Irish Design Week Is Back This November
Irish Design Week Is Back This November
With DCCI Irish Design Week 2025 just around the corner, it’s time to take a closer look at what’s happening in some keynote events.
Organised by the Design & Crafts Council Ireland (DCCI), this week is an annual celebration of design and creativity across Ireland. To celebrate, there will be a diverse range of events, exhibitions, workshops, talks, and networking opportunities. It encompasses various aspects of design including graphic design, architecture, product design, fashion, digital media, and more. DCCI Irish Design Week runs from 17-21 November 2025, with five headline events taking place in Dublin’s Royal Irish Academy of Music.
On Monday 17 November, the Irish Architecture Foundation in collaboration with Design & Crafts Council Ireland will explore what collaboration actually means in an industry built on authorship. London-based innovators Jayden Ali from JA Projects and Akil & Seth Scafe-Smith from RESOLVE will unpack how design can build trust, redistribute power, and spark real change. Tuesday’s conversation between Sinéad O’Dwyer and writer Anastasiia Fedorova dives into body politics, inclusive design, and the role of fashion as social change. This is by the National College of Art & Design, and they will also be joined by visual storyteller Eibhlín Doran.
On Wednesday, 19 November, Sound meets design in Reverb, an immersive ICAD experience at RIAM’s Why Recital Hall. The program features leading Irish and international creatives, including Yuri Suzuki, the first Pentagram partner to specialise in sound design. Thursday’s live event, To Be a Part of Something, sees musicians and designers including Caoimhín Ó Raghallaigh, Fiona Hallinan, and Tomoko Sauvage blur boundaries between art forms. Finally, on Friday, 21 November, 100 Archive gathers voices from across Europe to ask how design can shape collaborative and hopeful futures.
Aside from these headline events in Dublin, there are a range of regional workshops which will bring creativity to communities across Ireland. In Carlow, Liga Valge is hosting a full-day Statement Jewellery Workshop taking place on November 21, which will be a full day of creating bold pieces. Letters in Light Stained Glass will take place in Leitrim with artist Vanessa Power on November 20. Meanwhile in Sligo, Threads of Joy: A Queer Textile Memory Workshop invites participants to explore personal joy through textiles and storytelling.
DCCI Irish Design Week 2025 promises to be a celebration of creativity, offering a platform for innovative ideas, and new opportunities across the island of Ireland. To find out more and book tickets, visit their website.
