Today we went to visit the Malthouse Design Centre in Dublin. http://www.themalthousedesigncentre.com/
It was a great inspiration to see how a creative collective of designers work together in a shared space.
Co-working spaces is the way to go for the future, they're starting to appear everywhere in the world and I believe it's a great encouragement for young designers who want to start their own business to know that there are places like the Malthouse where you can share your knowledge and creativity in the most beautiful and motivating brainstorming environment! Their focus is to get you started with your design and prototype of your product and they will then help you branding yourself and sell your products, get your name on the market by organising events and advertisements. There are a number of rooms availabale, including "clean" studios where to develop your sketches and design, then there are a couple of manufacturing labs where to cut wood, fabrics and work with actual tools; also, there is a meeting room for clients meetings and an exhibition space. We were challenged today to produce a packaging for cutlery under 30 mins. We all came up with very different designs and intents. This is what my friends and I designed:
We were inspired by the hand that holds the cutlery and we decided to go with an oven mitten to reinforce the concept of cooking: from a selling point of view, the mitten would be included in the cutlery package to add value to the product. For the aesthetics we went for "grandma's cutlery" with a very retro/vintage/50's/feminine design that would bring on the concept of slow cooking as opposed to fast food.
It was a very interesting exercise and all "prototypes" were great! We worked in the exhibition room which showcased a lot of products by new Irish designers who worked in collaboration with the Malthouse.
I particularly liked this lamp: "Hex Lamp" by Kooyong design.
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