PIVOT Dublin
Designers
kilkenny design workshops (1963 - 1988)
william h walsh
KDW was established as the first state-owned design consultancy and soon established a reputation as an important centre for industrial, graphic, and craft design. In the 1970’s, KDW also moved into the field of engineering design. Designers from overseas also worked at KDW and played an influential role in the further development of design consciousness in Irish industry.
The founder of, and leading force behind, the Kilkenny Design Workshops, which for 25 years from the early 1960’s to the late 1980’s revolutionised design in Ireland. In 1961, he commissioned the seminal report ‘Design in Ireland’.
sonja landweer Sonja studied at the Amsterdam School of Industrial Design before setting up a ceramic studio at the Kilkenny Design Workshops in the 1960’s. She pioneered designs for textiles, fashion accessories and jewellery-making in which, by experimenting with non-precious materials, she changed perceptions of what can be worn as personal adornment.
jane ni dhulchaointigh This NCAD graduate is an artist, inventor and the creator of a new silicone material product called Sugru which was recently selected for ‘Design of the Year 2010’ by the London Design Museum.
gearóid ó conchubhair Gearóid graduated in Industrial Design from the National College of Art and Design in 1982. He worked in a design consultancy for five years before joining the NCAD as a lecturer in the Department of Industrial Design in 1986. He also runs the TFE project in NCAD. He is currently principal investigator at the TFE Research project.
gregor timlin A Dublin born designer who studied furniture design at DIT and Products Design at the Royal College of Art, London. He is now a Senior Research Associate at the Helen Hamlyn Centre for Design and lectures in design fundamentals at the DIT. His key interest is in Design for Dementia sufferers.
an túr gloine (tower of glass 1903 – 1944) This was a studio established in Dublin in 1903. Harry Clarke, Michael Healy, Evie Hone and Wilhelmina Geddes were all associated in making Dublin an internationally renowned centre of stained glass design.
frederick vodrey (1845-1897) Vodrey is generally acknowledged as a leader in the 19th century resurgence of interest and pride in Irish arts and crafts. He founded Vodrey Pottery in 1872 in Dublin, and many of his pieces show clear Celtic and Gaelic design influence.
joseph walsh A self-taught furniture designer, he has an established international reputation for his studio furniture and concept works, and exhibits at many international design fairs. He has had an international solo show, ‘Realisations’, at the American Irish Historical Society on Fifth Avenue in New York.
ian walton and eoin mcnally Designers of the glo Pillow! This alternative to the traditional alarm clock is a pillow which wakes the sleeper up with a gentle increase in light from within. Time Magazine recognised the glo Pillow as one of its Best Inventions of 2007, and the Royal Society of Art awarded the glo Pillow the Ideal Standards Designers Prize for the Design Directions competition 2006.
graphics, illustration & advertising steve averill A Dublin-based graphic artist and musician; Steve Averill is responsible for the band U2’s identity and has designed all of U2’s album sleeves from their very first record in 1980.
Play for Africa
brian cronin
Football can do a lot for Africa.
A Dublin born illustrator who studied graphic design at the National College of Art and Design, he is acknowledged as one of the world’s finest illustrators, and the style of his work is much imitated.
A football match can reconcile ethnic groups, save young people from drug use and bring joy to suffering communities. Play and sport are an exceptional instrument through which younger generations may meet, socialize and evolve.
www.amref.org
design factory (founded 1983) A graphic design company whose studio work has been published in international publications such as Graphis, Around Europe Logos, and Worldwide Identity.
designworks (founded 1983) This multiple-award winning Irish graphic design company works in all spheres of the graphic design industry in Dublin.
kilkenny design consultancy (founded 1989) Kilkenny Design Consultancy is a design team which was founded on the graphic, product, environmental design and modelmaking capabilities established during an original existence as the national design service for Ireland. Their work includes Dublin’s street furniture and the seating at Heuston and Connolly train stations.
peter maybury Graduate of Dún Laoghaire College of Art and Design, Peter is an artist, freelance graphic designer, curator and musician. His creative practice centres around the arts and culturally-related projects, including the Venice Architectural Biennale in 2008 and again in 2010.
mcconnell’s advertising agency (founded 1916) Multi-award winning McConnells, founded by Charlie McConnell in 1916, was for many years Ireland’s largest indigenous advertising agency.
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Play for Africa poster Conor Clarke, Design Factory