Design – Claire Regan

Design on TV

I just came across a design reality tv show from 2005 whilst falling down a YouTube rabbithole. Design for Life, follows petulant French designer Phillippe Starck as he invites a plethora of young UK designers to compete against each other in a bid to pander to his every nonsensical whim take the one open position […]

Chair and table set which appear to spill intestines

Oops Design Awards

I came across these irreverent design awards today which claim to be the first design awards to highlight “Ugly”, “Silly” and “Useless” products. While bound to make you laugh, it does broach the question: Is ugly design necessarily bad design? First of all what is ugly design? While some purists (William Morris) would argue that […]

Camino de Santiago marker, image via Fresco Tours, Flickr

Accessible GPS Technology

I recently had the pleasure of speaking with Michael May, CEO of the Sendero Group and a pioneer in GPS navigation and similar location devices for those with vision impairments. Michael has recently completed a section of the Northern Way of St James (part of the Camino de Santiago) with his family, and continues to […]

Design Week 2009

Ireland’s Design Week 2009 begins this November (in and around the 2nd-8th), with events in Dublin, Cork, Belfast, Kilkenny, Louth, Waterford and Tullamore. The week will showcase the best of Irish design and provide a valuable forum for discussion on design and how it benefits the larger community. Of particular interest is the 24 Hour […]

Universal Design

Universal Design is a revolutionary approach to designing products, media and spaces. Unlike the Design for Disability approach, where the focus is on making a limited range of products more accessible to people with a limited range of abilities, Universal Design endeavours to take the abilities of all likely users into account from the very […]

Welcome!

I intend to use this blog to examine aspects of current design for industry to figure out what exactly it is that makes good design. As my background is in Product Design there will most likely be a focus on that but I would welcome any input from other disciplines in this discussion. I had […]