Circular Design Institute

Snapshot of props at the Scaling Circular Innovation event with today

Great turn out at Irish Busineas Design Challenge this morning, hosted by Design & Crafts Council Ireland and supported by Minister Neil Richmond

Thrilled to kick off the public voting for the with a photo shoot in this morning.

I think Design & Crafts Council Ireland are doing a superb job of showcasing sustainable Irish design with this initiative.

Great meeting Edwin & Jamie from and Neale Richmond, who is a TD from my own constituency as well as being the Minister of Enterprise, Trade and Employment.

Also lovely to get to chat again to the lovely Thomas of DCCI and Sophie from Circuleire at Irish Manufacturing Research

Thanks to Elevate PR for a well run photo shoot!

Delighted to contribute an article to 100 Archive series Sustainability by Design.

Full house at Climate Action Fund matchmaking event at National Concert Hall, Dublin

I've mixed feelings about the end of this project with Farrell Furniture, Office of Public Works and Atlantic Technological University.

On the one hand I'm so thrilled that we delivered what we set out to do but I'll miss working with the wonderful Carl McAteer, Nathan F., John Hewer, Jeremy Madden and Paul Biesty

A huge thanks goes to all the staff in Farrells, ATU and OPW who supported this project, and to Cathy Winston who kept us all on the straight and narrow over the past 12 months.

Thanks also to CIRCULÉIRE and Irish Manufacturing Research for having the vision to support a real world pilot on material reuse in furniture manufacturing.

Excited to be at the Circular by Design event in Dublin City today. Particularly as one of the participating companies is using selvage from a participant in the Circular Upholstery Textiles project


CIRCULÉIRE

Inspiring discussions at the first workshop of the Circular Upholstery Textiles project yesterday, facilitated by anois and attended by , , Sofa Source and .

Thank you to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Ireland for funding the project and to The Heritage Hotel in Laois for supporting our request for as few single-use items as possible.

Great to see pencils instead of pens and refillable water bottles and reusable ceramic cups (although we ran out of two at the end of the day!)

Always a pleasure to visit fine sofa makers in Emo, Co. Laois.

An impressively complex and efficient operation that manages to delivery bespoke at scale.

Excited to see how what opportunities will emerge for them out of the Circular Upholstery Textiles Project

My tour of Irish furniture manufacturers continued with a call out to in Bray, Co Wicklow. Their design led approach to furniture manufacturers is uplifting.

Great to see good companies led by good people. Would give me hope for the future!

Very interesting introduction to Circlean Matching Platform yesterday with International Synergies and in Dublin

Also very interesting presentations by Ecocem, Cirtex and

So impressed with the ethos and quality of the heritage brand in Foxford, Co Mayo

In addition to a great on-site store and cafe, their product and factory is imbued with over a century's worth of legacy and knowledge.

They're participating in the funded Circular Upholstery Textile (CUT) Project I'm working with on, and I'm looking forward to seeing where it takes them.