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This volume features newspaper and magazine articles and photographs about the following:
Kilkenny Design Centre, Nassau St:
-Photo shoot of Irish wool products available at Kilkenny Shop
-China Showrooms at Kilkenny Shop, suggested as a place to buy Christmas gifts
-Handwork exhibition of individually made items by Craftsmen and women throughout Ireland, held in Kilkenny Design Centre
-Photoshoot of accessories available from Irish stores including Kilkenny Shop
-Presentation of tourist city guide certificates to be held in Kilkenny Shop
-Antique Dolls exhibition at Kilkenny Shop, courtesy of Mde. Mollereau, museum of childhood, There will also be a Sotheby’s advisory and valuations day
-A hipflask, tankard and whiskey measure from Kilkenny Shop are mentioned as possible gifts this Christmas for the sporty/outdoor man, also mentions cashmere sweaters from Glen Abbey
-Article about Safety of toys, and the work of the National Standards Authority, mentions safe Irish wooden toys available at Kilkenny Shop
-Christmas gift ideas, Irish tweed overcoat and scarves for him, Kilkenny Design sweaters for her
-TIMBA Toys, Cork now available in Kilkenny Shop
-Article encouraging people to buy Irish and take a look in Kilkenny Shop for Christmas
-Irish made sweaters from Kilkenny Shop; Heritage and Ganzi Gaeltarra available and suggested as Christmas gifts
-Kilkenny Design Shop Restaurant wins award
-Ceramics by Hester Scott, Judi Lardner, Helen Duhig and Maxine Mearns available at Kilkenny Shop
-Gifts for her, Chesneau satchel at Kilkenny Shop
-Breakfast at Christmas, Martha’s Chipyard Chocolate Chip Cookies available at Kilkenny Shop
-Gifts for gardeners; Kiltrea Bridge Pottery, hand thrown pots, available from Kilkenny Shop
-Christmas gifts under £10,000, £1000, £100, jewellery from Kilkenny Shop, for under £100
-Images of household gifts from the Kilkenny Shop
Kilkenny Design Workshops Designs and Products:
-Photo of Model wearing Caban Irish weekend coat, £120, available from Kilkenny Shop, Nassau St
-Newly built Landsdowne Village townhouses, has interiors purchased at Kilkenny Design Centre
-KDW designed beautiful boxes for charity quiz game
-Gerard Tyler of KDW replies to an article in the newspaper which criticises the Telephone box designs and An Post logo
-Winners of ‘outstanding achievements in the arts 1985’ will receive a silver trophy by Kilkenny Design
Kilkenny Design Workshops Staff and Former Staff:
-Margaret Downes of KDW is on judging panel for National Innovation Awards
-Kerry Co-op wins 1st NBST new product award, Margaret Downes of KDW is on judging panel
-Brian Leech of KDW is on judging panel for Young Engineer Award
-Margaret Downes of KDW discusses Irish Design at the launch of the 1986 -National Design Management Awards, and says that the majority of Irish companies are unable to manage design
-Former Chairman and Chief Executive Willie Walsh is awarded in-augural honorary life membership of the Society of Designers in Ireland
-Mary Dowling of Kilkenny Shop pictured at Murray Raphel International marketing consultant seminar
-Pei Yun Xian from Shanghai is on an Irish apprenticeship, he is picture with a black lacquered cabinet, he has been working on making furniture prototypes
-Rudolf Heltzel to spearhead the design team at new Celtic style jewellery company ‘Tir na nOg’ in Co.Down
-Kilkenny shop mentioned as the place for Christmas gift ideas
-Long article about ‘The Crafty Irish’, gift ideas from craft industries in Ireland, mentioning many shops, and crafters including Kilkenny Design Centre
-Ex KDW staff member Mary Mullin talks about her possible appointment to the board of directors at Royal Hospital Kilmainham
-Mary Dowling talks about employees buying gifts for staff, with a surge in Irish goods bought at Kilkenny Shop
-Former Kilkenny Shop catering manager Briege McCartney opens new restaurant in Belfast
Crafts People and Crafts Businesses:
-Article about young knitwear designer Moya Donnelan, who recently finished a range of knitwear for KDW S/S 1986, her work is stocked by John Rocha and Kilkenny Design Centre
-Interview with Mike Prize, interior architect who opened his own shop because there was a lack of innovation in Irish design, except KDW and Interconnections
-Exhibition of porcelain work by Vivienne Foley, she has previously shown her work in Kilkenny Design Centre
-Andre Grant of Heron Stained Glass Studios receives The Junior Chamber Youth Enterprise Award,
-Article on working women in the arts, Interview with Kathy Leadbetter of Jerpoint Glass
-Interview with Aiden Breen, he mentions his works and orders he provides to Kilkenny Design Centre
Other Kilkenny Design Workshop news:
-Kilkenny Design Awards gives £4,400 to designers and craftsmen to advance their careers
-Kilkenny Design has announced the 1986, National Design Management Awards
-Group of US shoppers from Oldsmobile General Motors staff on trip to Dublin with £1000 gift vouchers to spend in Brown Thomas, Kilkenny Design Shop and other Dublin shops
-Peter Collins new toys stocked in Kilkenny Shop
-Abbeyside Scouts pay a visit to Kilkenny City, including KDW
-KDW subscribe to Annual Mayor’s Coal fund, alongside many other companies
-List of cuts to organizations and government bodies, KDW receives £730,000 for administration
Exhibitions and Festivals:
-The Cream of Irish Designers, a fashion show featuring collections by John Rocha, Richard Lewis, Micheal Mortell and Ib Jorgensen will take place in Powerscourt Townhouse
Miscellaneous:
-Article by Jeremy Addis, information officer at KDW, on new Mitodom 10 machine, and interview with Managing Director of Alida Systems Ltd
-Drogheda Town Centre formally opened, the garden style restaurant, done to a blueprint from the Kilkenny Design Centre
-Interview with Auctioneer Brian Coyle, asked if today’s products will be worth much in years to come, he says the products of Kilkenny will stand well and compliments the good work going on there
-Interview with Terence Conran, owner of Habitat, Mothercare and BHS, he previously trained the staff of the Kilkenny Shop project
-Article about retirement, with suggestions of what to do, one is to see a craftsman at work at KDW
-Traders bonanza as the city is packed with shoppers on December 8th due to teachers strike, US shoppers with complimentary vouchers for Irish shops including Kilkenny Shop also in town
Education:
-Limerick School of Art and Design becoming one of the finest Art colleges in Ireland, with many of their graduates receiving KDW awards each year
-‘Aspects of Industrial enterprise’, an article/study by Eamon J Stack in The Business Studies Magazine
Kilkenny City:
-Article about Kilkenny City, the people, the shops, the building and also photographs of the city