The Institute of Designers in Ireland announced the winners of their annual Irish Design Awards at a prestigious ceremony in The Marker Hotel, Dublin on Thursday, 17th November. The IDI Irish Design Awards recognise, celebrate and promote exemplary design vision in Ireland with DESIGN:RISING chosen as the theme for 2016.
Key winners this year included graphic design studio, WorkGroup, for Logo Design and Website Design; Hong Kong-based designer and architect, Donn Holohan, whose Wind and Rain Bridge won in the Built Structures, Sustainable Design and Overseas Designer categories; and the Science Gallery which won the Collaborative Award for its ‘SEEING’ exhibition. Other winners included Rebecca Marsden for Clothing Design, Joseph Walsh for Craft and Elements of Action for Domestic Interiors.
Irish design’s highest honour, the IDI President’s Choice Award for Outstanding Achievement, went to Yvonne Farrell and Shelley McNamara of Grafton Architects. This is the second year that this award has been presented. In 2015 it was posthumously awarded to Irish designer, Eileen Gray.
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