What will improve design in Northern Ireland?

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  12. Ever thought of becoming your own client? With such an abundance of skills within agencies or between agencies – perhaps co-creation projects where the right balance of people develop propositions, design and bring them to market as a new revenue source.

    03/06/2010 Maxine J Horn
  13. I don’t think you can define ‘design’ with a few words. At the Design Council’s ‘Stand Still / Stand out’ event a few years back it was clear that good design encompases many aspects of a product, aesthetics, function, simplicity, strategic advantage etc

    05/05/2010 Geoff Clarke www.ustogether.eu
  14. Great to see someone else who cares about standards but without being stuffy and pretentious. There’s so many people who want help and advice without being patronised….

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  15. How do we progress? we need to do this NOW before the lines between professional graphic design and other [services] get further blurred. Poor practice is become worryingly more frequent. CSD, ICAD, IDI? we need unity for our own protection and to further protect our industry. We are creatives. Let us create.

    16/04/2010 Darragh Neely, CD, Darragh Neely Design Works
  16. We all need to get behind the Design Alliance (including both designers AND bosses) and speak with one voice to our various existing and potential clients, government (especially procurement), business and industry, arts, education and culture…

    02/04/2010 Mark Case, Owner/Director, Whitenoise.
  17. I ave always been a fan of the work of the D&AD in England. The quality of the lectures and workshops and the incentive of the awards were fantastic when I was coming up through University. But even then we felt it a too ‘London centric’ organisation. Th

    23/03/2010 Niall Mckenna, Designer, Freelance
  18. Expanding on my post, coming from the North American market, I find it amazing at how much is “given away” here. From meetings to revisions, almost anything is done just to keep the client happy and loyal, meanwhile the industry as a whole suffers.

    23/03/2010 Rob Durston, photographer, Rob Durston Photography
  19. Thanks to all the presenters last night at Beer, Branding and Responsible Design, it was very informative and interesting; Ralph had me glued to his every word and thought. Reading through most of the comments here, I have to agree with the majority.

    23/03/2010 Rob Durston, photographer, Rob Durston Photography
  20. If our public services, government departments, councils and publicly funded organisations exhibit no attention to either properly functioning communication or aesthetics, what hope is there? We need a more ‘european’ climate of design.

    22/03/2010 Craig Hunter, StudioStereo, Belfast
  21. Couldn’t agree more, Iced Coffee.

    22/03/2010 Gareth Hammond, Senior Account Manager, Mammoth
  22. The teaching of good grammar skills in design school would be a start, looking at some of the comments on this site. We use words, after all, as well as pictures. Some mistakes I’ve seen on finished pieces have been unacceptable.

    22/03/2010 Gareth Hammond, Senior Account Manager, Mammoth
  23. YES! What are the opportunities for cross-disciplinary collaboration between the design and other creative sectors in NI? There is likely growth in the animation/VFX sectors over the next few years, now seems a great time to nurture and develop studio collaboration and relationships. We should be developing the sector so that we...

    22/03/2010 Evelyn, Co Founder, BlackNorth
  24. To be honest, the quickest and most effective way we can make a massive difference is to work together and stop being so suspicious or mistrusting of each other. NI is small but we have exceptional talent that can take on the best. Collaboration.

    20/03/2010 Colin Williams, Creative Director, SixteenSouth and Inferno
  25. What we as a community need to be able to do is to be able to develop an all encompassing strategy to nurture creativity and offer those involved a clear progression to develop their skills both at college and in the workplace in parallel.

    19/03/2010 Sean Kelly, INM Studio Manager
  26. It’s fine for everyone one to pass judgement on new designers being “Ill prepared for the industry”. However how can these designers gain the experience needed, when all our design agencies do not offer paid work experience to help develop these skills.

    19/03/2010 Sean Kelly, INM Studio Manager
  27. Using non pixelated text on your website would be a productive start.

    18/03/2010 Lee Evans
  28. Moan, Moan, Moan. NI Attitude. Nothing positive? Clients annoy you – Don’t work for them. Go find the one’s you want!

    16/03/2010 Disillusioned, Designer, movingawayfromni.com
  29. It might be an idea to define what we mean by the word ‘design’. Its difficult to educate the general public about the benefits of effective designs solutions when OUR use of the word ‘design’ often goes no further than referring to the aesthetic.

    03/03/2010 Shane McGuigan, Creative Director / Founder, A Graphic Practice, Berlin
  30. The DBA would happily run workshops for designers to encourage a better understanding of design effectiveness on the bottom line of a client’s business. Open up this dialogue with clients and design as a value-add becomes tangible.

    15/02/2010 Deborah Dawton, CEO, DBA, UK
  31. Define ‘Design’. It needs to be clearly understood to have any value or relevance in business. What is it? Web, Product, Graphic – the wider community don’t see the value of just ‘art’ or aesthetic. Focus on the benefits and demand will increase…

    02/02/2010 Gareth Lynas, Creative Director, Icon Creative, www.iconcds.com
  32. From the roots up; ‘talent’ is ill-prepared for our industry (refer to graphics) and thus, opportunities are being missed as creatives fizzle-away. Why?.. Outdated, non-relevant, non-practical courses and training are not keeping up with what’s actually happening on the ground.

    04/01/2010 Darragh Neely, CD, Darragh Neely Design Works
  33. University Staff level visits or exchanges to design schools in Europe to boost and expand the way in which design is taught in Northern Ireland.

    21/12/2009 Susan Stewart, whiteoffice.co.uk UU
  34. Coming from a small manufacturing business, I think the typical NI mindset is quite ‘closed’ to what good design can achieve. Our ‘mindset’ tends to find more reasons why not to do things, cost, lack of understanding…etc as opposed to reasons to do so

    26/11/2009 Geoff Clarke, www.ustogether.eu
  35. As Gillian has commented, I think there is a cultural lack of awareness of the benefits of quality design in Northern Ireland. Perhaps this is something that could be introduced via schools at an earlier age to foster more creative thinking.

    26/11/2009 Geoff Clarke, www.ustogether.eu
  36. As pointed out there are 1000s of individual designers within Northern Ireland however many are doing non design jobs as training courses are focused purely on design, if we are going to break the ‘grant-culture’ sales training needs to be introduced

    25/11/2009 Alan Anderson, Designer, www.bluetubedesign.com
  37. On a related issue, the CSD is pushing for professional accreditation for the design profession and introduce a designation of CDes. This would bring us up to par with architects, engineers etc. Not a fix-all, but progress.

    18/11/2009 Rick Monro, Head of Design, Tibus.com
  38. Can someone build an RSS/Twitter linked WikiNoticeBoard thing so we can have a consolidated Design Events guide? Bet someone could do that easily. An easy NIDA initiative that can help publicise the scheme.

    17/11/2009 Richard Weston, Designer, hamillBosket
  39. Professional development, training and business acumen are essential elements of the career tool-kit but what we need to do first is change the way that industry, talent, mentors and business support consultants can formerly engage with each other and ‘create desire’ in the pursuit of...

    17/11/2009 Jonathan Alport. Founder/Curator www.TheCreativePortal.com
  40. Definitely a properly organised webdesign awards ceremony is need to celebrate the wealth of talent in NI and get us noticed as a haven of world class talent. Events more of Build’s caliber are badly needed. I’d come home for something like that. :)

    16/11/2009 Paddy Donnelly, UX Designer, Nascom, Belgium (Formerly NI)
  41. Sharing and listening to our peers, we should do more of this. If we share new ideas and knowledge, we can improve together, which will then lead to greater output from the community.

    13/11/2009 Jordan Moore, Web Designer & Developer, www.designbyfront.com
  42. We have so much more to offer than just design! I think EVERY company should have a creative person sitting on their board. It would be an opportunity to show how ‘creative thinking’ can turn a company around and drive their business forward.

    12/11/2009 Lesley Bell, Partner, Whitespace2
  43. Businesses in Northern Ireland, big and small, need to give due weight to design and web design. It’s not an after-thought, it should be one of the very first things you think of.

    12/11/2009 Barry McGee, Future Media Developer, BBC
  44. I agree Stephen. I think the free-pitching debate is a miss-direction. I’d expect better informed/educated clients to not want to commission work in that way because they’d recognise the skill and value in what we offer. It’s bigger than that debate.

    12/11/2009 Richard Weston, Designer, hamillBosket
  45. Absolutely.

    12/11/2009 Richard Weston, Designer, hamillBosket
  46. Richard: I agree each new project has a huge element of risk and uncertainty, but when presenting past ’successes’ to potential clients, surely it would build confidence to show not only the good design, but also the quantifiable results each project had?

    12/11/2009 Chris Armstrong, Final Year VisCom student, University of Ulster Belfast
  47. We can only hope to deal with issues around free pitching when there is a broader appreciation of the real value of design and better understanding of how to commission it effectively.

    12/11/2009 Stephen Shaw, Frank
  48. Reiterating Jonathan Sand’s & Richard Weston’s comments, we need to raise the profile of design values and craft in schools by engaging with curriculum planners & teachers. Ideally under the banner of a professional organisation.

    12/11/2009 Stephen Shaw, Frank
  49. Chris A: Quantifiable results are powerful but can’t be guaranteed. Many ultra- successful marketing campaigns/new product launches have involved risk and bravery. We can minimise risk through market insight and measured results can breed confidence.

    12/11/2009 Richard Weston, Designer, hamillBosket
  50. On Michael’s point about the ability to take degree standard courses outside of a degree. This is absolutely critical. There’s a great deal of content taught within universities that could be offered as standalone refreshers, taught to accommodate industries needs. Tell us what you need.

    11/11/2009 Christopher Murphy, Course Director, University of Ulster