ambition is to showcase these world-class businesses and support them in selling their goods and services internationally. It is important that we recognise the difference that good quality design can make to the long term competitiveness of individual enterprises and the economy as a whole, and promote this agenda to our greatest advantage.

Bringing Irish design to the world is based on bringing the very best of design across all disciplines to key international design weeks, architectural biennales and fashion weeks. The idea of designating a year to celebrating and promoting Irish design emerged from the Global Irish Economic Forum in 2013. The Government backed this proposal, supporting a comprehensive programme of national and international events and activities throughout 2015.

The aim of Irish Design 2015 (ID2015) is to bring visibility to Ireland’s dynamic design businesses, supporting them in trading in competitive foreign markets and ultimately creating jobs at home. The initiative is being convened by the Design & Crafts Council of Ireland (DCCoI), in collaboration with partner organisations, on behalf of the Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation, the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade and Enterprise Ireland.

As the flagship exhibition for ID2015, Liminal – Irish design at the threshold offers a unique platform for showcasing Irish innovation and creativity to discerning audiences around the world. The response to this exhibition’s previous outings at Milan Design Week and WantedDesign in New York highlights the success of Irish Design 2015 in promoting the breadth of Ireland’s design talent on the international stage.

The continued evolution of this exhibition throughout the year which has resulted in new work being unveiled at Dutch Design Week will be instrumental in positioning design at the heart of our creative economy and in growing Ireland’s reputation abroad as a home for innovative design products and services.

Ged Nash, TDMinister for Business and Employment

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Voorwoord

Het presenteren van Ierse vormgeving aan de wereld staat centraal bij alle evenementen en activiteiten die dit jaar worden gehouden als onderdeel van Irish Design 2015 (ID2015). Door middel van een jaar durend programma presenteren wij het werk van hedendaagse Ierse vormgevers bij belangrijke internationale vormgevingsevenementen, naast handelsmissies, het ontwikkelen van commerciële kansen en het opzetten van strategische partnerschappen voor de voortgaande ontwikkeling van deze levendige branche.

Als Iers initiatief met wereldwijd bereik biedt ID2015 Ierse vormgevers een unieke kans om de belangrijke rol en impact te benadrukken die vormgeving heeft in elk aspect van het leven en de schijnwerpers te richten op het niveau van innovatie, samenwerking en ontwikkeling van nieuwe producten die momenteel plaatsvindt in Ierland.

Het bedrijfsmodel van het presenteren van Ierse creativiteit door middel van onze vlaggenschipexpositie Liminal – Irish design at the threshold (Ierse vormgeving op de grens) blijkt succesvol in het genereren van daadwerkelijke commerciële kansen. De gepresenteerde vormgevers hebben de ambitie en capaciteit om uit te breiden naar internationale markten en de ervaring en industriekennis verkregen door deelname aan evenementen zoals de Dutch Design Week zal blijvende voordelen hebben voor de gehele branche.

Samenwerking met publieke en particuliere partners in zowel Ierland als daarbuiten, waarvoor wij zeer dankbaar zijn, is centraal geweest voor de planning en aflevering van het programma van ID2015 om voor een nalatenschap te zorgen van dit jaar. Met doorlopende ondersteuning van en investering in vormgeving en samenwerking met onze partners heeft ID2015 het potentieel om een katalysator te zijn voor een grote verandering in de concurrentievaardigheid van Ierland in de wereldwijde markt en in het creëren van werkgelegenheid de komende jaren.

Karen HennessyAlgemeen directeur Irish Design 2015

Irish Design 2015

Ierlands creativiteit op gebieden zoals literatuur, muziek en creativiteit is wereldwijd bekend. Maar in Ierland hebben we ook vele goede bedrijven die creatieve producten en diensten produceren met behulp van uitmuntende internationaal concurrerende en innovatieve vormgeving. Het is de ambitie van de Ierse overheid om deze topbedrijven in de kijker te plaatsen en ze te ondersteunen bij het internationaal verkopen van hun goederen en diensten. Het is belangrijk dat we het verschil erkennen dat hoogwaardige vormgeving kan maken voor de concurrentievaardigheid op lange termijn van afzonderlijke bedrijven en de economie als geheel en dat we deze agenda zo voordelig mogelijk promoten.

We laten de wereld kennismaken met Ierse vormgeving door het allerbeste van vormgeving over alle disciplines heen te brengen naar belangrijke internationale designweken, architectonische biënnales en modeweken. Het idee om een jaar te wijden aan het vieren en promoten van Ierse vormgeving kwam van het Global Irish Economic Forum in 2013. De overheid steunde dit voorstel, met ondersteuning voor een veelomvattend programma van nationale en internationale evenementen en activiteiten in 2015.

Het doel van Irish Design 2015 (ID2015) is zichtbaarheid geven aan Ierlands dynamische vormgevingsbedrijven, ze te ondersteunen bij hun zaken in competitieve buitenlandse markten en uiteindelijk banen te creëren thuis. Het initiatief is in het leven geroepen door de Design & Crafts Council van Ierland (DCCoI), in samenwerking met partnerorganisaties, in naam van het Ierse Ministerie van Werkgelegenheid, Ondernemingen en Innovatie, het Ministerie van Buitenlandse Zaken en Trade and Enterprise Ireland.

Als vlaggenschipexpositie voor ID2015 biedt Liminal – Irish design at the threshold (Ierse vormgeving op de grens) een uniek platform om Ierse vormgeving en creativiteit te presenteren aan een opmerkzaam publiek wereldwijd. De reacties op eerdere uitstapjes van deze expositie naar de Milan Design Week en WantedDesign in New York onderstrepen het succes van Irish Design 2015 bij het promoten van de veelzijdigheid van Ierlands vormgevingstalent op het internationale podium.

De doorlopende ontwikkeling van deze expositie gedurende het jaar, wat geleid heeft tot het onthullen van nieuw werk tijdens de Dutch Design Week, zal essentieel zijn bij het positioneren van vormgeving in het hart van onze creatieve economie en bij het versterken van Ierlands reputatie in het buitenland als thuis voor innovatieve vormgevingsproducten en -diensten.

Ged Nash, TDMinister van Zaken en Werkgelegenheid

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At the threshold

Ireland is a small island at the edge of Europe with remarkable global reach. There are an estimated 80 million people worldwide that are of Irish origin, and this connected, collaborative network creates an influence beyond our size. Irish design has a history of harnessing creativity, and its practitioners have consistently explored emergent fields, unbound by disciplinary convention or commercial silos. This has enabled designers to draw upon their resilience to rebuild and remodel their practices through design thinking and help drive Ireland’s rapidly expanding creative economy.

With a breadth of disciplines ranging from the tech start-ups of Dublin’s silicon docks, through to architectural innovation and woven textile manufacture, the Ireland of today tells a fascinating story of design on the edge and design between the boundaries.

To mark the year of Irish Design 2015 (ID2015) – a major government-backed initiative seeking to increase the awareness, understanding and use of design in Irish society, and to promote Irish design capability internationally – Liminal – Irish design at the threshold is an exhibition presenting a selection of Ireland’s most exciting design thinking and practice. Working across a variety of disciplines, the exhibiting designers, companies and studios have been selected for the innovative outlook of their work, its connectivity and ability to transcend disciplinary boundaries to address the issues of today.

Increasingly, designers across the globe are striving to locate their work within a state of political, economic and social flux, to find a position where their thinking and practice stays emergent and fresh, without becoming stylised and fixed. In this sense, contemporary design offers a provisional exploratory and transitional space laden with unexplored possibilities, a dynamic state of creativity where work is held in a playful, transformative tension.

Ireland’s creative output has long been framed by literature, music, theatre, filmmaking and art, yet these represent only a fragment of the breadth of Irish creativity. This flagship exhibition adds a new chapter to Ireland’s creative story, a tale that has featured iconic figures such as Eileen Gray and progressive initiatives such as the Kilkenny Design Workshops (the first government-sponsored design agency in the world, launched in 1963), all built upon a rich legacy of indigenous craft skills.

This exhibition reveals the potential for the transgressive quality of Irish design in 2015 and beyond. The Irish are innate storytellers, keen to address and resolve the big issues of today through passionate conversation and debate. As design increasingly seeks to create holistic experiences and narratives, Ireland is well placed to play a significant role in twenty-first century design, helping to meet the design challenges of tomorrow. Revelling in its trans-geographical, trans-cultural and trans-disciplinary nature, Liminal provides a timely platform for creative change on the island of Ireland.

Liminal spaces lie between the known and the unknown – transitional spaces of heightened intensity that we experience when we cross the threshold of what is known. They are doorways, gateways and pathways between ideas, feelings or disciplines. Taking the theme of ‘the Liminal’, this exhibition explores the craft of collaboration and presents the exploratory journeys undertaken by designers. Moving through a series of design venues, starting in Milan, and traveling to New York, Eindhoven and on to Dublin, the evolving exhibition narrative plays with the scope of the provisional, the possible and the unexplored in Irish design.

Tasked with exhibiting new products, experiences or processes, the exhibitors have created work that resonates across the world but is indicative of the modern Irish design community. Commissioned projects move between global market and local space, public use and private value, work and home, commerce and culture to foster creative collaborations across design disciplines.

Liminal explores the dissolution of disciplinary order and hierarchies, creating a fluid, malleable domain that enables new design methods and customs to take speculative form. It stimulates, contextualises and celebrates interdisciplinarity as a particular phenomenon of emerging design practice in Ireland, curating an open space where design is presented and reflected upon, and where it can elaborate on the possibilities and processes embedded in creative collaborations.

The Eindhoven leg of Liminal’s global journey seeks to evoke and capture the mutually constructed sense of place and the social, cultural and professional relationships that create Ireland’s distinct design landscape. Exhibition designers John McLaughlin Architects have created an abstract terrain, into and onto which the specially commissioned projects map Ireland’s design landmarks, districts (sections of coherence), paths, nodes (points of interest), and edges (boundaries), creating a curated, cartographic tool for navigating Irish design today.

Liminal presents a pivotal chapter in Irish design, exploring, identifying and presenting our creativity, and how our designers, companies and studios are moving across the boundaries and limits of what design was, into what design can become.

Alex MiltonProgramme Director, Irish Design 2015Liminal Co-curator

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Op de grens

Ierland is een klein eiland aan de rand van Europa met een opmerkelijk wereldwijd bereik. Er zijn ongeveer 80 miljoen mensen over de gehele wereld met een Ierse herkomst en dit verbonden, samenwerkende netwerk zorgt voor een invloed die verder reikt dan ons formaat. Ierse vormgeving heeft een geschiedenis van het benutten van creativiteit. Ierse vormgevers hebben doorlopend opkomende terreinen verkend, onbegrensd door vakconventies of commerciële hokjes. Hierdoor hebben vormgevers hun veerkracht kunnen gebruiken om hun praktijken te herbouwen en opnieuw te vormen door vormgevingsdenkwerk en stuwen ze Ierlands snel groeiende creatieve economie.

Met een diversiteit aan disciplines van de technologiestart-ups van Dublins Silicon Docks tot architectonische innovatie en productie van geweven textiel, vertelt het hedendaagse Ierland een fascinerend verhaal van vormgeving op de rand en vormgeving tussen de grenzen.

Ter gelegenheid van Irish Design 2015 (ID2015) – een belangrijk initiatief gesteund door de overheid met als doel het vergroten van het bewustzijn, begrip en gebruik van vormgeving in de Ierse maatschappij, naast het internationaal promoten van Ierse vormgevingscapaciteiten – wordt Liminal – Irish design at the threshold gehouden, een expositie die een selectie van Ierlands meest opwindende vormgevingsdenken en -praktijk presenteert. Uit een reeks disciplines zijn de exposerende vormgevers, bedrijven en studio’s geselecteerd voor de innovatieve kijk van hun werk, de verbondenheid en het vermogen om disciplinaire grenzen te overstijgen om hedendaagse problemen aan te pakken.

In toenemende mate streven vormgevers over de gehele wereld ernaar om hun werk te in een omgeving van politieke, economische en sociale ontwikkelingen te plaatsen, om een positie te vinden waar hun denken en doen nieuw en fris blijven, zonder gestileerd en gefixeerd te raken. In deze zin biedt hedendaagse vormgeving een tijdelijke, verkennende overgangsruimte, beladen met onontdekte mogelijkheden, een dynamische toestand van creativiteit waarin werk speels en transformerend is.

Ierlands creatieve output heeft zich lang beperkt tot literatuur, muziek, theater, film en kunst, maar deze zijn slechts een klein deel van de diversiteit van Ierse creativiteit. Deze vlaggenschiptentoonstelling voegt een nieuw hoofdstuk toe aan Ierlands creatieve geschiedenis, een verhaal met iconische figuren als Eileen Gray en progressieve initiatieven zoals de Kilkenny Design Workshops (het eerste door de overheid gesteunde ontwerpbureau ter wereld, opgericht in 1963), gebouwd op een reik verleden van autochtoon vakmanschap.

Deze expositie onthult het potentieel van de grensoverschrijdende kwaliteit van Ierse vormgeving in 2015 en verder. De Ieren zijn geboren vertellers en willen graag de grote hedendaagse problemen oplossen door passievolle gesprekken en discussie. Nu vormgeving steeds vaker probeert holistische ervaringen en verhalen te creëren, heeft Ierland een goede uitgangspositie om een significante rol te spelen in vormgeving in de eenentwintigste eeuw en te helpen toekomstige vormgevingsuitdagingen aan te gaan. Met zijn transgeografische, transculturele en transdisciplinaire aard biedt Liminal een opportuun platform voor creatieve verandering op het Ierse eiland.

Tussen het bekende en het onbekende bevinden zich Liminale ruimtes – overgankelijke ruimtes met een verhoogde intensiteit die wij ervaren wanneer wij de grens van het bekende overschrijden. Er zijn deuren, poorten en paden tussen ideeën, gevoelens of disciplines. Met het thema van ‘het Liminale’ verkent deze expositie de kunst van het samenwerken en presenteert de ontdekkingsreizen die vormgevers ondernemen. Door middel van een reeks vormgevingsevenementen, beginnende in Milaan, via New York en Eindhoven naar Dublin, speelt de zich ontwikkelende expositie met het kader van het tijdelijke, het mogelijke en het onontdekte in Ierse vormgeving.

Met als taak nieuwe producten, ervaringen of processen te tonen, hebben de exposanten werken gecreëerd die wereldwijd weerklank vinden, maar kenmerkend zijn van de moderne Ierse vormgevingsgemeenschap. Projecten in opdracht wisselen tussen de wereldwijde markt en lokale ruimte, publiek gebruik en particuliere waarde, werk en thuis, handel en cultuur, om creatieve samenwerkingen over vormgevingsdisciplines heen te bewerkstelligen.

Liminal verkent de verdwijning van disciplinaire orde en hiërarchieën, waardoor een vloeibaar, smeedbaar domein wordt gecreëerd waarin nieuwe vormgevingsmethoden en gebruiken een speculatieve vorm kunnen aannemen. Het stimuleert, geeft context aan en viert interdisciplinariteit als specifiek fenomeen van opkomende vormgevingspraktijken in Ierland. Het beheert een open ruimte, waar vormgeving wordt gepresenteerd en bestudeerd en waar het kan uitweiden over de mogelijkheden en processen die onderdeel uitmaken van creatieve samenwerkingen.

Het Eindhovense deel van de wereldwijde rondreis van Liminal streeft ernaar het wederzijds geconstrueerde gevoel van plaats op te wekken en vast te leggen, naast de sociale, culturele en professionele relaties die Ierlands onderscheidende vormgevingslandschap hebben gecreëerd. De exposerende vormgevers John McLaughlin Architects hebben een abstract terrein gecreëerd, waarin en waarop de speciale projecten Ierlands vormgevingsmijlpalen, districten (samenhangende onderdelen), paden, knooppunten (interessante punten) en randen (grenzen) in kaart worden gebracht, waardoor een geactualiseerd cartografisch hulpmiddel wordt gecreëerd om door de hedendaagse Ierse vormgeving te navigeren.

Liminal presenteert een cruciaal hoofdstuk in Ierse vormgeving en verkent, identificeert en presenteert onze creativiteit en hoe onze vormgevers, bedrijven en studio’s de grenzen en limieten overschrijden van wat vormgeving was, naar wat vormgeving kan worden.

Alex MiltonProgramme Director, Irish Design 2015Liminal Co-curator

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Creative Collaborations

The opportunity to juxtapose a diverse range of skills, materials, references and perspectives to enrich the design process and to trace their evolution over a period of time is an engaging proposition. Liminal provides the impetus and space for a series of design-led collaborative relationships to emerge during Irish Design 2015. By its nature, collaboration demands a level of trust and openness: there can be unknowns, surprises and unintended outcomes. We have selected and invited designers to work together with a purpose and a collective determination to create a narrative between their own creative process and one that is influenced by parameters of partnership, time and material.

Liminal intentionally sets out to challenge the norm, to present work that asks questions of design week audiences, and invites them into a collaborative conversation. The first iteration of Liminal, exhibited in Milan and New York, focused on collaborations between furniture, textile and interior-related product. It is fitting that the nature and scope of collaborations for Dutch Design Week extend significantly beyond this to include future-focused speculative works intended to be experimental in nature along with those that integrate technology and digital media. The projects vary significantly in their context, purpose and ambition.

Some such as ‘Kelp’, a collaboration between Designgoat and chef Katie Sanderson, are playful interventions that literally offer a ‘taste of Irish design’, with seaweed cured trout presented as a starter course served in specially designed vessels. The centrality of food in Irish hospitality plays an important role in Liminal and has led to collaborations between Think & Son (designer Annie Atkins and writer Eoghan Nolan) and Seymours Irish Biscuits. The biscuit offers something sweet and is designed to narrate whimsical stories from Irish culture and tell some tall tales from our not-too-distant past. In Ireland, an accompanying cup of tea is a prerequisite, which is why Jamie Murphy was commissioned to collaborate with Solaris Tea to develop uniquely designed packaging.

As Liminal moves across continents, the connection to landscape and topography dominate. Design Partners’ ‘Causeway’ is an intersection of artefact and experience, a bespoke creation for ID2015 representing a design island connecting to the rest of the world. Each corner of ‘Causeway’ controls a beautiful animation that travels along a faceted topographical surface. Only by pressing combinations of corners does ‘Causeway’ really come to life, encouraging interaction, play and discovery between people across this landscape. Navigating Ireland’s journey from the past to the present day is reflected by the work of Zero-G who took Ireland’s 1937 constitution as the starting point for their project. Over a period of months, Zero-G has mapped the evolution of Ireland’s legislative, judicial, executive and local governmental structures to create a nuanced and layered infographic that conveys complex data in a single view.

Moving from topography to the built environment, Damien Murtagh’s ‘Arckit’ is a groundbreaking, scaled, freeform modelling system. It allows architects to physically explore designs and bring their projects to life with speed and precision. ‘Arckit’ is based on modern building techniques and a 1.2m grid to scale, consisting of a series of interconnecting components that enable vast building possibilities. At DDW, an interactive space will allow budding architects as young as 12 years of age to build amazing physical models with a professional design tool.

The reality of 3D printing becoming mainstream and accessible to all is part of the vision of Ireland’s Mcor Technologies. Mcor are an innovative manufacturer of the world’s most affordable, full-colour, eco-friendly 3D printers, the only 3D printers to use ordinary business-A4/letter paper as the build material. For DDW, we issued an open call to designers and creatives working across the spectrum of design, research and interdisciplinary sectors to explore the potential of Mcor’s unique 3D print technology. One of Mcor’s Iris 3D HD printers will be onsite throughout Dutch Design Week.

The collaboration between innovative design platform Love

and Robots and costume designer Niamh Lunny led to the creation of ‘Plumage’, described as an exploration of patterns in fabric such as knit and lace, as well as 3-dimensional structures, surfaces, and natural phenomena. The Plumage cape extends those explorations to construct a piece of clothing that is 3D printed in one piece, without any assembly required, and includes over 5,000 moving component parts.

Operating in the world of cutting edge technology, Novaerus, developers of ‘airborne pathogen control technology’, will ensure that Liminal has the cleanest air in Klokegbouw. Novaerus, who are working with innovative Irish design consultancy Dolmen on the development of their product range, will be tracking and annihilating pathogens and viruses in real time.

Narrative and story telling is deeply embedded in Irish design, culture and psyche. Over the past two decades the Irish animation sector has grown in strength with companies such as Cartoon Saloon, nominated for two Oscars for The Secret of Kells and Song of the Sea, productions that animate stories from Celtic mythology to mass appeal. In Eindhoven, we will show the work of a number of award winning animation studios. Meanwhile, the explosion of CGI and VFX has led to the expansion of Irish film production companies. At DDW, we go behind the scenes showing detailed breakdowns of CGIs on some of the biggest blockbuster movies across the globe.

Moving from the digital world back to the physical, The Souvenir Project, commissioned by ID2015, showcases the extraordinary creative talent and quality of materials and making within Ireland. Souvenirs are a symbolic reminder of experience, location and culture, and this collection of authentic Irish products, designed and made in Ireland, provides visitors with a means of taking home the very best of Irish design. Ireland’s material heritage is strongly referenced in the work of Claire Anne O’Brien. It draws on traditional techniques such as weaving, knotting and basketry to make playful investigations into structure and form using the unique properties of knit. Her collaboration with Ceadogán Rugs utilises the height and depth of pile to create a relief pattern that mimics a structured weave.

Peter Sheehan and Cathal Loughnane are launching ‘The Pilgrim Chair’ which has evolved as a next step following their collaboration on ‘The History Chair’. Working with craftsman Ryan Connolly they pared back the design language of the History chair to realise a new chair with a similar presence but with the emphasis on silhouette and simplicity.

The ‘Lann table’, designed by Knut Klimmek and the Aran armchair designed by Italian Alex Gulfer, is the result of a collaboration with Garrett O’Hagan, and forms part of the recently launched ‘Aodh’ collection of furniture representing pure, refined reductive design with sleek linear profiles.

The ‘Mineral pendants’ by Rothschild and Bickers appear like a series of planets suspended in space. Created in response to the growing trend for using organic materials, these pendants house a new technology developed by Seed labs Inc., who work closely with Design Partners. The technology, ‘Silvair’, allows for a new type of haptic intuitive interface that controls our ambient environment.

From the ambient environment to the domestic interior, Studio Aad in collaboration with John McLaughlin Architects present ‘The Cabinet of Modern Irish Life’. The cabinet, or dresser, has long been the backdrop to Irish life. Taking pride of place in the home, it facilitated a mixture of specific and general functions. The Cabinet of Modern Irish Life has been curated by Studio Aad to provide a window into contemporary Irish life and the design that binds it together.

Creative collaboration is a permanent work in progress. It is a collective process made and remade, revised and reiterated, reinterpreted and reimagined. Liminal is a laboratory to reveal this evolutionary process, presenting, archiving and transforming new design processes and products at a series of public events at design fairs across the globe.

We welcome your contributions to this journey.

Louise AllenHead of International Programmes, Irish Design 2015Liminal Co-curator

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Creatieve samenwerkingen

De gelegenheid om een diverse reeks vaardigheden, materialen, referenties en perspectieven naast elkaar te plaatsen om het vormgevingsproces te verrijken en hun ontwikkeling in de loop der tijd te volgen is een uitnodigend voorstel. Liminal biedt de prikkel en de ruimte om een reeks samenwerkingen omtrent vormgeving te doen ontstaan tijdens Irish Design 2015. Vanwege zijn aard vraagt samenwerking om een zekere mate van vertrouwen en openheid: er kunnen onzekerheden, verrassingen en onbedoelde uitkomsten zijn. We hebben vormgevers geselecteerd en uitgenodigd om samen te werken met een doel en een gezamenlijke vastberadenheid om een verhaal te creëren tussen hun eigen creatieve processen en een die wordt beïnvloed door de parameters van partnerschap, tijd en materialen.

Liminal stuurt er bewust op aan om de norm uit te dagen, om werk te presenteren dat vragen stelt aan het publiek en ze uitnodigt tot gezamenlijke discussie. De eerste uitvoering van Liminal, geëxposeerd in Milaan en New York, richtte zich op samenwerkingen tussen meubilair, textiel en interieurgerelateerde producten. Het is passend dat de aard en reikwijdte van de samenwerkingen voor de Dutch Design Week zich veel verder uitstrekken dan dat tot toekomstgerichte speculatieve werken van een bewust experimentele aard, naast samenwerkingen die technologie en digitale media integreren. De projecten verschillen sterk in hun context, doel en ambitie.

Sommige, zoals ‘Kelp’, een samenwerking tussen Designgoat en chef-kok Katie Sanderson, zijn speelse tussenkomsten die letterlijk een ‘proefje van Ierse vormgeving’ bieden, met forel behandeld met zeewier als voorafje, geserveerd in speciaal ontworpen schalen. De centrale plaats van voedsel in de Ierse gastvrijheid speelt een belangrijke rol in Liminal en heeft geleid tot samenwerkingen tussen Think & Son (vormgever Annie Atkins en schrijver Eoghan Nolan) en Seymours Irish Biscuits. De biscuit biedt iets zoets en is ontworpen om grappige verhalen uit de Ierse cultuur en sterke verhalen uit het niet zo verre verleden te vertellen. In Ierland is een bijbehorend kopje thee een vereiste, wat de reden is waarom Jamie Murphy in opdracht een samenwerking is aangegaan met Solaris Tea om uniek vormgegeven verpakkingen te ontwikkelen.

Daar Liminal zich over de continenten heen beweegt, domineert de verbinding met het landschap en de topografie. ‘Causeway’ van Design Partners is een kruising tussen een artefact en een ervaring, een creatie in opdracht voor ID2015 die een vormgevingseiland representeert dat verbinding maakt met de rest van de wereld.

Iedere hoek van ‘Causeway’ bestuurt een prachtige animatie die over een veelzijdig topografisch oppervlak reist. Slechts door combinaties van hoeken in te drukken komt ‘Causeway’ echt tot leven en moedigt interactie, speelsheid en ontdekking aan tussen mensen in dit landschap. Ierlands reis vanuit het verleden naar de toekomst wordt weerspiegeld in het werk van Zero-G dat Ierlands grondwet van 1937 als uitgangspunt hebben genomen voor hun project. Gedurende meerdere maanden heeft Zero-G de ontwikkeling van Ierlands wetgevende, rechterlijke, bestuurlijke en lokale overheidsstructuren in kaart gebracht om een genuanceerde, gelaagde infographic te creëren die complexe gegevens overbrengt in één overzicht.

Om van topografie naar de bebouwde omgeving te gaan; ‘Arckit’ van Damien Murtagh is een baanbrekend, schaalbaar, vrijevorm modeleringssysteem. Hiermee kunnen architecten fysiek ontwerpen verkennen en hun projecten snel en nauwkeurig tot leven brengen. ‘Arckit’ is gebaseerd op moderne bouwtechnieken en een 1,2 meter rooster op schaal, bestaande uit een reeks samenhangende componenten die eindeloze bouwmogelijkheden creëren. Bij DDW laat een interactieve ruimte ontluikende architecten vanaf 12 jaar fantastische fysieke modellen bouwen met een professionele vormgevingstool.

De realiteit waarin 3D-printen mainstream is en toegankelijk voor iedereen maakt onderdeel uit van de visie van Mcor Technologies uit Ierland. Mcor is een innovatieve fabrikant van ’s werelds meest betaalbare full colour, milieuvriendelijke 3D-printers, de enige die gewoon A4- en Letter-papier gebruiken als constructiemateriaal. Voor DDW hebben we een open oproep gedaan aan vormgevers en creatieve personen in het gehele spectrum van vormgeving, onderzoek en interdisciplinaire sectoren om het potentieel van Mcors unieke 3D-printtechnologie te onderzoeken. Een van Mcors Iris 3D-HD-printers zal gedurende de Dutch Design Week aanwezig zijn.

De samenwerking tussen het innovatie vormgevingsplatform Love and Robots en kostuumontwerper Niamh Lunny heeft geleid tot de creatie van ‘Plumage’, wat wordt omgeschreven als een verkenning van

patronen in stoffen zoals brei- en kantwerk, naast driedimensionale structuren, oppervlakken en natuurlijke fenomenen. De Plumage Cape breidt die verkenningen uit om een kledingstuk te creëren dat als één geheel wordt 3D-geprint, zonder dat er verdere constructie nodig is, met meer dan 5000 bewegende onderdelen.

Novaerus, ontwikkelaar van ‘technologie voor bestrijding van ziekteverwekkers in de lucht’, opererend in de wereld van baanbrekende technologie, zorgt ervoor dat Liminal de schoonste lucht in het Klokgebouw heeft. Novaerus, dat samenwerkt met het innovatieve Ierse ontwerpbureau Dolmen aan de ontwikkeling van hun productassortiment, zal in real-time ziekteverwekkers opsporen en uitschakelen.

Verhalen en vertellen is diep geworteld in de Ierse vormgeving, cultuur en geest. De afgelopen twee decennia is de Ierse animatiesector sterker geworden met bedrijven zoals Cartoon Saloon, genomineerd voor twee Oscars voor The Secret of Kells en Song of the Sea, producties die verhalen uit de Keltische mythologie animeren voor het brede publiek. In Eindhoven tonen we het werk van een aantal prijswinnende animatiestudio’s. Ondertussen heeft de explosie van CGI en VFX geleid tot de uitbreiding van Ierse filmproductiebedrijven. Bij DDW gaan we achter de schermen en laten we gedetailleerde uitwerkingen zien van CGI in enkele van de grootste blockbusterfilms wereldwijd.

Om van de digitale wereld weer terug te gaan naar de fysieke; het Souvenir-project, in opdracht van ID2015, toont het buitengewone creatieve talent en de kwaliteit van materialen en vakmanschap in Ierland. Souvenirs zijn een symbolische herinnering aan een ervaring, locatie en cultuur. Deze verzameling authentieke Ierse producten, ontworpen en vervaardigd in Ierland, laten bezoekers het beste van Ierse vormgeving mee naar huis nemen. Ierlands materiële erfenis is sterk aanwezig in het werk van Claire Anne O’Brien. Het maakt gebruik van traditionele technieken als weven, knopen en mandvlechten voor speels onderzoek naar structuur en vorm, gebruikmakend van de unieke eigenschappen van breiwerk. In haar samenwerking met Ceadogán Rugs wordt gebruikgemaakt van de poolhoogte en -diepte om een reliëfpatroon te creëren dat een gestructureerd weefsel nabootst.

Peter Sheehan en Cathal Loughnane lanceren de ‘Pilgrim Chair’, welke is ontwikkeld als volgende stap, volgend op hun samenwerking aan de ‘History Chair’. In samenwerking met ambachtsman Ryan Connolly hebben ze de vormgevingstaal van de History Chair uitgekleed om een nieuwe stoel te creëren met een vergelijkbare uitstraling, maar met een nadruk op silhouet en eenvoud.

De ‘Lann Table’, ontworpen door Knut Klimmek, en de Aran stoel, ontworpen door de Italiaan Alex Gulfer, is het resultaat van een samenwerking met Garrett O’Hagan en maakt deel uit van de recent gelanceerde ‘Aodh’-meubelcollectie, welke pure, verfijnde, reductieve vormgeving met slanke, lineaire profielen representeert.

De ‘Mineral pendants’ van Rothschild en Bickers lijken een serie planeten die in de ruimte hangen. Gemaakt als reactie op de toenemende trend om organische materialen te gebruiken, ontwikkeld door Seed labs Inc., dat nauw samenwerkt met Design Partners. De technologie, ‘Silvair’, maakt een nieuw type haptische, intuïtieve interface mogelijk die ons omgevingsmilieu regelt.

Om van het omgevingsmilieu naar huishoudelijk interieur te gaan; Studio Aad presenteert in samenwerking met John McLaughlin Architects het ‘Cabinet of Modern Irish Life’. Het kabinet of dressoir is lang de achtergrond geweest voor het leven in Ierland. Met een trotse plaats in het huis faciliteerde het een mengsel van specifieke en algemene functies. Het Cabinet of Modern Irish Life is samengesteld door Studio Aad om een blik te bieden op het hedendaagse Ierse leven en de vormgeving die het samenbindt.

Creatieve samenwerking is een permanent werk in uitvoering. Het is een gezamenlijk proces dat wordt gemaakt en hermaakt, herzien en hervormd, geherinterpreteerd en herbedacht. Liminal is een laboratorium om dit evolutionaire proces te onthullen, waarbij nieuwe vormgevingsprocessen en producten worden gepresenteerd, gearchiveerd en getransformeerd tijdens een reeks publieke evenementen op vormgevingsbeurzen over de gehele wereld.

Wij verwelkomen uw bijdragen aan deze reis.

Louise AllenHead of International Programmes, Irish Design 2015Liminal Co-curator

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Animation Ireland

Animation Ireland is a group of leading Irish animation companies working together to promote Ireland’s world class animation sector internationally. With millions of children around the world watching Irish produced animations each week, Ireland is a recognised leader with talented and technically sophisticated 2D and 3D studios creating and producing content for TV, film, games, mobile and apps. The Irish animation industry has experienced substantial growth over the past five years emerging as a central component of Ireland’s digital and creative economy. Award winning Irish studios employ 1,000+ technical and creative staff.

animationireland.com

Animation Ireland is een groep toonaangevende Ierse animatiebedrijven die samenwerken om Ierlands animatiesector van wereldklasse wereldwijd te promoten. Met miljoenen kinderen over de gehele wereld die elke week in Ierland geproduceerde animatieprogramma’s kijken, is Ierland een erkende leider met getalenteerde en technisch geavanceerde 2D- en 3D-studio’s die content creëren en produceren voor tv, film, games, mobiel en apps. De Ierse animatie-industrie is de afgelopen vijf jaar sterk gegroeid en heeft zich ontwikkeld tot centraal onderdeel van Ierlands digitale en creatieve economie. Prijswinnende Ierse studio’s hebben meer dan 1000 technische en creatieve medewerkers.

A Man & Ink

A Man & Ink have been working hard for the past ten years producing animation both independently and in collaboration with other companies across shorts, TV series and features. For themselves, they made the shorts Scarecrow, Miss Remarkable & Her Career — with Lisbet Gabrielsson AB (Sweden) and Bullitt Film (Denmark), winner of the Fipresci Award at the Annecy International Animation Festival — and The Neighbours — a co-production with ithinkasia (Cambodia) that is currently touring festivals — and the mini-series The Variety Show. And with others: the series Ish’hafan (Freakish Kid, Hungary) and Joe & Jack (Dancing Girl Productions, Ireland); and the feature films The Secret of Kells and Song of the Sea (both with Cartoon Saloon, Ireland). They are also currently working on a short called A Stitch in Time.

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Barley Films

Barley Films are passionate about diversity. The company has produced nine animated shorts since 2002 using CGI, cut-out, digital and hand-drawn techniques. Their work has screened at over 300 festivals in 39 countries. The Barley Films crew has always had an international flavour, with artists from Ireland, Canada, the UK, France, Sweden, South Korea, Lithuania and Italy all working at their Dublin studio. They are also proud that four of their films have been directed by talented women. The company plans to produce a trilogy of animated features in Ireland over the next five years. The first of these is their principal development project from the last few years, Little Caribou.

barleyfilms.net

Blacknorth Studio

Blacknorth Studio was incorporated in 2009 and started strong with its first BBC commission ‘Living with Alcohol’ winning BAFTA: Best Factual Programme (Winner, 2010). Blacknorth was quick to realise its creative strength within the animation industry. They provide an animation serviceto producers working with seriouscontent, stories with sensitive subjectmatter that can reach specific audiences. In 2012, ‘My Autism and me’ won an Emmy, an RTS in the for Craft and Design category, and Blacknorth were nominated for a BAFTA for this and ‘Hardtimes’.

Blacknorth has shaped itself into Northern Ireland’s finest and most stimulating digital media company by maintaining a mature and robust pipeline, providing a reliable and high-end service in both animation and VFX whilst generating in-house intellectual property.

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Boulder Media

Boulder Media have been making high-end 2D and 3D animation for international markets at their Dublin studio since 2000, producing shows like the Emmy award– winning Foster’s Home for Imaginary Friends, El Tigre, and the BAFTA, Annie and Emmy award–winning The Amazing World of Gumball for Cartoon Network. They have already completed season one of Disney XDs flagship show Randy Cunningham: 9th Grade Ninja and also produced the first feature-length Lalaloopsy DVD for toy manufacturers MGA. Other high-profile clients include Nickelodeon and ABC.

bouldermedia.tv

Deadly by Kavaleer

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Animation Ireland

Here To Fall by Blacknorth Studio

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Caboom

Caboom is a multi-disciplinary production company based in Dublin and LA. Working in live-action, puppetry and animation, the company draws on more than 20 years’ experience to produce award-winning content for creatively ambitious clients. Caboom’s work is broad and varied, from animation series for the web to live-action commercials; animated content for apps and games to live-action comedy series. Clients include Disney, TBS, RTÉ, CBBC, BBC, Fox, Warners, American Greetings, Mattel and the Jim Henson Company. The company is best known for its puppet series Special 1 TV, which has aired internationally on TV and online and has earned the company a YouTube partnership for its unique use of social media to build and engage an audience.

caboom.ie

Dancing Girl Productions

Dancing Girl Productions was established by veteran animation and live-action producers Maeve McAdam and Villi Ragnarsson and has offices in the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland. Because of this, the company is in a unique position to source funding. Dancing Girl Productions is focused on developing and producing long-running animation series and live-action projects for the domestic and international film and TV markets.

animationireland.com/dancinggirl.htm

Brown Bag Films

Brown Bag Films is one of Europe’s most successful creative-led animation studios. Celebrating twenty years in business, their Dublin-based headquarters have produced cutting-edge animation for the international market since 1994, bagging numerous awards along the way. These include Oscar nominations for Give Up Yer Aul Sins (2002) and Granny O’Grimm’s Sleeping Beauty (2010), three Emmy® awards for Peter Rabbit (2014), and a host of BAFTA, Emmy, IFTA and Annie nominations for their hit shows Octonauts, Doc McStuffins and Henry Hugglemonster. Brown Bag Films are committed to producing the highest quality cross-platform animation with strong stories and engaging characters. Founded and managed by animators Cathal Gaffney and Darragh O’Connell, Brown Bag Films is one of Ireland’s business success stories, now employing over 160 full-time staff.

brownbagfilms.com

Cartoon Saloon

The Academy Award nominated animation studio Cartoon Saloon was set up in 1999 by Tomm Moore, Paul Young and Nora Twomey. With award-winning short films such as From Darkness, Cúilín Dualach/Backwards Boy, Old Fangs and The Ledge End of Phil (from accounting) to TV series like Skunk Fu! (broadcast in over 120 territories) and Puffin Rock (due for broadcast with Nick Jr UK in 2015), Cartoon Saloon has carved a special place in the international animation industry. In 2015 the studio received an Oscar nomination for the animated feature Song of the Sea following on from The Secret of Kells which was nominated for an award in 2010. Cartoon Saloon has also created an animated segment for The Prophet, a feature produced by Salma Hayek, released in 2014.

cartoonsaloon.ie

Geronimo Productions

Geronimo Productions was awarded Producer of the Year at Cartoon Forum 2011. The studio offers a full range of animation services from development and across full production. In co-production scenarios, they can raise finance and invest 50 per cent of the budget, depending on work split. The following are recently completed projects: Roobarb & Custard Too, Fluffy Gardens, Fluffy Gardens Xmas Special, Ballybraddan, Punky and Planet Cosmo.

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Giant Animation Studios

Giant Animation Studios is an innovative Dublin-based company that is dedicated to the development and production of premium animated content for all platforms. The studio’s focus is on creating its own properties for the entertainment industry, as well as providing animation and design solutions for some of the leading production houses and agencies in Europe. The company has been nominated for an Irish Film and Television Award, selected for competition in Annecy 2012 and has also won two consecutive Digital Media Awards for Best Animation, in 2012 and 2013.

giant.ie

Double Z Enterprises

Double Z Enterprises is a multi-award winning television production company established in 1987. Double Z has provided both UK and Irish television with much-loved comedy shows and puppet characters for adult and children’s programming, including Zig & Zag, Dustin the Turkey and Podge & Rodge. Double Z Enterprises has produced original comedy-based programming for all the major broadcasters in Britain and Ireland, including RTÉ, BBC, ITV, Channel 4 and MTV. Along with television production, Double Z have extensive experience in licensing. For over twenty years the company has produced merchandising and marketing campaigns for their characters in Ireland, the UK and Europe.

dze.ie

Ink and Light

Ink and Light develops and produces original television series and feature films. Established in 2011 by Tamsin Lyons and Leevi Lemmetty, the company has bases in Dublin and Helsinki. They work predominantly with CG animation but love exploring whatever form fits to tell a great story. Ink and Light’s previous work has been screened by RTÉ, MTV, Channel 4 and YLE, and at festivals such as Annecy, Sundance and Toronto. Alongside developing their own material, they are also interested in co-producing feature films and animation series for domestic and international distribution.

ink-and-light.com

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Monster Entertainment

Monster Entertainment is a brand management company with activities encompassing distribution, finance and production of TV programmes. In business for over fifteen years, Monster has a wide and varied catalogue, sourcing award-winning programming from all over the world and selling into more than 200 countries. Its catalogue includes animation series from preschool up to teens and adults including Oscar-winning, Oscar-nominated and Emmy winning animation programming. The company now has an in-house animation studio and is currently co-producing the animated series Inis Spraoi/Rockabye Island. It has also completed a four-country co-production of The Travels of the Young Marco Polo with Magpie 6 Media, having recently produced preschool series I’m a Monster and I’m a Creepy Crawly.

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JAM Media

Since JAM Media’s inception in 2002, founders John Rice, Alan Shannon and Mark Cumberton have developed and created a number of awardwinning TV series. They continually strive for immersive stories, engaging characters and quality animations in all of their productions. The company opened a new office in Belfast in April 2013. Their CBBC series Roy won the BAFTA for Best Children’s Drama in 2012, adding to its BAFTA nominations for Best Drama and Best Writer in 2010. Roy has also won a Royal Television Society Award and the Trickfilm Festival (Stuttgart) award for best animated TV series for kids. JAM Media won Producer of the Year at the Cartoon Forum in Toulouse in 2012, and in April 2014, their series Tilly and Friends picked up an IFTA for best animation.

jammedia.com

Lovely Productions

Lovely Productions was formed in 2004 and is run and owned by Lorcan Finnegan and Brunella Cocchiglia. They have made a number of highly acclaimed shorts, music videos and films as well as having won numerous awards. Lorcan is represented for commercials by Butter in Ireland and Independent Talent in London for films. They are currently in post-production on their first live action feature film “Without Name”, funded under the Irish Film Board Catalyst scheme.

lovelyproductions.com

Moetion Films

Moetion Films is a newly formed production company producing and developing animated feature films and TV series for international distribution. Working with a highly creative network of writers, animators, actors and directors, the team is a long-time co-producer with companies such as AFilm Productions, Anima Vitae and Ulysses Filmproduktion. Producer and owner Moe Honan recently co-produced the animated feature films Legends of Valhalla – Thor, Niko 2 – Little Brother Big Trouble and previously Niko and the Way to the Stars. Other TV credits include: The Ugly Duckling and Me, Lilly the Witch, The Fairytaler, The World of Tosh and Norman Normal.

moetionfilms.com

Paper Dreams

Paper Dreams is an award-winning Irish production company run by Michael Lennon and Heidi Karin Madsen that develops and produces feature films and animated television series. Paper Dreams’s most recent production was Earthbound, a sci-fi rom-com feature film written and directed by Alan Brennan. Currently Paper Dreams is producing an animated Christmas special called The Overcoat, based on the short story by Nikolai Gogol and adapted by Hugh O’Conor. The Overcoat will be a co-production with Slugger Film (Sweden) and A Film (Estonia). Paper Dreams is also developing a number of children’s animated television series for both the international and domestic markets, and is actively seeking coproduction opportunities.

paperdreamsproductions.com

Kavaleer Productions

Kavaleer Productions is one of Ireland’s foremost animation studios, that produces high-end television series and commercials, as well as digital and interactive content for e-learning platforms, games and online media

The studio won Best Animation and the Grand Prix at the 2010 Digital Media Awards for their acclaimed short film Hasan Everywhere which was also nominated for an Irish Film and Television Award. They have also produced more than 200 episodes of television including Lifeboat Luke, Garth and Bev, Abadas and their recently completed IP Wildernuts. They are currently in production on Boj, which will air on CBeebies, RTÉ Jr. and PBS Sprout later this year.

Kavaleer have several projects in development including Tipto, which was presented at Cartoon Forum in Toulouse and Kira Khan Do!, their latest entry in the world of preschool animation.

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Keg Kartoonz

Keg Kartoonz is a Dublin-based animation studio run by Michael Algar (producer) and Noel Kelly (creative director). Both Michael and Noel have worked in the animation business since the time when studios used pencils and paper. Over their careers they’ve each worked for many different studios around the world, but nowadays they concentrate on developing and producing Keg’s own projects. The most recent project to be completed at Keg Kartoonz is a 90-minute animation/liveaction special of of comedian Brendan Grace’s character, Bottler.

kegkartoonz.com

Magpie 6 Media

Magpie 6 Media is a Dublin-based studio set up in 2008 by husband-and-wife team Clifford Parrott and Christina O’Shea. Both worked in animation in Los Angeles for many years before coming to Ireland. Cliff is an award-winning animator, having produced animation for notable clients such as Adam Sandler. Magpie 6 Media has worked on animation projects for Disney and ESPN, among others, and creates its own in-house animated and live-action properties. In 2013 the studio’s international co-production, The Travels of the Young Marco Polo, was broadcast in Ireland, Germany and Canada. The studio is currently wrapping production on the animated preschool series Inis Spraoi, for broadcast on RTÉ this year.

magpie6media.com

Animation Ireland

Song of the Sea by Cartoon Saloon

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Still Films

Founded in 2007 by Maya Derrington, Nicky Gogan and Paul Rowley, Still Films is a production company based in Dublin and New York that makes feature films, animations, documentaries, TV, trans-media productions and artist films. Still Films has a collective ethos; the team produce and edit one another’s work as well as supporting a wide group of associated filmmakers. Still Films was given the Michael Dwyer Discovery Award for new talent by the Dublin Film Critics Circle. Still Films projects featuring animation include the experimental film The Rooms; feature documentary Build Something Modern; hybrid feature documentary Last Hijack; and short films Learning to Fish, Trolley Boy and We, The Masses.

stillfilms.org

Treehouse Republic

Treehouse Republic is where danger and fun collide to make outrageously awesome content. They create dangerously funny brands for everyone to realise their positive potential for mayhem!

Voted one of the top 25 up and coming animation studios worldwide, Treehouse Republic is an animation studio based in Ireland. Established in 2010, Treehouse Republic also offers development, pre-production and production services for a number of clients.

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Telegael

Telegael is one of Europe’s leading animation and television production houses. Established in 1988, the multi Emmy and IFTA award-winning studio works with international producers, distributors and broadcasters to develop, co-produce and finance animation and live-action content for the global market. Telegael’s client list includes some of the biggest names in global broadcasting including Disney, Cartoon Network, France Television, Super-RTL, KIKA, BBC, Nickelodeon, PBS Sprout, ITV, ZDF and Discovery Kids. Telegael has coproduced more than 700 hours of television. Its productions have been distributed to over 140 territories throughout the world and translated into more than 40 languages.

telegael.com

Prickly Pear Productions

Prickly Pear Productions is an award-winning creative studio founded in 2009 in Ireland by Richard Kelly. The studio has offered a wide range of high-end animation services to the advertising, e-learning and music sectors and won multiple awards. This work has grown the talent base of the studio, enabling it to produce original short films that have received recognition and awards at many international festivals. The studio is now ready to produce its first full-length feature, Paperboy, and is assembling first rate international production and voice talent to realise this ambitious and exciting project.

pricklypearproductions.ie

Pink Kong Studios

Pink Kong Studios is Ireland’s first all female led animation studio, co-founded in 2014 by creative director Aoife Doyle and producer Niamh Herrity. Since its inception, Pink Kong has championed the idea that there is room in the market for female action-adventure properties. As such, Pink Kong looks to generate engaging content for girls.An award winning animation studio based out of Dublin who “bring stories to life”, Pink Kong stories and characters are developed in a unique manner, with multiplatform interactivity in mind, developing stories where the end user becomes part of the story evolution. Pink Kong Studios creates branded entertainment for TV, film and interactive platforms.

The studio is currently in development with their property “Rova-Novas: An Elite Team who are the protectors of earth’s puppies”, and have hit market places and international conferences with the trailer and proof of concept. pinkkongstudios.ie

Studio POWWOW

Studio POWWOW creates and delivers entertainment brands with engaging stories and characters that are knitted seamlessly back together on multiple media platforms, by bringing their skill, knowledge and vast experience of award winning TV-quality animation, design and storytelling to interactive content and games.

studiopowwow.com

Wiggleywoo

Wiggleywoo is a Dublin-based animation company set up in 2012 by Gilly (Creative Director), Susan Broe (Producer) and Alan Foley (CEO). Wiggleywoo’s objective is to build a portfolio of highly commercial animated projects that have the potential to work crossplatform and to generate licensing, merchandising and other ancillary income. They have a number of animated projects in development, including preschool projects, a feature film, an animated documentary drama series and numerous apps, and they have just completed production on an adult animated documentary drama series, Tea with the Dead.

wiggleywoo.com

Zink Films

Zink Films are one of the top suppliers of quality animation and CGI content in the country, having created ads for companies such as Flahavan’s, Yoplait and Gateaux and collaborated on CG/live-action mix commercials for such clients as Tayto and Berocca. Zink also specialise in animation for the web and have created online content for major brands like Coca-Cola, Guinness, Carlsberg and Vodafone. They are the top supplier of pre-viz and concept art, with in-depth knowledge of CGI, animation, character design/creation and the web

zinkfilms.com

Animation Ireland

Fear of Flying by Lovely Productions

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Aodh is a young Irish furniture brand, with a strong design ethos. It is the brainchild of Garrett O’Hagan, an Irishman passionate about design, architecture and the island on which he lives. O’Hagan grew up surrounded by modern furniture and has spent his adult life sourcing and supplying the very best international design for private and commercial clients. Aodh marks a turning point for O’Hagan, from that of a buyer, to that of a manufacturer and editor. With Aodh, he seeks to create a design-centred business, rooted in Ireland with a strong international focus. Aodh’s products are universal – suitable for use everywhere, at home, at work and in public spaces. Above all they bring atmosphere, spirit and character to the spaces we use and love. O’Hagan commissions independent designers, whose sensibility, language and spirit he’s drawn to. With Aodh, O’Hagan seeks to create a ‘family’ of products – objects of personality and character that work together as a collage or happily stand alone, with presence. Aodh uses the very best materials and processes and where possible, seeks to produce at home in Ireland, however the pursuit of quality and skill, rather than location, will always be the overriding decider. Making furniture that remains functional and aesthetically pleasing for decades to come is Aodh’s raison d’être and is also at the heart of ecological making. In commissioning new pieces and seeking inspiration for ‘lifetime’ furniture, O’Hagan often refers to the materials, colours and textures found in the Irish landscape. These elemental references guide Aodh’s pursuit of ‘longlife’ furniture pieces; heirlooms, filled with love and memory that are made to be passed down from one generation to the next.

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Aodh is een jong Iers meubelmerk, met een sterk vormgevingsethos. Het is het geesteskind van Garrett O’Hagan, een Ier met een passie voor vormgeving, architectuur en het eiland waarop hij woont. O’Hagan groeide op omringd door modern meubilair en heeft zijn leven als volwassene besteed aan het verwerven en leveren van de allerbeste internationale vormgeving voor particuliere en commerciële klanten. O’Hagan besteed opdrachten uit aan onafhankelijke vormgevers, tot wiens gevoel, taal en geest hij zich aangetrokken voelt. Met Aodh streeft O’Hagan ernaar een ‘familie’ van producten te creëren; voorwerpen met een persoonlijkheid en karakter. Objecten die samenwerken als collage, of heel goed op zichzelf staan, met aanwezigheid.

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Featured Work: The stackable Aran Armchair designed by Alexander Gufler is a chair for use everywhere – at home, at work, and in pubic spaces. Details and techniques abound in its design and construction. Solid wood is the material. Traditional joinery methods alongside advanced CNC techniques are used in its production. No surface, no joint, no connection, has escaped the attention of the designer.

Materials: Beech, Ash or OakH: 795 X D: 565 X W: 525 MM

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Dublin based Knut Klimmek founded Klimmek-Henderson Furniture in 1986, having graduated from the world-renowned John Makepeace School for Craftsmen in Wood. In 2015 the company rebranded as Klimmek Furniture. Knut is a driving force at Klimmek Furniture, responsible for design, customer liaison, production and quality assurance within the company, while leading the team to ensure the production of high quality, handcrafted pieces.

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Featured Work: “The Lann table is a development for Aodh Furniture of our solid timber “Companion” table. Slightly taller and with an additional twist in the shape, these tables are finished in a dead matt lacquer and are designed to wrap over a seat they can be used as a temporary work surface while sitting or just somewhere to put down a drink, phone or book.”Knut Klimmek

Materials: Grey Fibre board60 cm L x 60 cm H x 30 cm W

Knut Klimmek richtte Klimmek - Henderson Furniture op in 1986, na te zijn afgestudeerd aan de wereldberoemde John Makepeace School for Craftsmen in Wood. Knut is verantwoordelijk voor vormgeving, klantrelaties, productie en kwaliteitswaarborging binnen het bedrijf en is een drijvende kracht binnen Klimmek - Henderson Furniture. Hij leidt het team om de productie van hoogwaardige, handgemaakte voorwerpen te waarborgen.

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Garrett O’Hagan approached Italian Alex Gulfer to design the Aran chair for Aodh. O’Hagan feels it is important to work with a range of designers both within Ireland and internationally. This approach enables the evolution of a fluency in design aesthetic.

Born in 1979 in Merano, Italy, Alexander started his career as a goldsmith in his father’s shop. Following his MFA degree in crafts at Pforzheim in Germany, he went on to study industrial design at the University of Applied Arts in Vienna where he graduated in 2009. It was there that he cultivated his passion for furniture and everyday objects.

In 2010 Gufler founded his studio in the heart of Vienna, from where he collaborates with national and international clients. He creates design objects with a high attention to detail, simplicity and a profound knowledge of materials and production processes. His work has been exhibited in multiple countries and has been honoured with international design awards, including the Red Dot Design Award and the 2015 iF Design Award.

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Alexander, geboren in 1979 in Merano (Italië), begon zijn loopbaan als goudsmid in de werkplaats van zijn vader. Na het behalen van zijn ambachtsmeestergraad in Pforzheim (Duitsland) studeerde hij industriële vormgeving aan de Universiteit voor toegepaste kunst in Wenen, waar hij afstudeerde in 2009. Daar heeft hij zijn passie voor meubilair en alledaagse voorwerpen ontwikkeld.

In 2010 richtte hij zijn studio op in het hart van Wenen, van waaruit hij samenwerkt met nationale en internationale klanten. Alexander creëert designvoorwerpen met veel aandacht voor detail, eenvoud en een gedegen kennis van materialen en productieprocessen. Zijn werk is geëxposeerd in verschillende landen en bekroond met internationale designprijzen.

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Damien Murtagh studied at the Hull School of Architecture in the UK. Following graduation he worked in Italy under Carlo Scarpa’s protégé, Toni Follina for a period of two years. He returned to Ireland to set up Damien Murtagh, Architecture + Design. In 2012, Damien moved to the UK where he began to advance an idea for a new scaled architectural model building system that would challenge traditional ‘cut and glue’ model making. Damien launched ‘Arckit’ in May 2014. To date it has received major recognition, winning several prestigious international awards including The Red Dot Award.

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Damien Murtagh heeft gestudeerd aan de Hull School of Architecture in het Verenigd Koninkrijk. Na zijn afstuderen heeft hij gedurende twee jaar in Italië gewerkt onder Toni Follina, de beschermeling van Carlo Scarpa. Hij is teruggekeerd naar Ierland om Damien Murtagh, Architecture + Design op te richten. In 2012 verhuisde Damien naar het Verenigd Koninkrijk, waar hij begon met het ontwikkelen van een idee voor een nieuw schaalbaar bouwsysteem voor architectuurmodellen dat traditioneel modelleerwerk door middel van ‘knippen en plakken’ zou uitdagen. Damien lanceerde ‘Arckit’ in mei 2014. Het heeft grote erkenning ontvangen en meerdere prestigieuze internationale prijzen gewonnen, waaronder de Red Dot Award.

Featured Work:Arckit is a scaled freeform modelling system that allows architects and budding architects alike, to physically explore designs and bring their projects to life with speed and precision, bridging the gap between 3D and physical design. Arckit is an evolutional product whereby add-on components are limitless.

Materials: Plastic components.

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I’d been working as an architect in Ireland when the recession hit. Then, suddenly I was working at home. I was designing what I thought could be a better modular building system, and at the same time I was making scale models of all the components that we would make the buildings from. I realised that there was nothing like that out there for architects to work with. There’s Lego and Meccano, but nothing to compete with foam board. I kept thinking I’d find it, but it wasn’t there.

Maybe the digital era is why it didn’t happen before, models were being made less frequently, but at the end of the day, a computer is still a flat screen. In my experience with clients, a tangible model far outweighs the impact any drawing or image could ever have. There is no comparison to holding and manouvering a physical model in order to explore a building’s form and detail.

Now, with Arckit, you can also make changes, move windows, doors etc and this encourages client participation as never before… As I was working on it, I thought, gosh, if I can get this right, it’s not just going to make life easier for architects, but everyone can work with it.

At just eighteen months old, we’re crossing all sectors: professionals, students, hobbyists, and the education sector and in particular schools with STEM initiatives, are embracing Arckit as a new hands on tool for teaching. Arckit is considered more as a precision design tool rather than a toy, a form of graduation from toy building blocks. It has been rolled out throughout the US with Barnes and Noble.

Next up, we are developing the Arckit infiniti 3D store on Shapeways which we hope to launch within the year. Here you will be able to purchase bespoke components that don’t come with the standard kit, for example curved walls and archways. We’ll be adding to the store on a continual basis and getting advice from our users as to what they’d like to see. The possibilities are virtually limitless.

During the recession when many architects lost their jobs, the Royal Institute of the Architects of Ireland (RIAI), encouraged its members to apply their skills to other areas. I think the fruits of this are very evident now by the real tangible buzz surrounding the whole ‘start up’ community in Dublin and all over the country. It’s very positive to feel this atmosphere once again in the country.

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Claire Anne O’Brien is a constructed textile designer who creates three-dimensional knitted fabrics for interiors. Originally from County Cork, Claire Anne set up her studio in East London after completing an MA in Textiles at The Royal College of Art in 2010. She has exhibited at London Design Festival, Milan Furniture Fair, Wool Modern and Spinexpo and received the Future Maker Award from the Design & Crafts Council of Ireland in 2011 and the Cockpit/Haberdashers’ Award from the UK Crafts Council in 2015. Claire Anne’s work is inspired by traditional techniques such as weave, knotting and basketry to make playful investigations into structure and form using the unique properties of knit. The studio produces a range of knitted wool furniture as well as bespoke commissions and fabric development for commercial and private clients.

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Claire-Anne O’Brien is een textielconstructievormgever die driedimensionale gebreide stoffen creëert voor interieurs. Traditionele textieltechnieken zoals weven, knopen en mandvlechten vormen de inspiratie voor speels onderzoek naar structuur en vorm met behulp van de unieke eigenschappen van breiwerk. Buisjes en ribbels worden samengevoegd tot complexe patronen, waarbij hun constructie wordt getoond en benadrukt door middel van een grote schaal en gewaagde kleuren. De studio produceert een reeks meubelstukken van gebreide wol, naast individuele opdrachten en de ontwikkeling van stoffen voor commerciële en particuliere klanten.

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Featured Work: The Ciséan grey pouffe is part of the Olann Collection, which is inspired by a traditional Ireland where fishing and knitting were at the heart of village life. Patterns and structures found in hand-knitted Aran sweaters and willow baskets are explored through exaggerated scale and new applications. Ciséan is hand-knitted and woven into 3D form using a chunky, undyed Swalewick wool.

Materials:100% Swalewick wool, upholstery foam, ash wood.

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Ceadogán Rugs create contemporary designer rugs and wall hangings at their workshops in south County Wexford.

Denis Kenny, owner and maker, leads the team at Ceadogán. Over the past 25 years the team has amassed a lifetime of experience specialising in the creation of striking rugs and wall hangings in wools and silks, designed for specific spaces. The team is focussed, highly skilled, very experienced and dedicated to pairing the traditional values of remarkable craftsmanship with contemporary design.

Ceadogán have a tradition of collaborating with leading Irish artists and textile designers. The energy and dynamic created by the collaboration of designer and maker has distinguished this small niche company over the years.

Visitors are very welcome to the Ceadogán Rug workshop by appointment. Situated in an eighteenth-century farmyard, the workshop and studios overlook the saltwater marshes of Bannow Bay Estuary and the medieval monastic settlement of Clonmines.

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Ceadogán Rugs creëert hedendaagse designer vloer- en wandtapijten. Het team is gefocust, zeer deskundig, ervaren en richt zich op het koppelen van de traditionele waarden van opmerkelijk vakmanschap met hedendaags design.

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Claire-Anne werkte samen met Ceadogán Rugs om het gebruik van verschillende poolhoogten te verkennen, om een tapijt te creëren dat gebruik maakt van reliëf om het motief uit te beelden. Het resultaat draagt de titel ‘Téadra’, een Ierse vertaling van het woord vlecht.

Claire Anne O’Brien in collaboration with Ceadogán Rugs

Featured Work:Téadra is an un-tufted rug made with 100% felted, undyed wool in 18mm cut pile and 8mm loop pile.

Collaborative Process:Claire Anne O’Brien is best known for her structural approach to knit and her passion for texture and surface pattern. Ceadogán are well known for the quality and contemporary design of their rugs. The collaboration allowed both designers to explore new ways of working. For Claire Anne the challenge was in how to animate and bring her design aesthetic to a two-dimensional surface. This was achieved through the use of varying pile heights to create a relief pattern on the surface of the rug. For Ceadogán, the use of the pile to create form and pattern represents a departure from their usual rug-making and collaborative process.

Materials: 100% wool, felted. Chunky 3/ply, 2m x 1.29m, c. 13.5kgs.

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Victoria Rothschild is an Irish designer and a graduate of the National College of Art and Design. She moved to the UK in 1998 and went on to study at the Royal College of Art in London. Specialising in glass, much of her work is a tactile response to the raw material, retaining a close relationship between the product and the process of making. She has worked on a diverse range of critically acclaimed projects with the Design & Crafts Council of Ireland and her work has been exhibited internationally. In 2007 Victoria and business partner Mark Bickers set up the Rothschild & Bickers studio in Hertford to produce hand blown glass lighting. With a known commitment to craft and a mission to revive the industry, the brand is inspired by the heritage of this unique material and the skills used in its transformation. Today, Rothschild & Bickers has a portfolio of over 20 products and its lighting adorns hotels, restaurants, bars, shops and homes around the world.

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Victoria Rothschild is gespecialiseerd in glas- en verlichtingsvormgeving en veel van haar werk is een tastbare reactie op het ruwe materiaal, waarbij een nauwe relatie bewaard blijft tussen het product en het vervaardigingsproces. Ze heeft gewerkt aan een diverse reeks veelgeprezen projecten met de Design & Crafts Council van Ierland en haar werk is internationaal geëxposeerd. Victoria en zakelijk partner Mark Bickers hebben de Rothschild and Bickers-studio opgericht in Hertford om prachtige, handgeblazen glazen verlichting te produceren.

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Featured Work:Mineral Pendants. This range has been created in response to the growing trend for organic materials. Marble finishes have been popular for a number of years. The liquid nature of glass makes it the perfect material for recreating delicate veins and intricate patterns, the properties that make these precious stones so desirable.

Using a mix of solid and powder pigments, Rothschild & Bickers can produce a range of wonderful colours, from deep rusted reds to celadon greens. This spontaneous process makes every light a truly unique piece. “Every piece that we create, whether it’s a bespoke commission or something from one of our signature collections, is an original. Each one is free blown and comes with its own tiny irregularities. It is impossible to imagine the many steps and techniques, which go into producing each of our designs if you haven’t seen the process for yourself.” Victoria Rothschild

Materials: Glass, metal, fabric flex, bulbs.

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Dublin born jewellery designer Emma Cahill creates wearable objects with an innovative approach to jewellery that focuses on gardening tools. Her main source of inspiration comes from her mother’s back garden and the hard work that goes into it. Gardening is a tiring process of hacking and cutting but the results are beautiful and rewarding. Emma’s focus is on the gardening tools that aid this process using a range of materials from traditional metalwork techniques, new technologies and hand dying. The colour inspiration comes from the graduating hues of tulips, hydrangeas and the deep hues of beetroots. Emma aims to promote jewellery that uses interdisciplinary techniques and challenge current conceptions of nature. Emma has just completed a BA in Metals and Jewellery with History of Art at the National College of Art and Design. Emma has received recognition for a number of awards and was the winner of the Mark Fenn Award from the Association for Contemporary Jewellery. She has also worked for a number of international jewellery makers and companies. Since September 2015, Emma has been attending Central Saint Martins in London for an MA in Design in Jewellery.

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Emma Cahill is een sieradenontwerpster. Ze creëert draagbare voorwerpen, geïnspireerd door de achtertuin van haar moeder. Emma verkent de zeer fysieke, inspannende activiteiten van tuinieren en metaalwerk als vergelijkbare processen met prachtige, delicate resultaten. Ze gebruikt interdisciplinaire technieken, waarbij ze traditioneel metaalwerk, nieuwe technologieën en handverven gebruikt voor haar werk.

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Featured Work:Blue 3D printed/hand dyed neckpiece. The neckpiece is inspired by the twisted roots of trees and the blue gradient colours of hydrangeas.

Materials: Hand dyed 3D printed plastic, rubber tubing, silver. 50cm x 20cm.

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Genevieve is a designer/maker from Dublin who has recently graduated with a BA degree in Metals and Jewellery from the National College of Art and Design. She is also an accomplished musician interested in combining her skills as a designer with her passion and love for music. Her initial collection fuses elements from both of these areas into a series of innovative jewellery designs. She is interested in translating pieces of music into tactile and wearable forms. She makes wearable musical sculptures using new technologies such as laser cutting combined with traditional handmade and metalwork techniques.

Genevieve was recently featured as an emerging maker in the RDS National Craft and Art Awards exhibition in Dublin, Ireland. Her work was showcased at the New Designers exhibition in London this year, where she received invitations to exhibit at The Great Northern Events Contemporary Craft Fair in Manchester, The Kath Libbert Youth Movement exhibition in Leeds and the Galarie Marzee Annual Graduate Exhibition in Nijmegen, Netherlands where her work is currently on display. She was awarded the Galarie Marzee International Graduate Award 2015.

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Featured Work: The Sonatine bracelet. Laser cut grey and black bracelet. Inspired by a three part sonatine written for the piano by the romantic composer Maurice Ravel. The graphic notation in the neckpiece mirrors the sequence of the original musical score.

Materials: Japanese linen card, elastic cord.

Genevieve Howard is een ontwerpster/maakster en musicus uit Dublin, Ierland. Ze is geïnteresseerd in het vertalen van muziekstukken naar tastbare en draagbare vormen. Genevieve maakt draagbare muzieksculpturen door middel van nieuwe technologieën, zoals lasersnijden in combinatie met traditionele handvaardigheids- en metaalbewerkingstechnieken.

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Designgoat is an industrial design studio based in Dublin that creates experiences through products, spaces, furniture and food. Established in 2011, Designgoat has worked on a broad range of projects including self-directed products, commercial interiors and exhibition designs. The aim is always to deliver unique experiences for clients ranging from small start-ups to large international brands. Designgoat does much of the prototyping and manufacture on its projects in-house and has built close relationships with trusted local fabricators to realise the work.

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Designgoat creëert ervaringen door middel van producten, ruimten, meubilair en voedsel, en werkt aan een brede reeks projecten, waaronder zelfgestuurde producten, commerciële interieurs en expositieontwerpen.

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Katie Sanderson

For the last ten years Katie Sanderson has been creating unique food experiences in spaces that are out of the ordinary: disused warehouses, galleries and a Wicklow rainforest. The common theme is a playfulness with location, with food and the way that it is served and enjoyed. Vegetables are the main feature and Katie likes to evolve recipes from the past and use seaweeds and other sea vegetables as an enhancing ingredient. In The Hare, a collaboration with artist Fiona Hallinan, Katie created a moving vegetarian café that was structured to easily work within Temple Bar Gallery in Dublin’s historic centre. The Hare went on to be hosted in The Irish Museum of Modern Art and the Centre Culturel Irlandais in Paris. In the summer of 2014 Katie and her partner Jasper O’Connor converted a boat shed on the water’s edge in Aughrusbeg, Connemara into a restaurant for the summer months, making a journey out to the far West of Ireland part of the experience of the meal.

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Katie Sanderson creëert bijzondere voedselervaringen in buitengewone ruimten: leegstaande opslagplaatsen, galerijen en een kuuroord. Groenten vormen het middelpunt en Katie ontwikkelt graag recepten uit het verleden en gebruikt zeewier en andere zeegroenten als aanvullend ingrediënt.

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Featured Work:

A collection of tableware with various materials and finishes, all inspired by the food to be served on them.

Collaborative Process:The collaboration between Designgoat and Katie Sanderson has come from their discussions on process and experiences. They have developed a collection of objects that will be used to serve a collaborative dinner inspired by Irish food, sea and raw materials. The aim is to create an experience that is built up throughout 2015, growing with each show. The process of preparing the food, the materials used and the crafting of a unique experience all influence the tableware for each dish.

Materials: Spun, polished brass bowl. Approx. 160mm diameter, 55mm height, 360g.

Het samenwerkingsproject tussen Designgoat en Sanderson, ‘Kelp’, omvat een speciaal ontworpen voedselervaring voor een klein gezelschap in Eindhoven.

Designgoat in collaboration with Katie Sanderson

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Design Partners is a leading strategic product design consultancy with a team of award-winning designers, engineers and makers working from studios in Dublin, San Francisco and Eindhoven. The team leads with clarity of intent and a relentless focus on execution and delivery, fuelling clients’ ambitions through the creation of exceptional new products. Design Partners consults across sectors with global brands and high potential start-ups including Seed Labs, Honeywell, Corning, Calor, Ultimate Ears, LG, Logitech and Panasonic.

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Design Partners is een toonaangevend ontwerpadviesbureau voor strategische producten met een team van prijswinnende vormgevers, technici en makers die werken vanuit studio’s in Dublin, San Francisco en Eindhoven. Design Partners demonstreert expertise in digitale ontwerpen in Ierland en zal een technologie onthullen die een revolutie zal veroorzaken in onze interactie met onze leef- en werkruimten.

Design Partners in collaboration with Seed Labs

Featured Work:Seed Labs Inc. – SilvairIn 2013 Seed Labs Inc. approached Design Partners with pioneering new Bluetooth and connected solutions through the development of their own software, protocols and chip technologies. From the first meeting, Design Partners recognised that the Seed team were ambitious and driven with a proven, deep understanding of the technology. There was a clear opportunity to enter and explore a new territory of products and services together. With their complementary capabilities they believed that they could be at the forefront of shaping the future of connected devices. Over the past two years Design Partners have worked with Seed Labs Inc. to explore the Smart Home market and to uncover and deliver the potential of their technology and brand. They have helped in the development of their brand, experience, product design language and in the design of all of their reference products. Working closely with Seed Labs Inc. They ensured that the the first of these products was delivered to market in April 2015, in the form of their first control device, Silvair Control. Together they are committed to developing their collaboration and are continuing to explore strategic and future concepts that will integrate hardware and software.

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Causeway by Design Partners

Featured Work:Causeway is an intersection of artefact and experience. It is a bespoke creation for ID2015 representing a design island connecting to the rest of the world.

Each corner of Causeway controls a beautiful animation that travels along the faceted surface. Only by pressing combinations of corners does Causeway really come to life, encouraging interaction, play and discovery between people across this landscape.

Animations: Studio Piotr Juncewski.

Coding:David Payne.

Technical concept: Darren Conroy.

Materials:Projection mapping animations onto a polyurethane foam body.900mm x 900mm x 850m, 40kg.

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Dolmen is a creative design and innovation consultancy that discovers, develops and delivers new products by combining innovation strategies with creative design thinking. For the past 24 years they have been developing award-winning, intellectual property-rich new products and experiences for a diverse range of industries, ranging from medical devices and consumer products to information and communication technology and fast-moving consumer goods. Key clients include Diageo, ASH, ACT, Hollister, Stryker, Covidien, and Medtronic.

The core of Dolmen’s work is centred around a proven strategic design thinking process, which comprises of a variety of tools and methodologies that are adapted to customers’ requirements and result in uncovering unmet and unarticulated needs in the end user. This is followed by intensive work by a highly creative design team, designing products from the inside out, and delivering products to clients that win in the market place.

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Dolmen is een adviesbureau voor creatieve vormgeving en innovatie. Ze ontdekken, ontwikkelen en leveren nieuwe producten door innovatiestrategieën te koppelen aan creatief vormgevingsdenkwerk. De afgelopen 24 jaar hebben ze nieuwe prijswinnende, IP-rijke producten en ervaringen voor een diverse reeks industrieën, van medische apparatuur en consumentenproducten tot ICT en FMCG.

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Novaerus is the first plasma system for airborne infection control. It uses a low-energy patented plasma that is stable, reproducible, containable and highly destructive to the microorganisms that enter its field. Its plasma requires no maintenance and works 24 hours a day to eradicate airborne viruses, bacteria, mould, allergens and odours, essentially cleaning the air and creating a healthier environment. By reducing the presence of these pathogens in the air, a healthcare facility can significantly lower the risk of infectious outbreaks.

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Novaerus streeft ernaar de zakelijke kant en de kwaliteit van zorg te verbeteren door middel van de toepassing van technologie voor de bestrijding van ziekteverwekkers in de lucht. Tot nu toe zijn er belangrijke vorderingen geboekt op het gebied van hygiëne door ontsmetting van handen en oppervlakken. De Novaerus-technologie gaat verder dan slechts het schoonmaken van handen en oppervlakken en maakt ook de lucht schoon.

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Featured Work:Handheld product for detecting environments that are susceptible to viruses. This is measured using temperature, humidity and volatile organic compounds in the air.

Materials: Acrylonitrile butadiene styrene L(ABS-L).115mm x 75mm x 20mm, approx. 300g.

Dolmen en Novaerus hebben samengewerkt aan draagbare technologie voor de bestrijding van ziekteverwekkers, een revolutionair nieuw product voor het detecteren en neutraliseren van virussen en bacteriën in de lucht.

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Dolmen and NovareusInterview

Felipe Soberon of NovaerusInterview

Great products work well because we think about the users as we design for them. Psychology and ergonomics play a large part. During your education, you learn how colour and form enhance what you’re making. Then you go into a practical environment and you tie that in with the experience you gain from the products you design.

There is beauty in simplicity and that is a trait in human behaviour. Whether a product is being used by a doctor, nurse or site manager, they’re all still people, who have a pre-wired sense of what looks good and what works. When you see a simple, uncluttered form, there’s a reassurance about it, it ages well and will be easy to use. This makes sense for a developer such as Novaerus and was one of the aesthetic drivers for Dolmen. But it’s not all about aesthetics, we have to back it up with ergonomics and engineering, this is key to this sector. These three must exist in perfect equilibrium. That’s our sweet spot for a product.

Collaboration happens naturally. We incorporate clients as team members, so Felipe became an essential part of the process – it’s not about calling to the door and ordering something! We’ve been working together for just over a year. With Felipe, we’re looking to make a product that has to sit and quietly do its business in health care facilities, it has to look reassuring, be smooth so it can be easily cleaned, and it has to look very modern – because it is a very smart piece of kit.

We have worked on many projects with Dolmen. We make airborne infection control systems, that kill any pathogens in the air, destroying viruses, yeasts, mould. We wanted to make sensors to show what’s actually in the air, so we developed the technologies, but then we wanted to get a good enclosure around them.

We do a thorough testing of our products. I have a college connection through DCU with some of the guys who work at NASA. When we wanted to know what our systems are actually doing to destroy the bacteria in the air, they came on board. The first microorganism they picked up was E-Coli, so they passed them through our system. The rod-shaped E-Coli cells come through completely deformed, broken, so this shows the plasma charge is very intense – even to such an aggressive pathogen. We’re now looking at MRSA with them, forensically right down to atomic level.

It was Laser Prototypes Europe Ltd. in Belfast that recommended Dolmen to me, so I ended up talking to Chris and Kevin Maguire about the ideas and concepts. We want products that work, but that look beautiful too. Dolmen do this amazing research. There was one product with a fairly simple LED display, and they said that if we put a plastic piece in the right tone of semi transparent black, we can make it look really good, so Mark Murray went off and bought lots of pairs of sunglasses to experiment to get the right tone, and it was perfect. So this is the amount of creative dedication they put into it.

You can make the technology, but a collaboration with the right people makes the product.

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Liminal – Irish design at the threshold was first exhibited at Milan Design Week, marking Ireland’s first presence at the leading international event. The exhibition was located in Zona Tortona, and featured 58 designers, companies and studios. The flagship exhibition drew an estimated 40,000 visitors into the curated space, and is part of an ambitious programme of over 300 events for Irish Design 2015.

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Love & Robots are a Dublin based design studio that works at the intersection of art, digital design and technology. With a passion for both design (love) and 3D printing (robots), they push the boundaries of design and technology to create beautifully crafted, customisable, unique products for design lovers everywhere.

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Love & Robots is een vormgevingsbureau die werkt op het snijvlak van kunst, digitale vormgeving en technologie. Met een passie voor vormgeving (liefde) en 3D-printen (robots) verleggen zij de grenzen van vormgeving en technologie om prachtige, bewerkte, aanpasbare, unieke producten te creëren voor liefhebbers van vormgeving.

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Niamh Lunny is Head of Costume at the Abbey Theatre, Ireland’s national theatre. She has designed costumes for The Abbey Theatre, ANU, The Performance Corporation, Fishamble Theatre Company and Rough Magic along with many other film, TV and theatre companies. She has designed sets and visual art for the Peacock, The Abbey Theatre and The Big House Festival.

Niamh Lunny is hoofd van de kostuumafdeling van het Abbey Theatre, ANU, The Performance Corporation, Fishamble Theatre Company en Rough Magic, naast vele andere film-, tv- en theaterbedrijven. Ze heeft sets en beeldende kunst ontworpen voor de Peacock, het Abbey Theatre en het Big House Festival.

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Featured work: Plumage is a 3D printed free-moving customisable cape. This collaborative project between Love & Robots and Lunny, looks at traditional costume and theatre design and how it can be reinterpreted using new digital design and 3D printing technologies. It is an exploration of patterns in fabric such as knit and lace, as well as 3-dimensional structures and surfaces, and natural phenomena. The Plumage cape is designed as 3D printed chainmail with ornamental attachments to create a wearable garment. The ornaments are attached to the chainmail and can move independently of each other – creating movement, visual interest, and fluidity within the material.

Love & Robots have previously experimented with 3d printing chainmail structures, as well as complex organic patterns. The Plumage cape extends those explorations to construct a piece of clothing that can be 3D printed all in one piece without any assembly required. The exhibited piece has over 6,000 moving component parts.

Materials: Nylon polyamide.

Love and Robots in collaboration with Niamh Lunny

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Plumage is the world’s first 3d printed, free-moving, customisable cape. We collaborated with Niamh Lunny, head of costume design at the Abbey Theatre. We’d been working with 3D printed chain mail, and we were excited about the idea of being able to push that further. We both trained as architects, but we’d been making jewellery and accessories, and as Niamh is in costume, our collaboration was obviously going to be something wearable.

Niamh understands how textiles work, and how to lay out a pattern to create the overall form. As she put it, chain mail behaves like a fabric, so we’ve actually created a new kind of textile. Each piece is a solid, rigid piece of nylon, but because of the chain mail structure, each “feather” moves independently. So, with 6,000 moving pieces, it’s fluid and free moving, it rustles, it tinkles.

The cool thing about 3D printing is that now we’ve created the file (it took weeks and weeks, as each of the 6,000 parts has to be drawn in space, not touching another), every feather can be customised. Then, the printer makes it, all in one go. You can’t see it, unfortunately, as it’s in a vat of powder. Lasers are zapping it, and it takes about a day, and then you pull it out fully formed and shake it out. There is some post production, but that’s more or less it.

Emer had done a Masters in the USA in Digital Design, and realised 3D printing was going to change everything. What excites us is that you can make anything, and each thing you make can be different, but all of a really high quality. We teamed up with software developers, so that each of our Love and Robots products is unique, and customisable.

Iris van Herpen and Chanel have experimented with 3D printing, you see some on the catwalks, but our cape is the first of its type, the world’s first, customisable 3D cape. And yes, it will be for sale on our website. We have just opened our first pop up shop at Fumbally Exchange on Dame Lane, Dublin. There will be iPads, so you can come in and customise, then take your own unique piece away.

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Cathal Loughnane is Creative Director with Design Partners, a leading Irish strategic product design consultancy. He studiedIndustrial Design at Carlow IT and theNational College of Art and Design, Dublin and has played a core role in developing DesignPartners’ unique approach to industrial design, merging craft techniques with advanced computer-aided technology. His consulting work with a broad spectrum of global brands has been recognised internationally by Red Dot and Industrie Forum in Germany and Good Design in the United States and Japan. A sculptor at heart, Cathal has a passion for storytelling and the study of human motivations and strives in his creative work to make meaningful connections that resonate with people’s lives and to reflect the balance between refined form and visceral beauty.

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Cathal Loughnane is creatief directeur bij Design Partners, een toonaangevend Iers ontwerpadviesbureau voor strategische producten. Hij heeft industriële vormgeving gestudeerd aan Carlow IT en het National College of Art and Design en heeft een sleutelrol gespeeld in de ontwikkeling van de unieke benadering van Design Partners voor industriële vormgeving, waarbij ambachtelijke technieken worden gecombineerd met geavanceerde computertechnologie. Zijn advieswerk voor een breed spectrum van wereldwijde merken is internationaal erkend door Red Dot en Industrie Forum in Duitsland en Good Design in de Verenigde Staten en Japan. Als beeldhouwer heeft Cathal een passie voor het vertellen van verhalen en het bestuderen van menselijke beweegredenen en streeft in zijn creatieve werk ernaar betekenisvolle verbanden te leggen die weerklank vinden in de levens van mensen en de balans te weerspiegelen tussen verfijnde vorm en ruwe schoonheid.

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Peter is a graduate of the National Collegeof Art & Design, Dublin and has worked for over 25 years across the spectrum of design consultancy for global brands, for much of that time as Creative Director of strategic product design consultancy Design Partners. He has developed several iconic computer input devices for key client Logitech, all of which blend the signatures of Peter’s work: thoughtful detailing, functionality, ergonomics and a quiet, honed, sculptural aesthetic. His work has been exhibited in MoMA San Francisco; MoMA New York; the Chicago Athenaeum; at the Red Dot and Industrie Forum awards, Germany; and Good Design, Japan.

In 2011 he set up Peter Sheehan Studios to take a wide-angle view of design, making, craft and art – while continuing to do a certain amount of design consultancy and mentoring.

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Peter Sheehan is al meer dan 25 jaar werkzaam op alle terreinen van ontwerpadvies voor wereldwijde merken, waaronder Design Partners. Zijn werk is wereldwijd geëxposeerd, waaronder op MoMA San Francisco en New York. De Pilgrim Chair is zijn meest recente samenwerking met Cathal Loughnane.

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Featured Work:The Pilgrim Chair is a work in progress, a direct follow up to a previous collaboration between Peter Sheehan and Cathal Loughnane - The History Chair. It is the latest step in a long-standing design collaboration between two designers that goes back to when they first worked together at Design Partners over 20 years ago. Both are scribblers, and sketching is at the heart of their process. Both are sculptors, striving to capture beauty in form. Their work together is underpinned by conversations more than anything else.

The continuous arms and back on the current iteration of the chair is realised in solid wood but will be upholstered in fabric over a single U shape of formed ply in its final fully developed form. The History Chair is a piece of crafted sculpture – The Pilgrim Chair is its pared-down, functional, austere sibling.

Collaborative Process:The collaboration between Peter and Cathal is rooted in their history of working together, their own experiences and observations, sharing stories and conversations, a shared approach to how they work and their complementary yet different perspectives and strengths. Identifying and understanding the essence of an object is central to their work. Over a number of months Loughnane and Sheehan worked with the craftsman Ryan Connolly, paring back the design language of The History Chair to realise a new chair with a similar presence but with the emphasis on silhouette and simplicity.

Materials:Oak and cotton over foam.

Sheehan en Loughnane hebben ook samengewerkt aan ‘ibi’ voor het Souvenir Project, een object geïnspireerd op het herleven van een bepalend moment in ons leven.

Cathal Loughnane in collaboration with Peter Sheehan

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Mcor Technologies Ltd is an innovative manufacturer of the world’s most affordable, full-colour and eco-friendly 3D printers based in Co Louth. They are the only 3D printers to use ordinary business A4 and letter paper as the build material, a choice that renders durable, stable and tactile models. Established in 2004 with a talented team of specialists in the area of 3D printing hardware and software, Mcor’s vision is to make 3D printing more accessible to everyone. The company operates internationally from offices in Ireland, the UK, America and Asia-Pacific.

Mcor’s product range includes the Mcor Matrix 300+ (monochrome printer) and the Mcor IRIS (full-colour printer). Mcor serves many business sectors including education, engineering, architecture, entertainment and medical/dental. The company has over 60 retailers selling globally in Europe, the Middle East, Africa, Asia-Pacific and the Americas. Some of Mcor’s key clients include Adobe, Autodesk, the Royal College of Art, the US Navy, Siemens and Panasonic.

ID2015 and Mcor are initiating a creative exploration that will bring skills and ingenuity together with the unique potential of Mcor’s technology.

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Featured Work:The 3D prints on display are the result of collaborations with the National College of Art and Design (NCAD), Dún Laoghaire Institute of Art, Design and Technology (IADT), Carlow IT, Dublin Institute of Technology (DIT), Pinkkong Studios, Prof Keith Brown of The University of Manchester, and Vanina.

Materials: Paper.

Mcor Technologies Ltd is een innovatieve fabrikant van ’s werelds meest betaalbare full colour en milieuvriendelijke 3D-printers. Deze zijn de enige 3D-printers die gewoon A4- en Letter-papier gebruiken als constructiemateriaal; een keuze die duurzame, stabiele en tastbare modellen oplevert. Mcor is opgericht in 2004 met een getalenteerd team van specialisten op het gebied van 3D-printhardware en -software. Hun visie is 3D-printen toegankelijker te maken voor iedereen. Heet bedrijf opereert internationaal vanuit kantoren in Ierland, het Verenigd Koninkrijk, Amerika en de APAC-regio.

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As long as I’ve known Conor and Fintan, they’ve been inventing things. I’m married to Conor, and as soon as they get into a room together they’re dreaming up things on the back of envelopes. If it wasn’t this, it would have been something else. I’m the one with a marketing background, but this technology thrills me. There’s a certain awe to being able to produce a three dimensional object from one of our machines.

When we started it was funny, people would ask if they needed 3D glasses to see 3D printing. People couldn’t get past the idea of the virtual. 3D printing has actually been around for more than 30 years, but it’s only in the last 5 to 6 years that we’ve seen the emergence of more affordable printers. I think of it as democratising creativity. What’s different about us is that we’ve made the only paper-based 3D printer in the world.

You can print almost anything from regular sheets of A4 paper. This means it’s more environmentally friendly, and you can achieve full bit-map colours which are amazing. The results are very robust. They’re solid and tough, but you can also add finishes to make them flexible. The number of applications is increasing all the time. From a plastic surgeon to a designer, it’s a piece of technology that allows creativity and innovation to happen. I think people underestimate paper, it’s a very versatile material. In fact, when you’ve seen some of the things that come out of our machines, you wouldn’t look at paper in the same way again!

We’re always travelling to trade shows. We were at CES (Consumer Electronics Show) in Las Vegas in January, hammering nails into a piece of wood with a paper hammer we’d printed ourselves. It takes people a few minutes to get the message, but then they’re amazed. From our base in Louth, we’re completely export orientated, selling through a network of resellers. Conor is a thought leader in the industry, so he’s invited to speak at lots of conferences. You can see the world of 3D printing growing all the time, but we stand out because we make the only paper-based printer.

We started out in 2005 with just the three of us, but now we’ve opened offices in the UK and USA. And yes, Conor and Fintan are still inventing. When they get together, you can see the sparks.

Deirdre McCormack of Mcor Technologies talks about innovation and the development of the company

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The Salvage Press

Jamie Murphy is a typographic designer and letterpress printer based in Dublin. His interests lie where contemporary graphic design meets traditional production techniques. Since 2012 he has produced his books and broadsides under the imprint of The Salvage Press. Jamie has served as as designer in residence at Distillers Press, NCAD since 2013 where he works with students of Visual Communication. His letterpress printed work is held in many of the world’s most distinguished private, institutional and academic collections.

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The Salvage Press in collaboration with Distiller Press and Solaris Tea

Featured Work:Solaris TeaDistillers Press

It’s hard to overestimate the importance of tea in Irish culture. Tea is simultaneously a beverage, a medicine, and a social ritual. The Irish drink on average four cups of tea a day, amounting to 7 pounds of dried tea leaves over the course of a year, easily the highest rate of tea consumption in the world. No respectable Irish household would be found without tea, and it’s importance is such that even pubs are legally required to provide it!

Jamie Murphy in partnership with the Distillers Press have explored this love of a cup of tea, through the design of letterpress printed packaging for a bespoke blend of Irish tea created by Solaris Tea.

Solaris Botanicals is an Internationally Award-winning Tea Blending company from Galway, Ireland. Founded by Master Teablender and Medical Herbalist Joerg Mueller, they have combined their extensive knowledge of healing plants and their properties, with the blending of 1st Flush Whole-leaf Organic Teas, which contain 95% more antioxidants compared to ordinary Tea bags. Their teas contain no artificial aromas or flavours and their focus on using the highest quality ingredients with biodegradeable materials has made Solaris Botanicals one of Irelands leading high-end tea suppliers.

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Distillers Press is the letterpress printworkshop at The National College of Art& Design, Dublin. As Ireland’s onlyworking letterpress facility in third leveleducation, Seán and Jamie work primarilywith students of Visual Communicationsteaching the fundamentals of typographyand facilitating research. With severaloperational presses and access toover 400 cases of metal and woodentype, Distillers Press is at the forefrontof letterpress design in Ireland.

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Ireland is home to a vibrant design and craft sector which has its roots in Ireland’s heritage and tradition but is continually innovating, exploring new ideas, approaches and techniques. Inspired by the country’s stunning landscapes and an abundance of local materials, designers and craftspeople throughout the island of Ireland create contemporary objects with a strong sense of place.

The ambition of The Souvenir Project commissioned by Irish Design 2015 and curated by Jonathan Legge of Makers & Brothers, is to draw upon Ireland’s rich material culture and reinvent, reclaim and redeem the humble and often stereotypical souvenir, making it beautiful, meaningful and eminently collectible.

Taking elements of the island’s past, the designers and makers featured in The Souvenir Project have created a collection of products that reflect Ireland’s design-led future and celebrate Irish materials, culture and heritage. Each tells a unique story of Ireland.

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Het Souvenir-project is een opwindende verzameling van negen nieuwe souvenirs die de gangbare opvattingen over Ierland uitdagen, hedendaagse Ierse vormgeving promoten en lokale productie steunen. Het project stelt in vraag wat een Iers souvenir zou kunnen zijn. Het presenteert een collectie hedendaagse voorwerpen met betekenis en diepte die voorzichtig de lokale context verkennen en er worden creatieve samenwerkingen tussen Ierse vormgevers en makers bevordert. De samenstelling en creatieve leiding is in handen van Jonathan Legge, Makers and Brothers.

This plate is the result of a collaboration between Nicholas Mosse Pottery and animator Johnny Kelly, commemorating the legalisation of same-sex marriage in Ireland on the 22nd of May 2015.Inspired by the pottery’s extensive back catalogue of designs and colour, the resulting rainbow pattern is reconstructed entirely from this archive of motifs, including elements dating back to the 1970s when Nicholas Mosse Pottery was established.

This souvenir is a small celebration for a big moment in Ireland’s history, a gently waving flag for equality.

The Souvenir Project

Souvenir 01 Sponge wareDesigned by Johnny KellyMade by Nicholas Mosse Pottery

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One field, the source of both the clay for the pot and the raw honey that it holds.

Good food is very much related to the land and as such to memory of place. This honey pot is about one very specific place - a field in East Cork. The pot contains raw honey created on the banks of the Blackwater.

Clay was sourced next to the hives. That same clay was formed and fired a few miles down the road from this field and the raw honey sealed inside with the wax created in the production of that same honey. A vessel containing all one field in Cork has to offer.

Souvenir 02 Honey PotDesigned and made by Stephen Pearce Pottery Honey produced by Coolmore BeesPackaging by Post Studio

Souvenir 03 Cut CrystalPatterns designed by Scott BurnettMade by J. HILL’s Standard

In Ireland we have many names for rain. The words ghost their original Irish form. They describe the force, direction and potential consequences of the rain. Most tellingly, they lay bare our diverse feelings about this too regular imposition: A soft day brings steel grey cloud which wipes out the landscape and dulls all feeling; Spitting; a mild inconvenience allowing the suffering to weave between the drops. It’s absolutely Lashing; rain bounces off the ground and unleashes a torrent of dialogue, aghast at the state of the weather.

Elements speak of nature and landscape and our interpretation of them says a lot about us. Rain can be symbolic of melancholy, passion, wistfullness, creativity. It lends the Irish land its verdent greeness and its water and fire colour palette.

J.Hill’s Standard produces hand made contemporary crystal in Waterford, Ireland, cut with precision by craftsmen who use age-old knowledge and skill.

The physical nature of rain is especially satisfying to interpret in cuts on crystal. We have used a series of different cutting techniques to achieve the effect of imagery created for us by Graphic Designer Scott Burnett.

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Souvenir 04 BrandubDesigned by dePaorBoard design collaboration by Sphere One | Lucy Downes

Souvenir 06 PotatoDesigned by Makers & Brothers Made by Bronze Art Foundry

Souvenir 05 Irish Stone Walls Linen Towels

Designed and made by SuperfolkPrint assistance by Print Block

An brandub is the boardgame mentioned since the sixth century in Irish texts. The old game of ground is presented here as a section of peat, compressed and cut into thirteen figures, played on a punctured wool felt mat. An brandub, the raven, is perched at the centre of the board, outnumbered and surrounded, and plays for stalemate – an island game.

“The centre of the plain of Fal is Tara’s castle, delightful hill; out in the exact centre of the plain, like a mark on a brandub board. Advance thither, it will be a profitable step: leap up on that square, which is fitting for the branán, the board is fittingly thine.”

Attributed to Maoil Eoin Mac Raith

The hidden and humble root vegetable introduced to Europe in the 16th Century that has since become uniquely associated with Ireland. The hardy tuber has a deep and emotive narrative. The Lumper, once the most prevalent food source in Ireland, is now grown on only one farm.

An oddity in bronze, Lumper is a memento with a wonderfully curious form and is presented with an essay by celebrated Irish chef Darina Allen.

Stone Wall Patterns is a collection of prints inspired by the dry stone walls of Ireland. Seemingly haphazard yet structurally sound, the dry stone wall holds its form without mortar. The expressive character of the wall describes the underlying geology of the area. Distinctive patterns emerge as you journey through the countryside.

This collection of patterns (Aran, Burren and Connemara) has been developed by hand, through loose ink brush drawing and relief block print methods before screen- printing on natural Irish linen.

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Souvenir 09 Tweed Key RingDesigned and made by The Tweed ProjectPackaging by Post Studio

Souvenir 07 SoundDesigned and produced by Cathal Loughnane & Peter Sheehan

Souvenir 08 Measc Muddle Cocktail & Tool

Designed by WorkGroupMade by Shane HollandDirection by Makers & Brothers

Measc Muddle is an Irish sycamore and brushed brass cocktail muddle, inspired by the layered landscape of west Galway. The muddle is the result of a collaboration between design studio WorkGroup, Shane Holland and America Village Apothecary. It has been designed to work beautifully for any drink where ingredients need to be crushed, pounded or ground in the glass.

Measc Muddle is a specially created tool, designed so that the markings on the shaft can be used to make an Irish red clover, bog myrtle and Irish whiskey cocktail: the Móin Bhuí.

A wool pom pom ring with a refined heritage style. The Sally is a modern accessory inspired by The Tweed Project’s friend who wears and makes endless pom poms.

The Sally is made from 100% Irish wool and created from the offcuts of The Tweed Project’s Blanket Coats produced in collaboration with Molloy & Sons in Donegal. It continues The Tweed Project’s dialogue with the slow fashion movement, where time and craft take priority.

ibi is a precious and personal object – a souvenir – that allows an individual, through a simple gesture, to be immediately transported back to a time, a place and a feeling. Special memories are collected during a lifetime, forming an intimate record of how we experience the world. Objects, images and sounds trigger them. Small things that are completely meaningless to others have a heightened resonance for the individual. Crafted from native Irish hardwoods and Wexford linen, each ibi contains a personal memory. Rotate gently and listen.

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Studio AAD is a Dublin design consultancy that works with clients of all sizes and from a wide range of sectors, using design to help them shape their projects. Building on a project’s core strengths, Studio AAD works across disciplines to deliver ideas, solve problems and build tools that help clients to explain, engage and make an impact. The studio is founded on an entrepreneurial spirit and for the first 5 years of business the team also had a successful clothing brand that sold in stores across Europe and Asia, from Urban Outfitters to Colette in Paris and Journal Standard in Tokyo. This experience provided a unique and holistic insight for the design practice. Passionate advocates of creativity as a catalyst, the Studio AAD team invests time and money in the development of studio and community projects such as the charity site Grow and the social project Where We Are. Studio AAD is also a founding member of the 100 Archive, a site dedicated to mapping the quality and diversity of Irish communication design with the aim of providing a strong context for its development.

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Cabinet design by John McLaughlin ArchitectsJohn McLaughlin Architects is a design focused studio based in Dun Laoghaire. Their practice works at many different scales and across a wide range of project types. They are particularly interested in connections between architecture and the wider landscape and built environment. They design masterplans, landscapes, buildings, houses, public art and exhibitions. Prior to establishing the practice in 2010, John was director of architecture with the Dublin Docklands Authority where he was responsible for the design many of the public spaces in the docklands including the Grand Canal Harbour District.

Taking their inspiration from Irish modern architects and designers, their designs have been noted for their beauty, understated elegance, and playfulness. They have received many awards and have participated in a number of exhibitions. John curated the Irish Pavilion at the Venice Architecture Biennale 2012 titled Shifting Ground, and (with Gary A. Boyd) he curated and designed the Irish Pavilion at the Venice Architecture Biennale 2014 titled Infra Éireann.

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Studio AAD is een ontwerpadviesbureau dat interdisciplinair werkt om ideeën te leveren, problemen op te lossen en hulpmiddelen te bouwen die klanten helpen uitleggen, uitnodigen en indruk maken. Studio AAD is ook een van de oprichters van 100Archive, een site gericht op het in kaart brengen van de kwaliteit en diversiteit van Ierse communicatievormgeving, met als doel een sterke context te bieden voor de ontwikkeling daarvan. Studio AAD presenteert Connections, een expositieoplossing in capsulevorm om internationaal te toeren voor Irish Design 2015.

Studio AADCommissioned to develop a visual narrative of Irish Design

Theme – Work

01 - Mcor 3D colour printed mapMcor Technologies is an innovative Irish manufacturer of the world’s most affordable, full-colour and eco-friendly 3D printers. They are the only 3D printers to use ordinary business A4 and letter paper as the build material, a choice that renders durable, stable and tactile models. Established in 2004 with a talented team of specialists in the area of 3D printing hardware and software, Mcor’s vision is to make 3D printing more accessible to everyone. The company operates internationally from offices in Ireland, the UK, America and APAC. www.mcortechnologies.com

02 - TruCorp resuscitation dummy TruCorp has been targeting the medical device, medical simulation and medical education markets for the last 10 years offering a highly realistic training solution. The TruCorp range of products developed in Belfast provide an invaluable tool for training in the techniques of Laryngoscopy, nasal and endo tracheal intubation, fibre optic examinations, double lumen insertions, full use of supraglottic devices, both needle and surgical cricothryoidotomy and ENT surgical skills.www.trucorp.com

03 - MooCall, designed by Dolmen Dolmens’ unique approach is to support their clients to discover ideas and then design and develop them into customer experiences that will leapfrog their competitors. This approach not only generates intellectual property, it also delivers internationally award winning service and product designs that customers see significant value in. Dolmen applies a Lean Development process to get their clients faster to market in a very competitive global marketplace. Dolmen works with a range of clients, from ambitious start-ups and SMEs who want to scale, right through to Multinationals who want to discover and develop next generation services and products. Dolmen is established for 24 years and has an expert team and international proven track record.www.dolmen.ie

Theme - Play

04 - Tweed owl by CleoCleo originally began in 1936 as a very small retail outlet in Dublin, selling only handknit sweaters from the Aran Islands. Nowadays, Cleo is a thriving and very colourful business, located in Dublin City. They specialise in Irish clothing made from natural fibres. They sell handknit sweaters in a variety of styles and colours for men, women and children as well as coats, capes, linen blouses and shirts, hats, bags, socks, tweed mice and a whole lot more. www.cleo-ltd.com

05 - Willow Rattle by Makers & BrothersMakers & Brothers is a project developed by two brothers, Jonathan and Mark Legge. It is an online retail venture founded on a belief in the simple things; the handmade, objects of integrity, contemporary vernaculars, a curation of everyday design and craft. They define craft as a process; a production by hand or machine. Makers & Brothers are an international destination with an Irish foundation and at all times endeavour to sell objects of use; the simple, beautiful and sometimes nicely odd. www.makersandbrothers.com

06 - Fox by Saturday WorkshopSaturday Workshop is based in Dublin. They design and manufacture timber products using traditional skills and new technologies aided by a CNC router. Edward O’Cleary is a structural engineer with a background in boat-building and furniture making. Iseult, his daughter is a designer. www.saturdayworkshop.ie

Theme - Life

07 - Science stamps, design by DetailDublin based studio Detail specialise in design for print, screen and environment. They believe in analysis, simplicity and original output. Their process is based on an understanding of communication and its role for business, organisations and individuals. Their projects are large and small, simple and complex.www.detail.ie

08 - Animation Ireland stampsAnimation Ireland is a group of leading Irish animation companies working together to promote Ireland’s world class sector internationally. With millions of children every week watching animated programmes produced here, Ireland is a recognised leader with talented and technically sophisticated 2D and 3D studios creating and producing content for TV, Film, Games, Mobile and Apps. www.animationireland.com

09 - Literature stamp postcard, design by The Stone Twins

The Stone Twins are Irish born Declan and Garech Stone, a creative partnership established in the last year of the 20th Century. Since then, The Stone Twins have built a reputation for devising concept-driven, engaging and witty design solutions. The work of The Stone Twins has been broadly recognised, winning awards at ADCN, D&AD, Dutch Design Awards, European Design Awards, One Show, amongst others. The work of The Stone Twins forms part of the permanent collections of the Cooper-Hewitt, New York, the Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam and their parents’ living room. www.stonetwins.com

10 - Illustrators Ireland flyer, design by Unthink

Unthink is a Dublin-based creative design studio with a passion for creative design. Since 2006, they’ve been creating innovative, fresh and unique print and digital products, as well as complete branding systems for a wide range of national and international clients. As an agency, they are inquisitive, open minded, and approach every new project with a sense of fun. www.unthink.ie

11 - Keep Sketch notebook, design by Dave Comiskey

Dave Comiskey is a graphic designer and illustrator based in Dublin. www.davecomiskey.com

12 - Calendar by Project Twins for Irish Design Shop

The Project Twins are James and Michael Fitzgerald, an Irish based graphic art duo. They work together in a range of disciplines including art, design and illustration on both personal and commercial projects. Their illustration work has been commissioned by various magazines and agencies in Ireland, UK, Europe, America, Asia and Australia. www.theprojecttwins.com

13 - Science Gallery Annual Report, design by Detail

Detail have developed a number of reports for the Science Gallery based in Dublin, an innovative model of gallery now developing new venues accross the globe.www.detail.ie

14 - 3FE take away cup, design by Conor & David

Conor & David is a Dublin based studio which creates useful, beautiful graphic design, founded by Conor Nolan and David Wall. They believe in the importance of making things. They think that the process and outcomes should be both tangible and enlightening. They see design as a way to create and define the connections that shape our world. Their work connects audiences to ideas, customers to products and people to each other. www.conoranddavid.com

Theme - Fix

15 – SugruFormFormForm Ltd is the registered UK based company behind Sugru which was jointly founded by Irish inventor Jane ní Dhulchaointigh and entrepreneur Roger Ashby, in October 2004. In response to an overwhelmingly positive response from North America, the company established a US subsidiary in 2011 - Sugru, Inc. It now fulfills all of its North American orders from its distribution centre in Michigan. In autumn 2012 FormFormForm began distributing to resellers in Germany and Scandinavia, and the company is now embarking on exciting expansion plans in other territories.www.sugru.com

16 - OBEO food waste boxEstablished in Dublin, by Kate Cronin an experienced packaging and product designer and Liz Fingleton a chartered accountant, the Obeo food waste box is the easiest, cleanest, niftiest way to deal with food waste. Obeo customers are part of something bigger. Every pack of Obeo they use diverts 10kg of waste from landfill, so they’re helping to save the world, one little brown box at a time. www.weareobeo.com

Theme – Eat

17 - Jameson St. Patricks Day 2015 edition, label by Steve Simpson

For 30 years Dublin based illustrator Steve Simpson has been applying his multi-disciplinary skills to creative projects for a diverse range of clients right across the globe. Steve’s innovative, award winning approach to graphic design, typography and illustration is built on fresh thinking, traditional skills and a dose of fun. His bottle for Jameson’s Irish whiskey captures the soul, warmth and wit of the city where Jameson was first distilled in 1780, with images of Dublin landmarks, such as O’Connell Bridge and Trinity College.www. stevesimpson.prosite.com

18 - Trivet by SuperfolkSuperfolk is an independent design studio based in Westport which focuses on the craft of production, both handmade and industrial. They create objects and furniture which refer to Ireland’s heritage of making, playfully referencing a way of life rooted in the land, its animals and weather whilst also striving to emulate the sensitivity and sustainability of the vernacular approach. The studio works with locally sourced Irish materials and strives for innovation in its approach to natural resources such as wool, wood and leather.www.superfolk.com

19 - Elements Low Glass by J.HILL’s StandardJ.HILL’s Standard is a maker of contemporary cut crystal objects, crafted by hand, using centuries-old knowledge passed down through generations of skilled craftsmen. J.HILL’s Standard makes full use of the extraordinary levels of skills in the Waterford region; handcut crystal is a craft synomous with Ireland and, in particular, with the area around Waterford. All pieces of J.HILL’s Standard glass are hand-cut in Waterford by two master craftsmen, who between them have over a century of experience in the art of hand cutting crystal.www.jhillsstandard.com

20 - Cuttings grappa glass by J.HILL’s Standard

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21 - Cake Café napkins, design by PonyPony Ltd. is a graphic design studio founded at the beginning of the 21st century. It is the creative collaboration of Niall Sweeney (Dublin) and Nigel Truswell (Sheffield). Based in Whitechapel, London, they work in Britain, Ireland and internationally. Output at the studio ranges from popular culture to the avant-garde, from high-brow to low-brow, creating for print, screen, three dimensions, sound and performance. Their work has been published, exhibited, performed, collected and screened around the world. Their designs for the renowned Cake Café in Dublin celebrate baking and Irish artisanal food, with a heritage firmly rooted in a contemporary world and the pleasures of modern Ireland, through an aesthetic driven by the imprecise geometries of baking to an electro-beat.www.ponybox.co.uk

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22 - Quarry House by Clancy Moore architects, images by Alice Clancy

Established by Andrew Clancy and Colm Moore in 2007, Clancy Moore Architects is a practice dedicated to creating beautiful spaces and objects through an open and collaborative process with clients and craftspeople. The Irish practice is involved in a wide range of work from small and large domestic to public and commercial projects, and has a strong track record of delivering high quality, sustainable architecture in all settings. The quality of the resultant work has been borne out by numerous awards and publications. www.clancymoore.com

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23 - Jeffry’s House by Emily Mannion and Thomas O’Brien, Ards Forest Park, Co. Donegal

Thomas O’Brien is an architect living and working in Ireland. He studied architecture at University College Dubin, and graduated with honours in 2005. He obtained a Professional Diploma (Architecture) through the Royal Institute of Architects of Ireland (RIAI) and University College Dublin in May 2011. He is a registered architect and a member of the Royal Institute of Architects of Ireland. Since graduation Thomas has been fortunate to gain experience with diverse practices, such as de Paor Architects, A2 Architects, and Dorman Architects, and worked on a range of projects from educational buildings, interior fit outs, domestic extensions and new builds. He has recently begun practicing independently as totobArk. Emily Mannion is an artist born in Donegal in 1985. She graduated with a BA(hons) degree in Fine Art from the University of Huddersfield in 2007. She completed a Digital Residency in Firestation Artist Studios in 2010 and subsequently undertook a residency in Templebar Gallery and Studios with the interdisciplinary group Terraform. Recent shows include ‘We had an idea about the future’, 2012, NCH, Earlsfort Terrace Dublin, and ‘Constellations’, 2011, curated by Emma Lucy O’Brien, Visual Centre for Contemporary Art, Carlow; She currently lives in Dublin.Images by Carla Killeen, Catalyst DNA. © IAFwww.totobark.com

24 - House 1 by TAKA architects, images by Alice Clancy

TAKA is an architectural practice based in Dublin, Ireland. Their practice is focused on creating buildings, places and moments which have a distinct character. They have a careful and economic approach to materials and construction, and a first-principles approach to sustainability. They collaborate closely with clients, professional consultants and expert makers to ensure the ambitions of projects are met and exceeded. A continuing level of excellence in the built work of the practice is recognised by multiple national and international awards and worldwide publication. TAKA have experience in a wide range of project types ranging from domestic extensions to commercial and public buildings. TAKA is led by partners Alice Casey ARB(UK) and Cian Deegan MRIAI.www.taka.ie

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25 - Eoin McHugh - Augury book from Douglas Hyde Gallery, design by Peter Maybury

Peter Maybury works as an artist, graphic designer, and musician. With formal training in visual communications in Dublin and London, his creative practice has expanded to encompass design for print and screen, wayfinding systems, artworks for exhibition, sound, video and curation. Peter’s holistic approach sees him work at the interstices of several disciplines. With a track record from nearly 20 years working to the highest degree of excellence in visual communication and design for print and screen, his broad experience has developed into extensive knowledge taking in all aspects of design, editorial, pre-press and printing. Peter has wide-ranging experience in working with creative practitioners and institutions, editors and curators, including over 80 individual artists publications, and more than 40 group show publications, for clients in Ireland, Belgium, Luxembourg, UK, US, Italy and Canada. www.petermaybury.com

26 - A Bit Lost by Chris HaughtonChris Haughton is an Irish designer and children’s book author. He has been a freelance illustrator for 12 years. His interest in fair trade drew him into working with a number of non-profit projects and in 2007 he was listed in Time Magazine’s DESIGN 100 for the design work he undertook for People Tree. Since then he has created a number of children’s books, with his first book A Bit Lost being translated into 20 languages and winning numerous international awards including the Dutch Picture Book of the Year. Oh No George! came out in 2012 and won the Junior Magazine Picturebook of the year award, and his most recent book SHH! We have a plan won the AOI award for children’s books in 2014.www.chrishaughton.com

27 - The Dublin Review 58, design by Atelier David Smith

Established in 2000, Atelier David Smith is an independent design studio that works in the public and cultural sector, creating award-winning work for national and international clients. David has lectured publicly on his own practice and on wider issues concerning graphic design and has contributed to Eye – the International Review of Graphic Design. International recognition includes awards and commendations from the Type Directors Club New York, Association Typographique Internationale (AtypI) and the International Society of Typographic Designers. His work for the Asko Schönberg Ensembles (designed and developed at UNA [Amsterdam]) received the Nederlands Huisstijl Prize and a Premier award for typography from the ISTD. National awards include numerous commendations from the Institute of Designers in Ireland (IDI); and a number of bronze, silver and gold awards from ICAD.www.atelier.ie

28 - SET zine, design by Paul GuinanPaul Guinan is a senior designer at Form, a Dublin based branding and communications practice founded in 2005. Their projects are realised through a 4 stage process of discovery, definition, development and delivery. Driven by research and strategically framed their outcomes are implemented through print, digital, motion and environmental touch-points, with dialogue and the exchange of knowledge core to their collaborative partnership approach.www.form.ie

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29 - Woven Lambswool childs hat by ElksElks design exquisite children’s clothes, made exclusively by hand in Ireland. Using materials like Donegal tweed, beautiful Irish linen, alpaca wool and finest merino, Elks create remarkably well-made clothes with a depth of cultural history connected to Ireland’s past and present. Their designs are an expression of the urban and rural, the wild and constructed. Founder Lucy Clarke is a musician and mother of two. After playing in seminal all-girl rock group Chicks (she played Glastonbury the day she finished her Leaving Cert, and the girls were known for their colourful handmade image), Lucy went on to study Philosophy and now has two children. Elks work with local knitters, weavers and seamstresses to produce their designs, and have developed a sustainable, handmade children’s clothing brand for children throughout the world.www.elks.ie

30 - Bow tie by Brendan JosephDistilling precious moments and beautiful places, Brendan Joseph makes each scarf, shawl & bow-tie by hand in Ireland, the home of his inspiration, working in silk, cashmere and linen. The colours in each scarf are the result of an innovative design methodology by which Brendan draws his inspiration directly from scenes and sources in the environment around him – the vibrant city of Dublin and the beautiful natural landscapes of Ireland. Brendan’s passion for colour, pattern, quality and craftsmanship is clear in his work as he explores, distils and translates what he sees in the world around him into his handmade scarves. Although the colours in his designs are drawn purely from nature, they bring out the unusual and the unnoticed - the intensely vibrant lichen on warm grey rocks by the soft-blue sea at Sandymount Strand, or the speckled pink and blue of the Georgian and Victorian architecture in the area around his studio.www.brendanjoseph.com

31 - Satchel by The Atlantic Equipment ProjectThe harsh beauty of the Irish Atlantic coast breeds a special kind of folk. A community of individuals exploring the high roads and byroads, the muddy fields and bogs, in search of elusive perfection. The Atlantic Equipment (AE) project, founded by Ashleigh Smith, is about designing and building long-lasting, quality equipment that will serve this community of adventurers and explorers. AE packs are designed with durability and function as primary requirements, in order to support experience and adventure amongst your wilderness. The project is about the coastal communities of the West of Ireland, where a new, quality manufacture base can bring prosperity and further potential. AE build quality packs, by hand, in their workshop in the West of Ireland. In prioritizing local resources and keeping supply chains as small as possible, their ambition is to maintain and grow a sustainable business ethos - investing in people with skills, keeping production small, and ensuring attention to detail and craftsmanship. www.atlanticequipmentproject.com

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It’s like a window on Ireland – I wanted to bring breadth to how people understand Irish Design. I’m thinking of it as a glimpse of modern Ireland through the lens of design. I imagined it like a kitchen dresser, the eclectic backdrop to family life; and that let me bring in quite disparate things that nevertheless have a relationship through how we use them, how they give us a sense of who we are.

The cabinet is very broad, in a similar way to Connections, the capsule exhibition we’ve made for ID2015 to tour embassies around the world. People who view it may not know much about Ireland, or they may have a ‘diddley-eye’, more folk based perception of what Irish design is, so we wanted to create an honest collection that shows modern Ireland as it is. It’s a little portal that gives a wider sense.

It’s been curated like an insider’s guide, so we’ve included ephemera: flyers and books; and well-designed everyday items, rather than just up-on-a-pedestal objects of desire. It’s quite broad, covering many aspects of modern life – design for work, play, life, to wear, to inhabit. That’s what I like about design: the real everyday stuff. I’m a big advocate of design as a way to make things better, a lot of it is invisible and those can be the very best things.

I studied Visual Communications in Aberdeen in Scotland, then I worked in photography in Glasgow and London before coming to Dublin in 1998 to work in design agencies. I started Angry, a clothing company in 2000. We were selling in London, Paris and Tokyo, and even though the brand was successful, we knew nothing about the business of fashion, so we weren’t making money. We set up Studio AAD in 2004 to work on branding, design and multidisciplinary projects. I’m also involved in the 100Archive (100Archive.com), mapping the landscape of communication design in contemporary Ireland. The project creates a context to show how varied design can be.

Some of the things in the cabinet are amazing. Like the award winning Moocall, by Dolmen. Apparently one of the hardest things in cow farming is getting the vet to the cow at the right time to deliver the calf. It’s a dangerous time for the animal and even experts could miss the moment. So Dolmen created this device that tracks the movement of the cow’s tail, and sends a text message when calving is about to begin. Moocall and Mcor’s 3D printing technologies are these brilliantly unexpected stories of ingenuity in an Irish context.

On the other hand, there’s a copy of the Dublin Review. It’s a literature periodical designed by Atelier David Smith, and it’s just gorgeous. They’ve been doing that since 2000, and it’s elegantly laid out and beautifully appropriate. Ireland has such a strong reputation for literature, but not everyone would put the effort into designing a periodical that well, it’s a joy to see it.

We also have one of the Douglas Hyde Gallery’s publications, an annual report from the brilliant Science Gallery and a range of other Irish designed books. There’s been a renaissance in Irish children’s books over the past few years, and Chris Haughton’s ‘A Bit Lost’ is beautiful.

I wanted to get away from the clichés of traditional design, but we’ve also included modern makers with a basis in craft, like The Atlantic Equipment Project, who make hardwearing gear for hikers and surfers from their studios in Sligo, Elks who make lovely clothes for kids, and Superfolk. There’s napkins designed by Pony for the Cake Café, and a crystal glass from Waterford’s J.HILL’S Standard. There’s a richness to these pieces, that pick up on a design heritage that had fallen into abeyance for a time. A new vernacular has been growing over the last six years that is world class but also proud of its heritage and tradition. These are the things that form the backdrop to Modern Irish Life.

Working in the industry today, I know so many colleagues making brilliant things. That’s what excites me. ID2015 has already sparked a lot of conversations within the industry. The next stage is for us to create the foundation to bring those conversations to the wider public. That’s the best legacy for when this year is over.

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With degrees in Visual Communication and Film Production, Annie Atkins cut her teeth in filmmaking on the crew of historical drama The Tudors, making vintage-style graphic props for use on set. She went on to specialise in the creation of artefacts, signage and documents on a wide range of period productions. After working on Oscar-nominated animation The Boxtrolls, Annie was called in by Wes Anderson as Lead Graphic Designer on The Grand Budapest Hotel, which went on to win the Academy Award for Production Design. Annie spent most of 2014 working on Spielberg’s historical thriller Bridge of Spies, set in 1960s New York and Berlin and scripted by the Coen brothers. She is now back home working from her studio in Dublin, where she is also a photographer and film poster designer. In 2011, Annie first collaborated with Eoghan Nolan, an award-winning copywriter and former Creative Director of McCann-Erickson, Irish International BBDO and Leo Burnett. In 2011, he founded Brand Artillery. The campaign created by Brand Artillery for Glasnevin Cemetery won the only Gold Bell given for Irish advertising at the prestigious Institute of Creative Advertising & Design (ICAD) Awards 2014, also taking Silver & Bronze. Those top honours marked 26 years since Eoghan’s work was first recognised at ICAD. The enormously popular Glasnevin posters have become collectors’ items and were featured in the documentary One Million Dubliners” which took its name from the campaign. Annie and Eoghan now work together under the name Think & Son.

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Annie Atkins is gespecialiseerd in het creëren van artefacten, borden en documenten voor een brede reeks periodeproducties. Ze heeft gewerkt aan het voor een Oscar genomineerde The Box Trolls als hoofd grafische vormgeving en aan de film The Grand Budapest Hotel, welke een Oscar heeft gewonnen voor productievormgeving. Eoghan Nolan is een prijswinnende copywriter en de voormalige directeur van McCann-Erikson, Irish International BBDO en Leo Burnett. Eoghan werkte voor het eerst samen met Annie in 2011. Ze werken samen onder de naam Think & Son.

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Seymours Irish Biscuits is a family-owned specialist bakery producing individually hand-cut biscuits made in small batches. The bakery in Bandon, West Cork is about 8km west of the family dairy farm that supplies the fresh milk and creamery butter for the biscuits, giving a superlative taste that no other biscuit bakery can match. The bakery was set up in Bandon in 2008 and today the small team of bakers supplies Seymours’ sweet and savoury biscuits to Ireland’s finest food stores.

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Seymours Irish Biscuits is een gespecialiseerde familiebakkerij die individueel handgevormde biscuits produceert in kleine partijen. De bakkerij in West-Cork gebruikt verse melk en romige boter van hun eigen zuivelboerderij voor de biscuits, wat een superieure smaak geeft, ongeëvenaard door enige andere biscuit

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Collaborative Process: Specialising in designing graphic props for period filmmaking, Annie Atkins steps into the shoes of the character she’s designing for rather than designing as a contemporary graphic designer. If she were a local baker, what stories would she commemorate on her biscuit packaging? She called in master storyteller Eoghan Nolan and together they came up with three slices of local Irish legend and urban myth, which were then sent to scenic artist Alan Lambert to be interpreted as full-colour illustrations.

Featured Work:Packaged biscuits, baked by Philip O’Connor of Seymours Irish Biscuits in West Cork. The biscuits are wrapped in sheets of a fictional local newspaper and packaged in wooden French poplar boxes, to be given away at Liminal as keepsakes. The biscuit labels were designed to illustrate three parts of Ireland: coastal (Skibbereen), urban (Stoneybatter), and Northern (Cushendall). Food packaging from around the world features all kinds of Chinese whispers and legendary animals such as the iconic lion on the tin of Lyle’s Golden Syrup. Think & Son’s biscuit packaging features illustrations of missing cats, tugs of war, and slain fish that all hail from local tall stories told around Ireland.

Materials:Paint, paper, printing, round French poplar boxes, biscuits.

Think & Son in collaboration with Seymours Irish Biscuits

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Featured Work: ID2015 commissioned The Stone Twins to develop a concept that reflects their perception and unique perspective of Irish and Dutch culture. The resulting booklet, Double Dutch – Irish Blarney is an object to covet. It offers humorous observations on the nuances and idiosyncrasies of Dutch and Irish life.

Materials: Linen cover with fluorescent inks and silver thread stitching. Booklet size is 80mm x 120mm.

De Stone Twins zijn tweelingbroers Declan en Garech Stone. Het werk van hun ontwerpbureau in Amsterdam staat bekend om zijn onconventionele, uitnodigende en grappige kwaliteiten en is erkend bij uitreikingen van brancheprijzen zoals D&AD, Dutch Design Awards en European Design. De Stone Twins presenteren ‘Double Dutch Irish Blarney’, een pocketboek dat de vele culturele en sociale verschillen tussen Nederland en Ierland viert.

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The Stone Twins are twin brothers Declan and Garech Stone (born 1970, Dublin). The work of their Amsterdam-based design agency is noted for its unconventional, engaging and witty qualities and has been recognised by industry awards such as D&AD, Dutch Design Awards and European Design.

Passionate and assertive about design, The Stone Twins are the authors of Logo R.I.P., a book that commemorates 50 defunct logos. Declan and Garech regularly contribute to design publications and blogs such as Eye magazine, the international review of graphic design, DesignWeek, and for 10 years had a monthly column in the Dutch magazine Communicatie. In addition, the duo was Head of the ‘Man and Communication’ department at Design Academy Eindhoven from 2008–2013. They currently provide lectures and workshops on visual communication at several international design schools.

The Stone Twins work is included in the permanent collections of the Cooper-Hewitt New York, the Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam and their parents’ living room.

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Derek Wilson

A curated collection of studio ceramic pieces that reference functional elements yet retain a sculptural aesthetic. The selective colour palette and quality of finish and form reflect local elements within the historical landscape where the pieces are produced. Their colour, shape and materiality reference the ideas of restraint, containment and minimalism.

All pieces are hand thrown; some are made in sections and then constructed when the clay is leather-hard. Pieces with an engobe finish are fired up to five times with layers of the engobe painted on between each firing until the required quality and depth of finish are achieved.

Porcelain and stoneware, high-fired with an engobe finish and glazed interiors.

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Belfast-based ceramicist Derek Wilson graduated from the University of Ulster in 2007 with an MA in Applied Arts. He runs a successful contemporary studio practice that focuses on producing a range of hand-thrown porcelain tableware as well as a selection of sculptural objects. He has exhibited extensively throughout the UK, Ireland and Europe and his work has featured in Wallpaper magazine’s ‘Handmade’ Milan exhibition. His practice as a ceramicist draws inspiration from a diverse range of sources – from mid-century British Constructivism to the history of the ceramic industry in Europe and Asia, with an aim to push the boundaries of a traditional and diverse art form through playing with its aesthetics, materiality and processes.

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Derek uit Belfast voert een succesvolle hedendaagse studio die zich richt op het produceren van handgemaakt serviesgoed en een selectie beeldhouwwerken. Hij heeft veelvuldig geëxposeerd in het Verenigd Koninkrijk, Ierland en Europa.

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VFX Association of Ireland

VFXAI showcases Ireland as a centre of excellence and a destination with significant VFX talent. Representing Ireland’s leading VFX companies such as Egg, Piranha Bar, Screen Scene and Windmill Lane, the work of its member companies has been recognised at international award ceremonies including the VES Awards, the Emmys and the BAFTAs, acknowledging the superb creative talent and production expertise available in Ireland.

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Visual FX Association of Ireland (VFXAI) presenteert Ireland als centrum van excellentie en een bestemming met belangrijk VFX-talent. VFXAI vertegenwoordigd Ierlands toonaangevende VFX-bedrijven, Egg, Piranha Bar, Screen Scene en Windmill Lane. Het werk van de leden is bekroond bij internationale prijsuitreikingen, waaronder de VES, Emmy’s en Bafta’s, waarmee het fantastische creatieve talent en de productie-expertise wordt erkend die beschikbaar is in Ierland.

Egg Post Production is a dynamic and innovative company with a proven track record in all areas of post production and VFX located in the heart of Georgian Dublin.

It was founded in 2004 by Gareth Young and Gary Shortall, bringing their vision of using cutting-edge technology and workflows with a focus on creativity

Piranha Bar is a creative production studio built around a full service post facility. Their roster of directors and studio of animators, 3D experts, flame artists and production specialists all share a passion for effective storytelling.

From live-action to animation and high-end VFX every executional technique

to deliver high-quality finishing and VFX to the Irish media industry. Following highly successful careers as editors, their vast knowledge of the industry and post production processes ensure the best possible service to their clients.

Their state of the art facilities include two 4K grading suites with cinema calibrated

supports ‘The Story’ resulting in engaging, beautifully crafted work that speaks, sometimes whispers and occasionally screams. From inception to execution, Piranha Bar encourages a collaborative approach to the creative process and looks to workshop concepts, techniques and media options with clients. In addition

projection, a comfortable finishing suite, 2 sound dubbing studios, 40 VFX seats and 8 spacious offline rooms. At the heart of the facility is an Isilon storage system that allows seamless workflows across the entire facility.

Their work is consistently nominated for awards with credits including Emmy, BAFTA and IFTA winning shows.

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to the traditional production company workflow, Piranha Bar offers a collective approach, where every solution is explored and delivered in-house. As the world rapidly shifts focus from one medium to another and across multiple communication platforms, Piranha Bar seeks to explore the concepts and techniques that result in true originality.

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Established 30 years ago, Screen Scene VFX and post production facilities is a cornerstone of the Irish film and television industry. It has grown over time and with an award winning team of 60 people, 50 post production suites and a VFX facility with 40 seats. Screen Scene has established Ireland as a VFX and post production centre of excellence with the capacity to deliver on the international stage.

Screen Scene is one of most experienced suppliers of TV dramas and feature film VFX and post production in the UK and Ireland.

They are currently working on TV shows ‘The Frankenstein Chronicles’ for ITV and ‘Ripper Street’ Season 4 for Amazon Prime, and the feature film ‘I.T.’ directed by John Moore staring Pierce Brosnan.

Earlier this year Screen Scene’s work on ‘Ripper Street’ Season 3 received both BAFTA and VES nominations for best VFX.

Windmill Lane VFX specialises in creating high-end visual effects for feature film and television. Established in 2010, Windmill Lane collaborates with directors and producers to realise their vision and produce computer imagery of the highest standard. A wealth of talent and experience in all

aspects of the industry allows the company to work efficiently in an environment that is both relaxed and creatively stimulating.

Windmill have worked on feature films such as ‘Lockout’, produced by Luc Besson’s EuropaCorp, and Jake Platrow’s ‘Young Ones’, as well as the TV dramas ‘Titanic:

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Screen Scene In 2014 Screen Scene VFX received a VES nomination for best VFX for the Sky One drama ‘Moonfleet’. In 2011 Screen Scene’s VFX work on series one of ‘Game of Thrones’ was Emmy-nominated and picked up a VES award.

Recent credits include ‘Room’, ‘Game Of Thrones’ Season 5, ‘Sing Street’, ‘A Dangerous Fortune’, ‘Die Hard 5’, ‘Last Days On Mars’, ‘Life Of Crime’, ‘Ice Cream Girls’, ‘Loving Miss Hatto’.

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Blood & Steel’, ‘Vikings’, ‘Penny Dreadful’, and ‘Dracula Untold’ for Universal Pictures.

Current projects include ‘Jadotville’, starring Jamie Dornan, and ‘The Secret Scripture’ directed by Jim Sheridan and starring Rooney Mara and Vanessa Redgrave.

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James Morris of Windmill Lane talks about his career in digital production

I was involved in the student drama society ‘Players’ in Trinity College, and in a band too, with the composer Shaun Davey. I’d studied history, and even though that was a good thing – it teaches you to marshal your thoughts – there were no jobs when I graduated in 1970. So I went over to London, and found my way to a cutting room in Soho. As soon as I got sight of a film editor at work, I thought ‘that’s for me!’.

I became a trainee, working my way up to a job at Roger Cherill’s, which was the top editing company at the time. I loved film, but didn’t want to spend the rest of my working life in London, so I turned down two job offers to come back to Dublin and set up my own editing company. Then Russ Russell, another college friend, joined me and after a short while we built a music recording studio. The timing was perfect.

Back then, if bands in the UK had a hit, they’d be told to make another record, but also to leave the country for tax reasons. Meanwhile, Paul McGuinness, who’d also been in college with us, said, “I manage a band”, and he brought in U2. MTV started up and suddenly every band needed a video. We were the only people who had a film studio alongside a recording studio.

By the late 1980s, we couldn’t grow any more in Ireland, so I was travelling to London each week, and with the help of Paul and U2 we then set up a post production facility in Soho and called it The Mill. The Mill was a dedicated commercials facility but digital technologies came along and made it feasible to work digitally on film. The Mill approached Ridley and Tony Scott, and set up Mill Film in 1998. It went well and led to winning the VFX Oscar for Gladiator. I left The Mill around 2005 and the company has gone on to great success in New York, LA and Chicago.

Throughout all this Windmill has always been my base and a few years ago two talented Irish film makers, Stephen St. Leger and James Mather persuaded Luc Besson to make Lockout with them, and they asked me to set up a VFX studio in Dublin. We rented a warehouse in Sandyford, took on a team from our contacts, and delivered the film.

Now we’re building a viable, sustainable VFX base in Ireland. It’s a tough market; the competition isn’t with other companies here, it’s with competitors abroad, so we’ve reached out to Screen Scene, Egg and Piranha Bar to form a collective, The Visual Effects Association of Ireland (VFXAI). Geography isn’t an issue any more, and we’re working together to put ourselves on the map, getting the message out that we can team up to handle scale if a suitable project comes along.

Digital production is leading content creation around the world. We have really great talent in Ireland, we’re writing our own software, coming up with our own angles. In the past, the majority of Irish creative talent was picked up by big companies working elsewhere, but there are many who’d love to come back. We all want to work on something challenging and good – now we can give them a chance.

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Zero-G is a Dublin-based design practice engaged in research, strategy and design. Founded in 2004 by Ciarán Ó Gaora, Zero-G has earned a reputation as a creative partner for businesses who want to leverage design to build their brand, facilitate innovation and inspire meaningful change in their organisations. This has been achieved by creating stories that focus purpose and meaning, creating tools that empower employees to look at opportunities with fresh eyes, and demonstrating the power of design to make things better for the user, be they customer, employee, audience or citizen.

Current projects include a primary healthcare development in Nebraska, retail innovation in Maryland, brand repositioning with a national retail group in Ireland, and global brand strategy and management tools with a Washington DC-based NGO.

Clients include: Amnesty International; Áras an Úachtaráin; Bord Gáis Energy; Bord Bia; Barry’s Tea; Concern Worldwide (IRL/US/UK); Culture Ireland; Design & Crafts Council of Ireland; Elevation Partners (USA); Fáilte Ireland; Forfás; Irish Museum of Modern Art; Mumbai International Airport (INDIA); Musgraves Marketplace; National Digital Research Centre; Science Gallery(IRL); Special Olympics International (USA); Smurfit Kappa; SSP (UK); Storyful; TCC; The Wills Group (USA); Think Whole Person Healthcare (USA); Tourism Ireland; UDG Healthcare; Vodafone.

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Zero-G is een vormgevingsbureau uit Dublin dat zich bezighoudt met onderzoek, strategie en vormgeving. Met creatieve partners over de hele wereld ontwikkelen ze verhalen die richting geven aan doel en betekenis, waarbij ze hulpmiddelen creëren die medewerkers in staat stellen om met een frisse blik naar mogelijkheden te kijken en de kracht demonstreren van vormgeving om dingen beter te maken voor de gebruiker, of ze nu klant, medewerker, publiek of burger zijn. Zero-G presenteert een speciaal vervaardigde infographic die de ontwikkeling uitbeeldt van Ierlands wetgevende, gerechtelijke, bestuurlijke en lokale overheidsstructuren sinds de grondwet van 1937.

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Featured Work: The Map of The State is an evolving graphic work that takes Ireland’s 1937 constitution as its starting point. This document outlines the legislative, judicial, executive and local governmental structures of state. Just as these state structures have evolved over the intervening decades to become complex, layered and intertwined, so too will the map as available information is layered on. The shape and structure of the map will be informed by the available information and the challenges of displaying this information in a single view.

Over the duration of the project the map will include greater detail on the departments, agencies and bodies that make up the Irish state in 2015. The early stages of the work will consist of a printed graphic depiction of the evolving map before literally being made concrete.

There is currently no single diagram of Irish state institutions and associated bodies making it difficult, if not impossible, to identify roles, responsibilities and relationships. The project is inspired by the role that the Government Digital Services (GDS) played in increasing access to, and understanding of, government services in the United Kingdom. GDS continue to demonstrate how the design process can be used to affect change at a fundamental level from policy and structure to citizen engagement and cross-departmental collaboration. gds.blog.gov.uk

A key information reference point is the Irish State Administration Database (ISAD), a project developed as part of the ‘Mapping the Irish State’ project located at the Geary Institute, University College Dublin. isad.ie

Collaborative Process:The core Zero-G project team has collaborated with a range of partners as the project unfolded. These partners have helped to access and gather information, parse it out and structure it, and ultimately present it in an engaging and accessible form. Collaborators include Emer Coleman, former Deputy Director for Digital Engagement at Government Digital Services in the UK.

Materials: Digital print. 1500mm x 3000mm.

“A country or a nation-state is the ultimate collaborative venture. Understanding the roles, responsibilities and relationships at play within that collaboration is the first step towards making that collaboration better.”Ciarán Ó Gaora, Zero-G

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Liminal showreel

Liminal – Irish Design at the Threshold Dezeen

Ogham Wall TimelapseGlasshopper – Nik Eagland

Animation Ireland Short FilmsCoda — And Maps and PlansAfter You — Brown Bag FilmsSomewhere Down the Line & The Ledge End of Phil (from accounting) — Cartoon Saloon The Missing Scarf — Eoin Duffy Deadly — Kavaleer Productions Fear of Flying — Lovely Productions

VFX Showreel Windmill Lane VFXEgg Piranha BarScreen Scene VFX

Animation Ireland Showreel And Maps and PlansBelly CreativeBlacknorth StudioBoulder MediaBrown Bag FilmsCartoon SaloonDancing Girl ProductionsDavid O’ ReillyDouble Z EnterprisesGeronimoGiant AnimationIgloo FilmsJAM MediaKavaleer ProductionsKeg KartoonzLovely ProductionsMagpie & MediaMayfly FilmsMoetion FilmsPrickly Pear ProductionsStill FilmsTelegaelTidal FilmsTreehouse RepublicWiggleywooZanita Films

About Irish Design 2015:

Over Irish Design 2015: Design Library Photo Credits

Irish Design 2015 (ID2015) is a year-long initiative backed by the Irish government exploring, promoting and celebrating Irish design throughout Ireland and internationally in order to drive job creation, grow exports and increase competitiveness. The programme for the year includes presenting the work of Irish designers at high-profile events in design capitals including London, Paris, Eindhoven, Milan, New York, Chicago and Hong Kong/Shenzhen. ID2015 is being convened by the Design & Crafts Council of Ireland (DCCoI), in collaboration with partner organisations, on behalf of the Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation, the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade and Enterprise Ireland. ID2015 partners include: Founding Partners – MCO Projects; Accommodation Partners – The Doyle Collection; Venue Partners – OPW; Exhibition Partners – DAA; Technology Partners – IBM; Transport Partners – Bus Éireann Expressway; Construction Partners – SISK.

For further information and high res images (via Dropbox link), please contact:

Cristina BelmonteSandford PR — [email protected]

Irish Design 2015 (ID2015) is een jaar durend initiatief ondersteund door de Ierse overheid om Ierse vormgeving te ontdekken, promoten en vieren in Ierland en internationaal, om banen te creëren, de export te stuwen en de concurrentievaardigheid te vergroten. Het jaarprogramma omvat het presenteren van het werk van Ierse vormgevers bij prominente gelegenheden in vormgevingshoofdsteden, waaronder Londen, Parijs, Eindhoven, Milaan, New York, Chicago en Hong Kong/Shenzhen. ID2015 is in het leven geroepen door de Design & Crafts Council van Ierland (DCCoI), in samenwerking met partnerorganisaties, in naam van het Ierse Ministerie van Werkgelegenheid, Ondernemingen en Innovatie, het Ministerie van Buitenlandse Zaken en Trade and Enterprise Ireland. ID2015-partners zijn onder anderen oprichtingspartner MCO Projects, accomodatiepartner The Doyle Collection, evenementpartner OPW, expositiepartner DAA, technologiepartner IBM, Transport Partners - Bus Éireann Expressway, constructiepartner SISK.

Neem voor meer informatie en afbeeldingen met hoge resolutie (via Dropbox link) contact op met:

Sandford PR — [email protected]

The library includes seminal Irish design and designed publications including:

Kilkenny Design: Twenty-One Years of Design in Ireland by Nick MarchantArt and Architecture of Ireland (in particular Volume 5 20th C ) various eds Yale University PressSpeculative Everything by Dunne and Raby, MIT PressEileen Gray: Her Work and Her World by Jennifer Goff, Irish Academic PressA Bit Lost/Shhhhh by Chris Haughton, Candlewick Once Upon an Alphabet: Short Stories for All the Letters by Oliver Jeffers, Philomel Books Designing the Secret of Kells by Tomm Moore, Ross Stewart and Eloise Scherrer , Cartoon SaloonLogo R.I.P.: A Commemoration of Dead Logotypes by The Stone Twins, BIS PublishersIrish Country Posters (Plakate in der Irischen Provinz) by the Deutsches Plakat Museum, Essen in 1982 Oranje & Green: Holland – Ireland Design Connections 1951 – 2002 by Conor Clarke, BIS PublishersIreland Design & Visual Culture; Negotiating Modernity Eds. Linda King and Elaine Sisson, CUP PressThe Moderns: The Arts in Ireland from the 1900s to the 1970s various Eds. IMMAPIVOT Dublin Bid Book published by Dublin City Council Architects OfficeCampaign published by ICADIDI Awards 2014 published by IDIRIAI Annual Review, Irish Architecture, Vol 5 (2014/15) published by RIAIHouse Projects, published by Atelier Project and House ProjectsInto the Light; 60 yrs of the Arts Council ed, Karen Downey published by Arts Council Motion Capture ed, Fiona Kearney published by Glucksman GalleryOn Seeing Only Totally New Things Gavin Murphy & Atelier ProjectsEnignum and Other Stories, Joseph Walsh second edition published by Atelier Projects and JW Studio

All images by Peter Rowan with the exception of images on:

Page 10, 11, 12 courtesy of Animation IrelandPage 13 courtesy of Lovely ProductionsPage14,15 courtesy of Garrett O’ HaganPage 16, 17 courtesy of Damien Murtagh Page 18 courtesy of Daniel Martinek and Filip ZuanPage 21 courtesy of Rothschild and BickersPage 24 courtesy of Design GoatPage 28, 29 courtesy of Design PartnersPage 30, 31, 32,33 courtesy of Dolmen and NovaerusPage 34, 35 courtesy of Fabio DienaPage 36, 37 courtesy of Rich GilliganPage 38, 40, 41 courtesy of Love & RobotsPage 39 courtesy of The Abbey TheatrePage 46, 47 courtesy of Mcor Technologies and Pink Kong StudioPage 50, 51, 52, 53 courtesy of The Souvenir ProjectPage 56 courtesy of Rich GilliganPage 57 courtesy of Studio AADPage 58, 59 courtesy of Annie Atkins and Eoghan NolanPage 62 courtesy of The Stone TwinsPage 64, 65 courtesy of Egg, Piranha Bar, Screen Scene and Windmill Lane Page 66, 67 courtesy of Windmill Lane VFXPage 69 courtesy of Zero-G

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Team biographies:

Angela O’KellyAngela O’Kelly is the Head of Design for Body and Environment at the National College of Art and Design, Ireland. She has worked as a curator of contemporary design and craft since 2004 and has also worked as a consultant, educator, facilitator and practitioner. She holds a degree and postgraduate diploma in Design and Applied Art from Edinburgh College of Art and an MA in Arts Management and Cultural Policy from University College Dublin.

Exhibition DesignJohn McLaughlin Architects

John McLaughlin is a graduate of UCD School of Architecture. He worked in Paris and London for over a decade on major civic and cultural projects before returning to Dublin where he was Director of Architecture with the Dublin Docklands Authority where he was responsible for the design of public spaces, notably the Grand Canal Harbour area. He was a member of the group who drafted the Irish Government Policy on Architecture 2009 to 2015, and started private practice in 2010. Often collaborating with practitioners from different disciplines, he leads a studio of six people based in Dún Laoghaire. Their work is inspired by modern Irish architects and designers and has been noted for its elegance, understatement and playfulness. They have received many awards and have been published internationally. In 2014 he co-curated and designed the Irish pavilion at the Fourteenth Venice international Architecture Biennale with Dr. Gary A. Boyd. Titled Infra-Eireann, the pavilion looked at how, since independence, the Irish state has used infrastructures to make Ireland modern.

johnmclaughlin.ie

Graphic DesignNew Graphic

New Graphic are a design agency based in Dublin. They think good graphic design combines clarity and beauty. Their work is idea driven. They look to communicate their client’s message clearly using the best medium for the job.

Recently they’ve worked with John McLaughlin Architects on the Architecture Biennale in 2012 and 2014, the Liminal exhibition being their latest collaboration.

newgraphic.ie

Alex MiltonAlex Milton is the Programme Director ofIrish Design 2015. As a designer, educator, researcher, curator and author he has promoted a critical, provocative and entrepreneurial approach to design. He is a visiting professor at Manchester School of Art, Aston University and the National College of Art and Design, Ireland. Alex has previously taught at a number of institutions internationally including Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design, Edinburgh College of Art and the Central Academy of Fine Art, Beijing. His creative work has been exhibited at numerous international venues including ICFF New York, 100% Design London, IMMA Dublin, MUDAC Lausanne, INDEX Copenhagen and Designersblock Milan. He has published extensively, and his most recent book ‘Research Methods for Product Design’ co-authored with Paul Rodgers was published by Laurence King in 2013. He is a council member of the Institute of Designers in Ireland and a Fellow of the Royal Society of the Arts.

Curatorial Team

Louise AllenLouise Allen is the Head of International Programmes for Irish Design 2015 and Head of Innovation and Development at the Design & Crafts Council of Ireland. Her experience ranges across design, enterprise, contemporary arts, education, curation and innovation. In her various roles she has led on the strategic development for the design and craft sector, forged relationships nationally and internationally and has delivered several EU funded programmes. Louise most recently curated ‘Second Skin’ which is touring as part of the Irish Design 2015 exhibitions programme. She is currently on the board of the World Crafts Council Europe.

Exhibition FabricationOikos Ltd Dublin, Ireland

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Thanks to:

We would like to thank the Irish design sector and community for their invaluable support and advice in helping develop the exhibition content and approach.

Thank you to the Irish Design 2015 team, and our colleagues at the Design & Crafts Council of Ireland for helping to make the exhibition happen.

We would also like to thank the Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation, Enterprise Ireland and the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade for their continued support of Irish Design 2015.

Design Hub, Dublin Castle, 20th November, 2015 — 6th January, 2016

National Craft Gallery, Kilkenny, opening 8th April, 2016

Liminal – Irish design at the threshold continues to evolve and will be exhibited at:

ISBN: 978-1-906691-47-9 — Typeset in Theinhardt

Irish Design 2015

Irish Design 2015 is the start of a job creation journey exploring, promoting and celebrating Irish design and designers through events and activities on the island of Ireland and internationally.

Michael D. Higgins, President of Ireland, is Patron of Irish Design 2015 and the initiative has been included in the Irish Government’s Action Plan for Jobs.

ID2015 is being convened by the Design & Crafts Council of Ireland, in collaboration with partner organisations on behalf of the Department of Jobs, Enterprise & Innovation, the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade and Enterprise Ireland.

www.irishdesign2015.ie

@irishdesign2015 #ID2015Liminal

www.irishdesign2015.ie/liminal