Our dirty old town may be getting a bad rap at the minute, but despite all its problems, it's a fascinating place to get to hang out every day. Cities by their very nature are complex, ever evolving systems, full of competing needs and desires, that should never really work at all, but somehow they do. And of all the ones I've ever encountered, few are as captivating as this fair city.
So Sam agus Nessa, we're all very excited about your upcoming launch in the shop so we thought it would be nice to find out a little more about the dynamic duo behind all these lovely products. Let's start out...
Set up in 2021 by Kristin Jensen, a freelance editor & writer, Nine Bean Row Books has been a very welcoming addition to the foody publishing world in Dublin. Kristin believes that two things connect almost everyone - food &...
When I was a kid we had this most elaborate aqua coloured punch bowl. Its joyful colour and design brought ceremony to any meal, regardless of whether it was being used for party drinks or the more mundane Tuesday salad....
If you know anything about us here in designist, it’s that we love a good system, so when my sister came back from a conference recently raving about how Sketchnote was going to be the new Bullet Journal, we were...
My Dad was a natural born entrepreneur. Despite having worked for Telecom Eireann, in all its guises as PT&T, Eircom and finally Eir, for 42 years, he was never without what would these days be known as a side hustle....
Paris and many other French cities have seen a massive uptake in the number of people cycling to get around. It’s estimated that 15% of all trips taken in Paris in 2021 were by bike, and this has opened up...
Wearing a bike helmet is one of those things like trips to the dentist, investing in your pension, or switching broadband providers; it's something you know you should do but made so much more difficult by bad design. Helmets are...
As you’ll have no doubt heard with all the coverage of the hilariously named ‘Latte Levy’ we discard 200 million disposable cups every year in Ireland. We’ve been taken in by the convenience of disposable cups, but in terms of design...
