Designist News
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Graduations like many other milestones in life are a public acknowledgment of a personal achievement, but also a marker in life stages. So there’s really two ways you can approach celebrating them with a gift. Something that commemorates the achievement or a gift that helps set them up for the next chapter in their lives. Either way, years of hard work, blood, sweat and tears definitely deserves some recognition.read now -
our guide to the best housewarming gifts
read nowLike with many milestones in life, finding somewhere to call home can be an exercise in optimism over reality and reaching that point can be paved with compromises. Anyone managing to get themselves housed in any fashion in Ireland deserves...
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designist's New Website - ready to launch in 5...4...3...2...
read nowPhew, after a number of weeks of hard work we can finally announce that our brand-spanking-new website is live! (happy dance) Thanks to support from Enterprise Ireland, and the hard work of the lovely humans at Digifly, we’ve been able...
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hanging around at designist: umage focus
read nowWe are fond of a good lightshade here at designist. And we have been particularly taken by these shades by Umage. This Danish company pride themselves in creating high quality, affordable design, while also having a genuine care for the...
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Just what is New Kintsugi?
read nowHow do you repair cherished, broken objects? There has been a bit of a buzz around the Kintsugi method lately, and not without reason. Kintsugi is an ancient Japanese technique for repairing broken ceramics. Rather than hiding the break lines,...
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Hip Hip Hurray!
read nowPlastic is a problem. We've all seen the images of plastic waste in our oceans and on our shorelines. In a perfect world we would be able to eliminate plastic completely from our lives and find new alternatives. And there...
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DAD JOKES & designist
read nowDid you hear the one about the butter? No? Oops, sure I better not spread it then. Okay, so not the best DAD JOKE, can YOU do better? In the run up to Father's Day we are transforming our window...
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when did we start all that? Father's Day & it's orgins
read nowNow that things are finally opening up, and many of our Dads are vaccinated, it’s a good chance to make up for missing so much time with our Fathers over the past 15 months. Father’s Day (20th June) makes the...