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This volume features newspaper articles and photographs about the following:
KDW Designs and Products:
- an award for 'Best County' designed by KDW for the Tidy Town Competition
- a new stamp designed by KDW for European Conservation Year and the symbol for Irish Conservation Year
- the KDW Christmas card
- KDW products on display at various trade fairs including Blackpool Gift Fair, British Furniture Fair, International Household Goods and Hardware Fair, Irish Wedding Gifts Fair
- many Irish hotels using KDW designed textiles
- the "Folding Easy Chair"
- a new trophy for the Irish Grand National, a rose bowl designed by KDW
- a new stamp designed by Louis le Brocquy, boardmember of KDW
- interior design products to improve a farmhouse or guesthouse for visitors
- Rugplan Ltd. - a company that sells rugmaking kits, with several of the designs by KDW
- a plaque designed by Oisín Kelly to commemorate the Gaelic League in Rothe House, in particular T.W. Hanrahan and Eileen Cronin
- various trophies designed by KDW including the Export Award, the Nescafe/Aerlingus Men's Open Championship and the National Debating Competition
- fashion articles featuring clothes from the Kilkenny Shop
- Kilkenny Corporation ask KDW to design a memento to be given to important visitors
- Stillorgan Shopping Centre and its sign designed by KDW
- ideas for Christmas presents featuring KDW products
- KDW to design wallpaper for Wallpapers Ltd.
KDW Staff and Former Staff:
- Michael Rafter, leaving Kilkenny to study silversmithing in Stockholm
- the KDW graphic designer Damian Harrington
- other interests of the staff at KDW including playing sport, entering talent competitions and embarking on world tours
- the jewellery designer Rudolf Heltzel (formerly of KDW), including the opening of his retail showroom in Kilkenny and an exhibition of his work at 'Sheelah of Dublin' in London
- Joan Kneissel to train as a silversmith at Kilkenny Design Workshops
- Alice Rodin, KDW weaver
- Peter Donovan, KDW silversmith
- Michael Fitzpatrick of KDW representing Ireland at the International Apprentice Competition in Tokyo
- 'Irish Management Institute Conference' on technological development, linked to the 'Dyer and Colourists Symposium' opened by W.H. Walsh
- an interview with Oisín Kelly
Other KDW News:
- a feature on Kilkenny Design Workshops written in Swedish (the name of the publication is not listed)
- the future of KDW including plans for it to become financially independent and fears that it might be downgraded
- visits from various groups to Kilkenny and the Design Workshops including Ballyfermot Vocational School, St.Louis Secondary School, members of Irish Friendship Society in Moscow, members of the Irish American Council, a delegation from Le Mouvement National Des Elus Locaux in France, the Birmingham Evening Mail's Housewives Circle, members of the ICA, Brian Forbes and Nanette Newman, members of the Guinness Group, the Tuam Vintners Association, American teenage business tycoons, members of the Worshipful Company of Founders, Yuri Ustamenko (a Russian reporter) and a group of British architects and consulting engineers
- a new Kilkenny shop opening at Ghiradelli Square in San Francisco
- a feature on Kilkenny Design Workshops in the Daily Telegraph
- the opening of three new textile studios at KDW, having received a grant from W.R. Grace & Co. New York
- the UCD Summer School including a trip to Kilkenny Design Workshops
- KDW scholarships won by Patrick Behan and Patrick McAuliffe
- notes of illustrated talks on KDW given by Mary Mullen
- a KDW open day
- a donation of $5500 to KDW from Irish organisations in America
- the repeat screening of the documentary 'Designed in Kilkenny' on television
- a letter to the Irish Times by W.H. Walsh defending KDW designs in response to a previous letter
- a feature on KDW in the Christian Science Monitor
Education:
- hopes for a new regional art school to open in Kilkenny
- a letter to the Irish Times from KDW Chairman W.H. Walsh about the lack of good presentation at the Young Scientists Exhibition and appealing for more art instruction in primary schools.
- the future of art education in Ireland and debates around the place for industrial design training
- plans for a new institute of higher education in Limerick with an industrial design programme
- a speech given by Dr. Hilda O'Malley at the opening of the 'Limerick Art Society' in which she is critical of art education and the general neglect of the visual arts in Ireland
- a series of articles in the Irish Times critical of the National College of Art, the last of which also suggests some possible solutions
- the '71 Design Scholarship Contest
The Importance of Design:
- the 'Killarney Design Seminar' including details of speeches made about the industrialisation of Ireland, the need for small skill-based industries, the importance of design in industry and the need for co-operation between education and design
- the standard of design in crochet and lacemaking
Industry and Exports:
- various companies around Ireland producing KDW designed products for the export market including Irish Worsted Mills Ltd., a candlemaking factory in Borris, Kilkenny Trading Company and West Wicklow Design Ltd.
- services provided by Coras Trachtala to help exports
- progress report on Irish exports
- a film about small industries in Ireland made by Irish Shell & BP called 'The Little People'
- Industrial relations in Ireland and in Sweden
- Irish Crystal Glass, a Galway based company
- an Irish promotion exhibition in Switzer's to coincide with a meeting of the World Congress of Retailers
- Jerry Cunningham setting up a wood workshop in Kerry
- a department store in Denver called 'The Denver' to open an Irish goods department, stocking KDW products
- Irish Rustics Ltd., furniture manufacturers
- reports on a symposium organised by the NorthWestern branch of the Agricultural Science Association dealing with the development of the west of Ireland. A speech by Father James McDwyer, which endorses the small industries plan. He suggests that people could be trained in KDW and then return home and set up local industries
- Slieve Bloom Co-op in Roscommon aquiring exclusive rights to manufacture a type of stone candle in Ireland
- the unemployment figures, which are on the rise in industry
- Maurice Feldman who produces kitchenware designs
Exhibitions, Festivals and Craft Shops:
- Enviro '70, the Irish Furniture Fair
- an exhibiton "Kilkenny Gold and Silver" in Lavitts Quay Gallery in Cork including details of a speech made by the Taoiseach Jack Lynch, who opened the exhibition
- World Craft Council's 4th biennial general assembly taking place in Dublin with an exhibition of Irish crafts "Ioldána" being held at Trinity College
- ROSC '71 exhibitions taking place around the country including an exhibtion of modern design at Kilkenny Design Workshops
- an exhibition in Oxford "The Irish", featuring five Irish painters and jewellery from KDW
- a feature on 1970 Ideal Homes Exhibition
- Michael Hillier, silversmith and "Modern Jewellery Exhibition" at Weirs of Grafton Street
- an exhibition of gold and silver from Kilkenny at the Gas Company Showrooms in Wexford
- an exhibition of gold and silver jewellery at Pat Crowley's in Molesworth Street in Dublin
- the Wexford Festival
- an exhibition "Progress in Donegal" in Ireland House
- 'Things' a craftshop in Cork
- Rionore Jewellery
Kilkenny Heritage:
- the repair of John Street Bridge in Kilkenny
- the handover of Kilkenny Castle to the State and the plans for its repair and restoration
- An Taisce award to Kilkenny Design Workshops for the restoration and adaption of a historic building
- the Kilkenny Beer Festival and the Kilkenny Cat Competition
- Patricia O'Keeffe giving guided archaeological tours of Kilkenny
- various articles about Kilkenny including its historic past, its cultural offerings and its role as Europe's newest tourist discovery
- the Butler family reunion at Kilkenny castle
- a George and Nora (née Ring) Vaughan song recital at KDW organised by the Kilkenny Arts Society
Tourism:
- an article in the Syracuse Herald Journal, in which the fashion reporter describes her travels around Ireland including a trip to KDW
Miscellaneous:
- plans for a new design centre in Donegal
- the new decimal coinage
- hallmarking in Britain
- a feature in the Oakland Tribune on Jack Lenor Larsen and his 'Irish Awakenings' Collection of textiles
- goldsmith Stephen O'Shaughnessy
- Jane McCann, fashion designer
- a film about the restoration of Windsor being shown in Kilkenny