BACKGROUND: EUROPE BY DESIGNERS is an international artistic project whose aim is to unveil a multitude of images of Europe from the inside and from the outside. Design as the expression of a cultural vision, a political vision or a simple and unposed feeling… Design and its diversity as a new way to catch Europe. [...]
Design Week, from November 3rd to 8th is a week long celebration of Irish and international design. The main purpose of Design Week is to highlight the important contribution good design makes to the cultural and economic life of Ireland through fostering a reputation for creative excellence and innovation. By concentrating a large number of [...]
The seventh Dublin Electronic Arts Festival in association with Becks Vier, takes place over the October bank holiday weekend 2008, with our most diverse and comprehensive programme to date, this year’s DEAF stages a total of 52 events across Dublin city from the Digital Hub to the National Gallery of Ireland. DEAF 2008 features a [...]
Yes its that time of year again where Design in all its various forms is celebrated and promoted. The Netherlands is having its Design week in Eindhoven, which i will be heading down to and it looks like a really interesting event. Here is the blurb: From October 18 through October 26, 2008, Eindhoven presents [...]
CandyCollective & D.E.A.F in Association with Choice Cuts & the IGI, Proudly Present SweetTalk a night of very special Presentations at the Sugar Club Leeson Street Dublin 2. Thursday 23rd October 2008, Doors 7.30, admission €12 Plus booking fee. Tickets can be bought here D.E.A.F, http://deafireland.com/ Choice Cuts, http://www.choicecutsonline.com & the IGI, http://www.illustratorsireland.com/ CandyCollective, http://www.candycollective.com [...]
Banksy has struck again – but this time it is official. The elusive urban artist organised 39 of his associates to join him in covering an entire London street in graffiti. The tunnel is painted from floor to ceiling with work by Banksy, Blek, 3D and others. A mix of installations, sculptures and stencils has [...]
The Celtic Media Festival’s aim is to promote the languages and cultures of the Celtic countries on screen and in broadcasting. Its primary activity is organising the Celtic Media Festival. The Celtic Media Festival is supported by broadcast, film, cultural and economic development organisations throughout the Celtic countries.It is an annual three-day celebration of broadcasting, [...]
IDEA is a career-based 3-year diploma program offering instruction in both communication design and applied illustration. This dual training not only sets IDEA apart from all other post-secondary design programs, but also gives students a lifelong edge in the job market. Now its their end of year show IDEA
Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster has has been invited to create the next Unilever Series commission for the Turbine Hall at Tate Modern. He uses light, sound and everyday objects in earlier work to construct “environments” in which viewers participate, like Séance de Shadows II, in 1998, where visitors found their movements triggered bright lights, and Un Chambre [...]
“Twenty years ago, China did not have a word for ‘designer’. There were ‘artist workers’ who fashioned utilitarian packaging, and makers of propaganda posters for the government, but design as an idea in itself was un-Chinese, bourgeois. After Deng Ziaoping declared that ‘to get rich is glorious’ and China began to open its markets to [...]
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