Dublin Design Night

Blessed with a lovely evening to wander around Dublin — with cocktails to quench our thirst whilst milling around the venues. We were lucky to be early in most of them and avoided the queues which were rather significant later in the evening.
Most reviews have covered each venue extensively but what I loved about this event is the discovery of all these fabulous new shops which I have inadvertently walked by without noticing all these years.
Yay to new inspiration for all my X’mas shopping in 2 months’ time! Yes I went there, oops ;-)

I was a little late yet got to check out some very nice and creative places.
thanks for the invite Unilocal.
(have photos but not able to upload just now)

What an AWESOME night to be a creative Dublin Unilocaler!
The events were well curated and appealed to all varieties of people — Young, mature, male, female, student, professional, etc.
I went with a friend to The Garden to start off our night. The terrarium building was over… but I asked that if I bought a planter would they be willing to show me how to build one, and they were kind enough to say yes! Now I have a cute little plant and adorable planter for only 4 EUR.
Next, we went to Article where Clover Rua helped us screen print an image of the iconic Dublin doors. Such an easy and interactive workshop! I also managed to finds candle I couldn’t live without, and since I checked in to Article, got 10% off, holla!
We hit up Industry for cocktails, Apassionista to watch their flower arranging workshop, and Irish Design for the merch. We ended at Jam Art Factory where Jacob Stack chatted about his work and showed us his drawling process and original designs. How cool is that? Meeting an Irish artist who’s art is showcased all around Dublin? It was excellent.
I would love if this happened every year! My only suggestion is having a clearer time table of when events are going on and how limited they can be. I enjoyed observing the workshops, but it would have been great to participate too! Maybe even signing up online would be helpful? Anyhow, it was stellar all around.

Thoroughly enjoyed Dublin Design Night, definitely my favourite Unilocal event so far. Had been looking forward to it for aaaaages and it totally lived up to my hyped expectations :)
We started at The Garden, which was very pretty but packed and moved onto Article (my personal favourite of the night!!) There was demonstrations in both stores and we picked up some tealight candle holders in Article. I’ll be back for a more thorough viewing of here in the future!
Industry was the perfect pitstop as we got a voucher for a delicious couscous, meatball, almond concoction with a wicked rum cocktail. This was the start of the drinking (unexpected) Think I had ⁴⁄₅ cocktails, beers, slushy!!!
Moving on, while every store that we attended wouldn’t have completed my style, I really enjoyed the opportunity to pop into them unselfconsciously. And some I’ll certainly return to. Like Jam Art Factory. Madly rushed for time at the very end but we stayed as long as we could for a talk given by one of the stores featured artists. A Donegal giant of a man, wish I could have stayed longer to listen. He was very engaging and his art is wonderfully wry :)
Design Night 2, let’s be having you haha

An excellent event! I’ve been looking forward to this one for awhile, and it didn’t disappoint! Wasn’t sure I’d be able to make all of the shops on the night, but nearly did. I had only been to one shop included in the line-​up before, so it was great to discover lots of great shops that were all new to me. Plenty of delicious cocktails and even a bite to eat (worth the wait in line at Industry!) in a place I never would have guessed would be doing food. Yes, everywhere was crowded, but it meant Irish businesses and designers were getting some much needed exposure and revenue, so I can’t complain about that.
Didn’t know how the workshops were being arranged so missed out on two I really wanted to do (Flowers at Appasionata and terrarium at The Garden) spots for the entire night were filled up within the first few minutes so we were out of luck! If I would have known they were taking a list at the beginning of the night I would have made a point of getting in on it, but that’s ok because there was plenty else to do. Was so happy to get into Article early and try out screen printing with the awesome Clover Rua, so fun to actually have a go at it, and see how they create their beautiful prints.
Loved the whole idea behind this event, very well thought out and planned, it was easy to find each shop. Thanks to Unilocal,Image Interiors, Emily and everyone else involved, there was so much going on but all ran smoothly, it was a great night and a total success! Would love to see more events like this one.

I had a nice evening! It was lots of fun to make my own terrarium and I got to take home a little plant after making him a cute little home in a mason jar. Over at Article they were showing people how to screenprint, and you got to give it a try!
I loved the random guys in red shirts scattered about the city, they were full of energy and really made an effort to get attention from passerby.
It may have felt a bit rushed though due to the queues (and things filled up FAST). So I never did get anything drinkable/edible…but I’m not complaining!
Thanks for organizing this HUGE event Emily — anything that involves arts and crafts (and being able to do it myself) is always GREAT fun.