The Small Print

The Small Print is an independent project with creativity at its core. The Small Print has grown into live events, art projects, publishing and much more besides.

http://www.alwaysreadthesmallprint.com/welcome/

Refresh Dublin (Internet & Technology, Multimedia – New Media)

Refresh Dublin is a community of designers & developers working to refresh the creative, technical & professional culture of New Media in Dublin. Refresh Dublin is an event that promotes design, technology, usability and standards. The intent of Refresh Dublin is to provide a cross-discipline insight into all things design, interactive, creative and technical, so that different disciplines can learn from each other. Refresh Dublin encourages collaboration, shared learning and networking within the design, interactive, web, film, gaming and creative communities in Dublin and around Ireland.

http://www.refreshdublin.org/

PechaKucha Night

PechaKucha Night was devised in Tokyo in February 2003 as an event for young designers to meet, network, and show their work in public. It now takes place in hundreds of cities around the world. Drawing its name from the Japanese term for the sound of “chit chat”, it rests on a presentation format that is based on a simple idea: 20 images x 20 seconds (around seven minutes) per presenter. It’s a format that makes presentations concise, and keeps things moving at a rapid pace. The fifth PechaKucha Night Dublin took place on 1st April 2010.

http://www.pecha-kucha.org/night/dublin/

IAF – The Irish Architecture Foundation

The Irish Architecture Foundation’s role is to be a vibrant and passionate organisation that excites its audiences about the value of architecture. It is a focal point for the many people and organisations who wish to champion the power of architecture and urban design. The Irish Architecture Foundation co-ordinates the promotion of Irish architecture internationally. IAF produces or supports architectural events that stimulate and empower the public, research the boundaries of architecture. IAF is impartial and independent and seeks to challenge the perceptions of the built environment through public debate, events, exhibitions and this website. Established in 2005, the IAF promotes a better built environment for everyone’s benefit.

Funded by: Arts Council of Ireland, Department of Environment, Heritage and Local Government (DOEHLG), Dublin City Council, Office of Public Works (OPW), Royal Institute of the Architects of Ireland (RIAI)

http://www.architecturefoundation.ie

Digital Media Forum

The aim of The Digital Media Forum is to unify the Digital Media industry by creating cross-platform content programmes with a focus on innovation and commercial enterprise and to continually build best practice through its initiatives in training and education, with particular emphasis on enterprises that can build and maintain scale and become global players in the Digital Media industry. The Digital Media Forum is an enterprise network that develops and administers enterprise resources for companies in the digital media industry. To date the Forum has successfully administered two Skillnets Network Training calls and has raised significant funding to develop its enterprise training network on an all-island basis. Our aspiration, over the next two years, is to develop a network of 200 companies in the Digital Media area on a national basis.

http://digitalmediaforum.net/

CandyCollective

Since starting in June 2005, the CandyCollective now consists of a core group of people all over the world who are intent on creating noise in their local area. CANDY magazine was launched to showcase Irish creativity alongside international equivalents to a worldwide audience. Since then many downloadable pdf format issues have been released and focus has changed somewhat to showcasing and promoting creatives and their work wherever they may be.

The CandyCollective grew organically, drawing on the contacts, expertise and skills of new members. Events include: SweetTalk, 50×50, Shock’d, Electric Picnic and event promotion and management.

SweetTalk is the name of CandyCollective’s self-initiated series of creative-to-creative live events. It brings together local creative talent with international luminaries in a relaxed, social environment.

http://www.candycollective.com/