Irish Furniture Designers Network

Design Week 09 Exhibition

Introduction

Welcome to the Irish Furniture Designers Network Show for Design Week 2009.

This year’s show is an extended programme of events and brings together a number of facets from the design industry to celebrate creativity, innovation and design.

These events will be hosted by Design Principles, a creative business, recently formed to deliver commercial design services with an innovative approach to business. Through the power of network building Design Principles seeks to deliver commercial design solutions while also promoting a culture of design in Ireland.

This year’s show  brings together some of the most forward thinking design minds to promote dialogue through collaboration and to instill a sense of pride in our craft and lift the spirits of the industry in these challenging times.

Join us in the inspiring environment of D-light Studios to celebrate everything good about Irish design.

Studio A

Kvadrat Seminar & Exhibition

4 November [Wednesday]

11am – 1pm

Gordon Byrne from Design Principles will host a student event and give a talk on creative and innovative thinking in furniture design.

2pm – 5pm

Kvadrat designers will introduce students to the creation of the Kvadrat Clouds product and create an inspiring installation which will be exhibited for the duration of the event.

7pm – 9pm

Evening reception by invite only

6 November

[Friday] 6.30pm – 8pm

Exhibition opens as part of IFDN reception

7 November

[Saturday] 10am – 4pm

Exhibition open to the public.

Studio B

IFDN Exhibition & Heritage Seminar

6 November [Friday]

6.30pm – 8pm

Tom  De Paor will give a presentation on the three Architectural Biennale in which he represented Ireland. The common theme of these was ‘our indigenous material culture is broader than stuff itself’. Tom’s work has won many national and international awards and accolades, and has been extensively published.

Jonathan Legge will open the evening with a talk about his involvement with the Hotel Ballymun Project and discuss other works. Jonathan is a graduate of DIT and RCA, London.

8pm – 10pm

Evening reception

7 November [Saturday] 10am – 4pm

Exhibition open to the public