DESIGNWEEK 2011 - 1st - 4th November 2011
01/11/2011
The exhibition was open to students and recent graduates which gives students
an opportunity to showcase their work and to network with potential clients.
The Reform Seminar 2011 /
01/11/2011
1st November 2011 / Tullamore Court Hotel
IT Carlow's DesignCORE coordinated the ReForm 2011 seminar on sustainable
design once again this year as part of Design Week. Designhub hosted the
event which focused on Upcycling of waste, Engaging communities, User
insight into product design and Cost of ownership of building.s
The event was in the ‘Pecha Kucha’ format, giving a platform to Irish
designers who have made the bold step into sustainable design practice. In
addition a set of active participation workshops were facilitated by
industry and academic experts in the SD field which proved to be an
inspiring opportunity to explore holistic design concepts and challenges for
designers and companies interested in this growth economy.
The Centre For Excellence In Universal Design Challenge 2011
04/11/2011
For the frst time since the challenge has been run it moved outside
of Dublin to be a featured event during Design Week 2011 in Tullamore.
This is a two day event taking place in Tullamore Court Hotel, that brought
together the cream of Irish design graduates and master
students to compete head to head in a universal design challenge.
National disability authority asked to amalgamate their event with the
Designhub activities during Design Week 2011 due to the success of
the previous two exhibitions.
For more information see:
http://www.universaldesign.ie/newsandevents/universaldesignchallenge2011
Dyson Student Creativity Day
03/11/2011
Designhub are delighted to be hosting the Dyson Student Creativity Day for
the second year running. This week will provide a welcome economic boost to
the town as well as promoting design and its advantages to business. It will
also showcase
Photo: Angela Mahon from Design Hub in Tullamore, Irish winner of the James Dyson Award Chris Murphy, from Westport in Mayo and Ronan Leahy from Croom in Limerick who is in the top 10 entries in Ireland and Martine Du Toit representing Dyson Ireland. Ronan has also been included in the top 15 entries across 18 countries in the Global James Dyson Award which has the top prize of £10,000 for the winner and £10,000 for their respective university or institute of technology. Photo: Jeff Harvey
Offaly Mental Health TALK Week
01/09/2011
On 1st September 2011, Offaly Community Forum launched the Offaly Mental Health Talk Week (OMHTW) in collaboration with Designhub to help raise awareness about mental health issues and provide a showcase for the supports that exist in the local community. Running from the 10th to the 17th of September, the
Mental Health Talk Week included a cross-county series of workshops, guest lectures, seminars and training courses.The week was organised to coincide with World Suicide Prevention Day (September 10th). The programme of events took place in six towns across the county; Tullamore,
Birr, Edenderry, Ferbane, Clara and Banagher.
The aim of the week was to
• Create awareness of mental health issues
• Endeavour to reduce the taboo associated with mental illnesses and suicide
• Encourage communities to become ‘suicide safer communities’
• Create a forum for knowledge and awareness of local,
regional and national mental health and suicide prevention organisations.
See website here: http://omhtw.ie/
Design Week 2010
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DesignHub memebers Noel Joyce and Dmitry Sheremetiev took part in this year's 24hr Universal Design Challenge in Dublin.
Noel and Dmitry belonged to the team of "Slí Grafton" of nine creative designers from different disciplines and backgrounds. Working together for 24 hours non-stop a team challanged this year's brief of redesining the experience of Grafton Street Area for disabled people.
The Brief stated:
Create a universal design intervention or set of interventions with the surrounding environment with advisement from your design partner to improve its overall inclusivity in visual, spatial, mobility, service or communication terms so that the Grafton Street area can be accessed, understood and used to the greatest extent possible by all people regardless of their age, size and ability or disability.
Check out the result: here at Centre for Excellence in Universal Design
Limerick Institute of Technology Lectures
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Members from Designhub have been offered the unique chance to travel to Limerick and speak about the Designhub concept. Mike Fox a lecturer from L.I.T got in contact with the guys with a view to Designhub coming to L.I.T to speak to first year students on Designhubs collaborative efforts and how it works. The guys will be speaking about their experience working with each other and their vision for the future.
2nd Annual DesignHub Exhibition
29/11/2011
The second Design Hub exhibition proved again to be a great success. The event was run between the 1-5 November during the national design week program in Tullamore county Offaly. The aim of the exhibition was to promote design as a problem solving utility and encourage innovation within Irish industries. Among the well known attendees of the exhibition were the Taoiseach Bran Cowen and apprentice star Brian Purcell. The event was a great chance for recent design graduates from different design backgrounds and disciplines to showcase their work.
The winner of the exhibition was a recent IT Carlow product design graduate Ross Burke with his project of Satellite Square.
