Designer 10: O'Donnell O'Neill Design / OODA

You should regonise this image as being 'House' Pub in Limerick. This is one of the numerous trendiest bars and restaurant interiors Nationwide that has been designed by O'Donnell O'Neill Design / OODA

Anne-Marie O'Neill is chief designer and is responsible for a whole host of locatios such as the Lee Hotel in Cork, The Stella Diner in Rathmines, and more recently 'Press Up' on South Anne Street in Dublin. 

3rd Years....

Check out Outlook Flow in your college email account to work on shared or group documents easily for your Business Enterprise Module.

Architect 10: Balkrishna Doshi

Balkrishna Doshi is a 90-year-old Indian Architect. He was recently honored the 2018 Pritzker Prize for his work. Read more about Balkrishna Doshi Office here and the Pritzker Prize by following this link: Balkrishna Doshi Pritzker Prize

Model Making Tips & Tricks

Model Making Tips & Tricks is part of a series of model making videos available on YouTube. These have been created by Eric Reinholdt of 40x50 Design Workshop and give an excellent overview of model making for architecture. 

Concept Development

Please see some resources below that might help you to choose a starting point for your project and further develop your concept (an idea that underpins your project)...

You all might find this app really good to help you get started on your concept development for your latest project. Give it a go and see if it's for you!!!

The Concept Maker

The link here is to an article about concept development for web design, however, it equally applies to our design process as Interior Designers. 

Web Design Concept Thoughts

This is a 20-minute video on concept development in architecture. Again, there are parts of this that will relate to Interior Design and may help some of you. 

Designer 9: North Design

Lauren Martin & Louise Rankin are co-owners of North Design. 

 Both ladies undertook internships with Kingston Rafferty Design (TV celeb Roisin Lafferty's practice) after taking diverse career paths before becoming designers. 

Year 2 - Research for Kiosk

This link might be useful for year 2 in your search for shop fitting equipment for the Research Project for Design Studio 2. While this Irish Company 'Storefit' based in Cork is doing more basic fitout it will give you a good understanding of the types of fittings that are suitable for pharmacy & beauty, sports, books & stationary & fashion. 

Shop Fitting

Architect 9: Alejando Aravena

Alejandro Aravena is an architect who won the Pritzker Prize in 2016 and in the same year was also the curator of the Venice Architectural Biennal 'Reporting from the front'. Find out more about the practice of Alejandro Aravena 

What his TED talk 

My architectural philosophy: bring the community into the process?

Materials Library Update

Finally dividers arrived today for the materials library so we can catalogue & itemise its contents.Thanks to 2nd Year Sarah for all her help organising studio 4C02.

Designer 8: L'Estrange Designs

Jill L'Estrange has a degree in architecture from UCD. Having worked in Paris & Bejing, she takes inspiration from there & the other places that she frequently travels to for her interior projects. The image here is from the Camden Exchange Hotel in Dublin. See more projects on their website L'Estrange Designs

Architect 8: Grafton Architects

Some of you may have seen  RTÉ's Nationwide broadcast from October 31st featuring Shelly McNamara and Yvonne Farrell of Grafton Architects. They are curating the 2018 Venice Architectural Biennale. Follow the link here to see the programme RTE Player Nationwide Grafton Architects

Follow this link to find out more about the vast portfolio of Grafton Architects

Designer 7: Fox Hollow Style

I am very excited to announce that Fox Hollow Style will visit the studio next Monday the 12th of November at 11am. Fox Hollow has just been announced as one of the top 9 Interior Instagram accounts to follow by House and Home magazine. Bronagh Fleming of Fox Hollow will give a talk and then meet each of you individually to go through your personal blog page. This is an amazing opportunity for you to meet first hand with a professional blogger and interior stylist. 

Inspiration 9 Irish Interiors Instagram accounts to follow

Architect 7: Lawerence & Long

Lawrence and Long are a Dublin based firm established in 2005. 

They have won numerous awards for their work.

Graduates 2018

Well done to our 2018 graduates who were conferred today.

We wish you well with your next chapter ;-)