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Top show for Inishowen
businesses
25.08.08
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BUSINESSES from across
Inishowen are being invited to travel to the world’s
top contemporary design event this September. The
Donegal Design Directorate Skillnet has organised a
trip for the county's design talent called '100%
Design' to coincide with London Design Week and
London Fashion Week. The directorate is inviting up
to ten businesses to take part in a subsidised ‘best
practice’ delegation to the show. |
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'''100% Design' is the
highlight of the design calendar for anyone with an
interest in design in Europe," said Donna McFadden,
the new programme manager for the Donegal Design
Directorate Skillnet. “There is no other show that
has the same mix of architects, product designers
and manufacturers and highly innovative newcomers."
The London Show takes place from September 19 to
September 21 |
and has three strands –
100% Design, 100% Futures and 100% Materials. The
event attracts star designers as well as some of the
world’s key manufacturers and producers of the
latest textiles and materials. One of the most
inspiring parts of the event is the '100% Futures'
which focuses on the best emerging creative talent
from around the world.
The Donegal Design Directorate Skillnet is an
initiative of Donegal County Enterprise Board to
promote the value of good design to small companies.
In just over 18 months, the directorate has signed
up over 80 local companies as members, delivered
training in areas such as product design and
branding and has organised best-practice visits to
Paris, Milan and London. It has also secured
significant funding from Skillnets, the national
skills and competitiveness coordination body, to
finance the initiative through to 2009.
The Donegal Design Directorate will host the
official launch of the second phase of the programme
on Tuesday, September 16 in the Radisson Hotel,
Letterkenny. Guest speaker will be PR guru Terry
Prone of the Communications Clinic. Anyone
interested in the trip or official launch can
contact Donna McFadden on 074 9160735 or email
donnamcfadden@donegalenterprise.ie |
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