Last Wednesday, 25th July, The Design Ireland Network held their summer party in Café en Seine. Myself and a friend went along. We met Deirdre the project manager/ co-ordinator of Design Ireland. She was very friendly and told us about a masters programme in design practice that the Design Ireland Skillnets is trying to start up with DIT. We also met Garrick, the chairman of Design Ireland Skillnets. I believe they have many events, up to 12 throughout the year and they run courses for designers to upgrade their skills. It seems like a really useful group to be a membership of for someone working in the design field and dedicated to training and staying up-to-date.
I was hoping for the opportunity to "network" or to get chatting to other designers. It happened a little bit! Another girl was hoping for a job to come out of it but I doubt she had any success. The layout of tables, the distribution of food and drink wasn't conducive to meeting people. There were up to 50 people present, many students I thought. I found it funny how designers talk about "design" regarding their own field only. For me that idea has always been associated with buildings, furniture, objects but people were saying sentences that I had to translate as relating to Websites, graphic design, packaging. It was an insight into another world of designers!
www.designireland.ie
www.skillnets.com
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