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PIVOT Dublin Design Challenge 5th and 6th November 2011, Wood Quay venue Everyday Discoveries Helsinki WDC 2012
Background to 'Provoking the Everyday' The Institute of Designers in Ireland in association with PIVOT Dublin has accepted an invitation to participate in the Helsinki WDC 2012 International Design House Exhibition – ‘Everyday Discoveries’ - to be held in September 2012. ‘Everyday Discoveries’ will take place in a disused industrial complex offering a series of indoor and outdoor spaces. The outdoor spaces serve as platforms for interactive design events and test grounds for design objects, while the indoor spaces are reserved for more classic exhibitions. The event is built around four themes - ACTIVISM, PLAY, STORY and MEMORY - in order to engage the public to enjoy different aspects of everyday life in different settings. The themes mix, but also emphasise the cultural differences and customs of the participating countries. The themes will grow and live according to the proposals sent from each country, presenting the main concerns and interests in a global context. This World Design Capital 2012 signature event is co-ordinated and produced by Design Forum Finland www.designforum.fi, the promotion organisation for Finnish design. The exhibition concept and themes are created by Imu Design www.imudesign.org, a group of three young Finnish designers.
PIVOT Now The aim of PIVOT Dublin is to explain, demonstrate and celebrate design’s positive impact on our lives. Born out of Dublin’s bid to be designated World Design Capital in 2014, PIVOT has ‘forged connections, fused talents’* and created opportunities that now must be taken. Opportunities for Dublin design to speak to the world with its unique voice and character – that of story telling, empathy, creativity, conversation, ambition, humour and optimism. One such opportunity is to exhibit at Helsinki’s World Design Capital signature event – the International Design House Expo – in September 2012. Dublin’s approach to this exhibition has been refreshing and remarkable, according to the dynamic exhibition curators IMU Design. We told IMU that ‘the device of conversation has been central to the development of PIVOT Dublin and we use it always as part of our creative process. The conversation will start in the Office of Non-Compliance at DC2011.’ Intrigued, Elina Aalto and Krista Kosonen of IMU accepted our invitation to attend the design challenge on the 5th and 6th of November and act as judges. It was an inspiring weekend. Twelve interdisciplinary teams full of energy and passion grappled with the light-touch brief – Provoke the Everyday! and delivered what was asked of them, which was to inspire and delight us. Thanks to all who took part in the challenge, to our judges, to our invigilators from Dublin City Architects, the Office of Non-Compliance @DC2011 and to the team in the Wood Quay Venue. Only one team can be selected to represent Dublin Design at Helsinki, but with connections forged and talents fused, this will not be last time these teams will be invited to come together. And as for PIVOT, we're just beginning.
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Gearoid Carvill Architect
Maxim Laroussi Architectect
Joan MacMahon Architect
Nicky Hooper Artist/Designer
David Wall Graphic Designer
Edward Frampton Landscape Architect
Ciarán Walsh Journalist
Conor Nolan Graphic Designer
Pollie Venn Frampton Performance Artist
Andrew Brady Architect
Dr. Elaine Byrne Lecturer/Journalist/ Political Analyst
Renate Henschke Fashion Designer
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Peter O' Gara Graphic Designer
Eugene Boyle Architect/Designer
Steven McNamara Photographer/Graphic Designer
Alan Mee Architect
Michael Lyons Artist
Chris Hingel Graphic Designer/Illustrator
Ronan Dillon Graphic Designer
Henry Daly Industral Design Student
Clive Bright Painter/Carpenter/Farmer
Oliver Hoey Craftsman/Landscape Architect
Iseult O’Clery Architect
Paul Shorten Architect
Dónal Adams Computer Programmer/ Musician
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Hugo Thompson Furniture/Interior Designer
Phil Murray Exhibition/Interior Designer/ Architect
John Moriarty Product/Interaction Designer
Mark Shiels Graphic Designer Hugh Rodgers Film Composer/ Multimedia Designer Emet Cullen Digital Media/Artist Andrew Moore Urban Planner/Sketch Writer
Peter McCann Product/Graphic Designer Caroline O'Conner Set/Furniture Designer Rachel Murphy Landscape/InteriorArchitect/ Exhibition Designer
Ben Mullen Student Architect/Artist Bairbre-Ann Harkin Curator/Writer Patrick Mullen Print /Digital Media Designer
Gillian Nichaiside Art Director/Landscape Architect
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Peter Tansey Architect
Leonora Daly Architecture Student
Kevin Sexton Brand Development/ Strategist
Adrian McDermott Industrial Designer
Anna Reidy Architecture Student
R贸n谩n O Muirgheasa Film Editor/Musician/ Composer
Julie Clarke Structural Engineer
Steven Murphy Architecture Student
Badar Rashid Mechanical Engineer
Robert Perry Musician/Composer/PhD Student/ Inventor James Keane Visual Communicator/ Motion Graphic Designer
team Gearoid Carvill Architect Nicky Hooper Artist/Designer Ciarรกn Walsh Journalist Andrew Brady Architect Renate Henschke Fashion Designer
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www.abgc.ie www.madeforyoubyarms.com www.dublin.lecool.com www.nickyhooper.com
it could start with something as simple as hello And yet it lives! We want to rekindle our interaction with phone boxes by modifying their functionality, repurpose their spaces and incorporating them back into the city.
team Maxim Laroussi Architectect David Wall Graphic Designer Conor Nolan Graphic Designer Dr. Elaine Byrne Lecturer/Journalist/ Political Analyst
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www.architecture-republic.com www.conoranddavid.com www.elaine.ie
put the kettle on (and tell us a story) Seek positive disruption ‌ We believe that the real potency of storytelling is embedded in the collective creation of narrative. A great story ‌ inspires, educates, entertains, gets retold, reworked and reinterpreted.
team Joan MacMahon Architect Edward Frampton Landscape Architect Pollie Venn Frampton Performance Artist
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www.mitchell.ie
collective memory mapping through everyday experiences We plan to record and share the everyday casual ritual of having a cup of tea and a conversation by creating a unique experience – the memory wall.
team Peter O' Gara Graphic Designer Alan Mee Architect Ronan Dillon Graphic Designer
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www.mee.ie www.meandhimandyou.com
2015 backstory: “the flip flops i bought in arnotts were made from recycled bottle tops. the fella who sold them to me said that the bottle tops came off bull island beaches and a couple of guys from dublin had invented a way to make flip flops from bottle tops. apparently people all over ireland and dublin collect beach rubbish now and sell it to these guys to make them.” they are now making a living off it. what a rubbish idea !
We propose the BackStory as a way to describe a project as if it was already realised, telling how it happened in order to inspire its “becoming”.
team Eugene Boyle Architect/Designer Michael Lyons Artist Henry Daly Industral Design Student Oliver Hoey Craftsman/Landscape Architect Paul Shorten Architect
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www.woodcollective.ie
through a chink too wide there comes in no wonder patrick kavanagh To establish a pre-emptive intervention, to provoke pre-crisis jarring of everyday experience; to disrupt and interrupt ingrained patterns of behaviour, i.e. to Generate, Activate and Participate.
team Steven McNamara Photographer/Graphic Designer Chris Hingel Graphic Designer/Illustrator Clive Bright Painter/Carpenter/Farmer Iseult O’Clery Architect Dónal Adams Computer Programmer/ Musician
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www.chrishingel.com www.rojidesigns.com clivebright.awardspace.info
the everyday doesn’t need enrichment, just awareness On journeys, we adopt routines to deal with complexity ‌ Once a person is shown or discovers something new on their journey, a new dimension is formed and their journey is forever changed.
team Hugo Thompson Furniture/Interior Designer Mark Shiels Graphic Designer Hugh Rodgers Film Composer/ Multimedia Designer Emet Cullen Digital Media/Artist Andrew Moore Urban Planner/Sketch Writer
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www.hugothompson.ie www.form.ie www.hughrodgers.com
different entry points represent non-linear forms of conversation The ‘Em’ – the conversational pause. We propose to represent the Irish love of conversation through an exhibit, laid out in a plan form of concentric circles, reminiscent of our rich tradition of Celtic art. Different entry points represent non-linear forms of conversation.
team Phil Murray Exhibition/Interior Designer/ Architect Peter McCann Product/Graphic Designer Caroline O'Conner Set/Furniture Designer Rachel Murphy Landscape/InteriorArchitect/ Exhibition Designer Gillian Nichaiside Art Director/Landscape Architect
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www.nofixedabode.ie www.escirdesign.blogspot.com www.irish-designers.com/caroline-o-connor-designs
warmspot isn’t an answer, but a glimpse of future possibilities. Creating favourable conditions in order to lift the human spirit if this occuurs repeatedly we can re-sensitise or re-learn how to recognise the magic in the everyday.
team John Moriarty Product/Interaction Designer Ben Mullen Student Architect/Artist Bairbre-Ann Harkin Curator/Writer Patrick Mullen Print /Digital Media Designer
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www.airvod.com www.butlergallery.com www.detail.ie www.teamyes.wordpress.com
enrich the everyday through shared encounters and a moments silence A silent pavillion which encourages visitors to interact without sound, providing a foundation for a shared experience and new modes of interaction.
team Peter Tansey Architect Adrian McDermott Industrial Designer Julie Clarke Structural Engineer Badar Rashid Mechanical Engineer
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www.lotusarchitects.com
our task must be to free ourselves from this prison albert einstein Our concept is to view ourselves from a different perspective and in an overall context. It is only then that we discover the significance of everyday objects, people and places and are provoked to celebrate these items.
team Leonora Daly Architecture Student Anna Reidy Architecture Student Steven Murphy Architecture Student
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SOAP 1. wet hands
2. lather
3. apply to face
the value of the everday is the keeping of the extraordinary Imagine a bar of soap gave you instructions for making suds faces, or a new lamp had shadow puppet diagrams, or imagine for a moment linen with details for making fort with your kids ‌
team Kevin Sexton Brand Development/ Strategist R贸n谩n O Muirgheasa Film Editor/Musician/ Composer Robert Perry Musician/Composer/PhD Student/ Inventor James Keane Visual Communicator/ Motion Graphic Designer
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horse neighs dull dial tone distant airplane engines police sirens roar traffic hums hearbeat footseps on a pavement video game bleeps bell rings traffic hums indian man shouts out car and bus horns honk
development, design and composition of city sounds We decided to look at the unappreciated and sometimes unseen rhythms that punctuate the everyday, a heartbeat of pattern based visuals and sonic stimuli.
And Finally, The Result!!! The winner of the Provoke the Everyday design challenge is Team 6 led by Steven McNamara of Roji Design. They are closely followed by Team 1, then Team 9 with Team 2 a distinguished fourth and Teams 3,4,5,7,8,10, 11 and 12 all an honourable mention. The judging was challenging - the talent, motivation and assurance demonstrated by all, the capacity to handle a loose brief in a tight timescale, the emotional charge of the presentations - all this made judging onerous but relaxed - we knew that we had any number of teams who could deliver Dublin to Helsinki. All presentations were discussed by six judges (Krista having had to leave at 10.30am). Each team was then voted on as to whether it had 'impact' (assessment criteria 5). This subjective assessment was critical. While some teams had greater interdisciplinary strength (criteria 1), it was difficult to differentiate between teams on the 'quality of interaction', 'originality of approach/proposal', 'clarity of proposal and effectiveness of communication'. Ultimately, it came down to that simple requirement of the brief, 'we want to be inspired and delighted'. Team 6's 'abstract' statement that 'the everyday doesn't need enrichment, it's our awareness that needs improvement' was arresting. Of course this is true - that living is for today, now, in the everyday. All proposals touched on this, sought to extract this, but Team 6's 'can you see me?' frame which provoked passers by on the Quays to pause their journey and be 'delighted' was the purest articulation of this. Their methodology was impeccable. These guys came prepared, came from many design backgrounds and will do us proud in Helsinki. We hope that they will draw from the magic of this November weekend, 'the connections forged and the talents fused' to deliver something remarkable. Thanks to everyone for a very special experience. PIVOT Dublin
Acknowledgements everyday discoveries judges – Elina Aalto, IMU Design Bob Gray, Red&Grey Design Ali Grehan, Dublin City Architect Krista Kosonen, IMU Design Ruairi O’Cuiv, Dublin City Public Arts Officer Barry Sheehan, Dublin Institute of Technology/IDI Hans Zomer, Dóchas
–– everyday discoveries crew – Matt Carroll Eamon Duffy Claire Farren Owen O'Doherty Ciaran Stanley Liam and Mark @ the Wood Quay Venue
–– everyday discoveries briefing conversation @ office of non compliance dc2011 – Jota Castro Ciara Cavanagh Aideen Darcy Kathy Scott Mark Clare Bairbre-Ann Harkin Louise Lowe Kathyrn Maguire
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