Last night I attended the Pivot Dublin presentation in City Hall, where Dublin City’s bid to become World Design Capital in 2014 was presented to an audience of a couple of hundred designer, architects, film makers, educators, students and city officials.
The the evening was presented by Ali Grehan, City Architect for Dublin City Council and the keynote speaker was Minister for Education and Skills, Mr. Ruarí Quinn, T.D. – who incidentally was once an architect!
Mr. Quinn highlighted the vibrancy of design in Dublin and how that dynamism effects the wider community and economy at large.
Other attendees were Dr. Linda King and David Smith from IADT, John O’Connor, Kiean Corcoran and Barry Sheehan from DIT, Ré Dubhthaigh from Radarstation, Séamus Byrne of IxDA, Illustrator and Offset organiser Bren B, Garret Stokes from Design Business Ireland, Architect Emma Curley, Bob Gray from Red and Grey and many, many more. Of course, I was wearing my Institute of Designers in Ireland hat, so pretty much the whole creative community was represented.
You can show your support for Dublin to become World Design Capital in 2014 by liking Pivot Dublin on Facebook , tweeting about fantastic design is in Dublin, by using the hash tag #wdc2014 or by following Pivot Dublin on Twitter.
