One of the greatest things about attending NCAD (all those years ago!) was the exposure you had to a huge range of creative disciplines. So, wether you were studying Visual Communications, Fashion Design or Craft, it’s likely that you had friends and mentors across Painting, Sulpture, Industrial Design and Photography. You got to see what they were creating on a daily basis and often a visit to another department within the college would spark ideas for your own projects. EG a book cover design you were working on might involve a visit to the Craft dept. to photograph some coloured metals for the books background. Instead of using some DTP software for the book title, a friend’s work over in Sculpture might have inspired new ways to create some interesting typography.
The point is, their work and creative field pushed yours and you became a better designer for it. So last week when we received a call from Dublin City Council asking us if we were interested in information on a new networking initiative specifically for the creative industy in Dublin, we signed up to ‘CreativeD ‘ almost immediately.
If you’re involved in the creative sector, then this is an invaluable opportunity to be involved in something focussed specifically on your industry whose remit is to
“define, develop and promote creative businesses and ensure that individually and collectively the creative industries become a significant force in our new economy.”
The first event is held in October at the Digital Hub and is titled ‘Capitalize on your Creativity’.
Details on CreativeD can be found on the Dublin City Council Web site. I think it’s a great initiative by DCC and a welcome development for Irish Creativity.
Peter,
Delighted that you are so positive about CreativeD. We beleive it will be the making of the creative industries sector.
For more details log on to http://www.creativeD.ie and be part of Dublin’s creative future.