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Design support in Ireland
Design Group, Invest Northern Ireland
Design Group co-ordinates a range of initiatives and programmes to develop design knowledge, skills and capability and provides advice on how to harness design to deliver considerable commercial advantage.
Design Shannon offers Ireland a unique experiment in regional action for design and innovation, an experiment which strengthens the competitive basis of the Irish economy. It provides specialist and objective advice as well as bringing together the commercial and public sectors through its work.
Enterprise Ireland is the state agency responsible for the development of Irish companies. It provides a range of supports to meet client business needs and works with clients to help them use innovation and design as an integral part of business development.
Innovator runs courses/workshops for new and existing R+D performers to give them the skill tools required to manage the process. Courses can be customised for in-company workshops with the specific aim to establish sustainable R+D structures and processes in your Company.
Institute of Designers in Ireland (IDI)
The Institute of Designers in Ireland is the professional body representing the interests of Irish designers. Its function is to promote high standards of design, to foster professionalism and to emphasise designers’ responsibility to society, to the client and to each other.