For sometime I had been pondering the idea of returning to college and one of the fundamental reasons for this is purely based around automation. How will my job as a designer look in five years time, heck even twelve months time! And with my current role changing to incorporate more consulting/advising and leadership, what kind of additional skills would be relevant and more useful within this context?
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D7, up until recent times, was little talked about and was very much a working class area of North Dublin. But thanks to gentrification it's now synonymous with Dublin hipster-ism. Alongside the greasy spoons and long time residents; real inner city characters, you will find health conscious coffee shops, hot yoga studios, and youthful yummie mummies with their designer babies and buggies. This blog post takes a look through my D7Story in conjunction with Instagrammers Dublin, Jameson and Blue Fire Festival.
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Project five would be my last project in my Letterpress course. We were limited in what we could do in the last two weeks, so I planned on using wood type only and do a small print, this time in A4 (I am starting to run out of wall and storage space in my small bedroom!) .
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Project three completed, it was time for some new ideas for my next project. I would have time to complete it and one more before the end of the eleven weeks. I wanted to do something a little more light hearted seeing as my last project was very personal and reflective. I also wanted to do something that Donegal people could relate to.
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Week three, project three saw me begin my first self driven project. I'd like to say that I put LOADS of thought and planning in to it, but I didn't. An idea sprung in to my head that I would do a simple memorial piece to my grandmother, who had passed away the first week of the course. It seemed like the most logical thing to do. There would be no tricks or gimmicks, it would be plain and simple and would allow me to get another project in before the course ended.
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When I look in to night classes, I always look for something that lets me "make and do" and will technically take me away from the day job. My latest venture in to the creative comes in the form of an eleven week introductory course in to Letterpress and Block printing in the National College of Art and Design here in Dublin. Here I discuss my introduction to it with the creation of two group projects.
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I've always wanted to visit one of the German Christmas Markets. Here in Ireland we have tried to recreate them in different places over the years but they will never come anywhere close to the real thing. So, along with my mum, aunt and cousin, we all set off for Cologne at the end of November to see what all the fuss was about.
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I am happy to admit that I am not exactly an intrepid explorer. I love my home comforts, a comfortable bed, animal free public transport, great food, the odd glass of wine, clean hair and air con! So when I booked a two week adventure to Vietnam back in October 2015 with GAdventures, it was never going to involve me roughing it!
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So we're already well over two weeks in to 2016 so this is coming a little late in the day but I wanted to reflect a little on my photography activity of 2015.
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After a bit of an unplanned lie in and a mad last minute dash to the Bord Gais Theatre I sneaked in to the very back row just after Sue Murphy took to the stage. I had an awful seat and couldn't see the presentation screen thanks to the low hanging gallery above but she was in full swing talking about her early career as a designer.
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As I work in a corporate environment I was really keen to hear Doug Powell of IBM Design speak. He was in Dublin to help officially open their new design studio in their Irish office and to announce major plans by IBM to employ up to 2,000 designers over the coming years. The GM of IBM Design, Phil Gilbert had also been in Dublin that week at the IBEC CEO Conference. This conference was in partnership with Irish Design 2015, an Irish government initiative which promotes design and creativity as a key element of competitiveness and innovation.
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Offset is a three day creative conference held annually in Dublin. Every year the very best of Irish and International creative professionals come together for a weekend of presentations, lectures, interviews and discussions.
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