Are you sitting comfortably? How’s the light? Is your cup of tea – or glass of wine – within easy reach?
And do you smile with satisfaction every time you see that perfectly proportioned set of shelves?
If so, it’s time for a big thank you to those designers who’ve made our homes their lives’ work.
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Andrew Clancy: Déanta Design
Also working as an architect with Clancy Moore, Clancy won an IDI award in December for the Carvel chair.
Made from hand-shaped larch using traditional boat-building techniques, it’s a collaboration with shipwright Matthew O’Malley – in keeping with Déanta’s ethos of marrying craft to material to make wonderful things.
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Joseph Walsh
Self-taught designer Joseph Walsh is a global phenomenon. He is based in Co Cork, and his fantastic, romantic pieces are masterpieces when it comes to pushing the properties of wood to its limits.
He has recently started experimenting with resin and stone, but his most famous piece is still the Enignum Canopy Bed – definitely one to dream in and of.
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Sasha Sykes: Farm 21
Describing her work as “contemporary edge and rural twist”, Carlow-based Sykes works to commission using resin to make lavender-filled tables, a gorse chest of drawers, a rosebud bench.
She is currently collaborating with biochemists at Carlow IT to create a new Eco resin for the design and product industries. Her pieces are collected around the world.
farm21.co.uk
Cian Corcoran and Ahmad Fakhry: Design Goat
Graduating from NCAD’s industrial design course in 2011, Corcoran and Fakhry have been making a name for themselves designing everything from furniture to food, products to experiences, with the aim of making life a better, nicer place in which to pass your time.
See their work at Brother Hubbard and Sister Sadie cafés, Indigo & Cloth and Chapter One restaurant.
wearedesigngoat.com
Conor Kelly and Nell Roddy: Snug
Working from their small workshop in Snugboro, Co Wicklow, Kelly and Roddy believe that anyone can have well-designed Irish pieces at affordable prices. All the furniture is made on site, usually in their favourite wood – ash.
The pair's designs match simplicity with function and beauty, and the Dip-Dye range is notable. They also work to commission.
snug.ie
