News
Con Kennedy elected Honorary Treasurer of the IDI
6th June 2012
Con Kennedy has been elected Honorary Treasurer of the Institute of Designers in Ireland.
9.1
Punt Nua: Creative Economics Exhibition
29th May 2012
Punt Nua: Creative Economics exhibition opens in the DarcSpace gallery.
Professor Brian Lucey of Trinity College Dublin opened the exhibition, which invited 14 creatives to participate. The exhibition takes a wry and satirical look at the state of the economy and Ireland's place within the European project.
TV3 News covered the exhibition, which was also featured in the Journal, LeCool Dublin, and on Russia Today TV.
9.2
Con Kennedy Interviewed on The Persuader's Radio Show
25th May 2012
Presenter Alex Gibson interviewed Con Kennedy on The Persuader's weekly marketing and media programme on Dublin City FM, discussing the success of Portfolio Night 10 hosted by Ogilvy Advertising.
9.3
G6 Series Identity is Featured in Two International Graphic Design Publications
7th May 2012
The identity design for the G6 Series was featured in Graphic Design USA and Logolounge 2012 Design Trends.
9.4
Punt Nua Becomes an International Viral Meme
8th December 2011
Designs for "Punt Nua", a satirical look at the current financial crisis, became an overnight viral and media sensation with coverage on RTE's The Saturday Night Show, Liveline, The Daily Show, TV3's Tonight with Vincent Browne, 98FM News, Irish Independent, Carlow People, The Irish Echo in Sydney and Forbes' website.
9.5
iJADE Conference
10th October 2011
Con Kennedy will present "Continuing Professional Development for Visual Communication Designers", a research paper at the University of Chester's International Journal of Art and Design Education Conference 2011.
9.6
Two identities featured in Logolounge
17th July 2011
The latest Logolounge book, Master Library Vol. 3, features two brand identities: Picturebox and Refresh Digital. It also contains 3000 of the world's leading identity designs.
9.7
Portfolio Night
26th May 2011
Con Kennedy will attend Portfolio Night in conjunction with ICAD and Ogilvy. Portfolio Night is intended to help students and aspiring young creatives worldwide break into the creative industry and showcase the next generation of creative talent.
9.8
Con Kennedy’s Research is featured in Pivot Dublin’s World Design Capital Bid
14th April 2011
The World Design Capital (WDC) is a city promotion project established to celebrate the aims and accomplishments of cities that use design as a tool to reinvent themselves socially, culturally, and economically. PIVOT Dublin is Dublin’s bid to become the WDC in 2014.
Con Kennedy’s Master's research on the Benefits of Continuing Professional Development in the Visual Communications Sector in Ireland and the G6 Series are featured as two projects that elevate Dublin City’s design standards.
9.9
Con Kennedy is featured in German Design Magazine
10th March 2011
The April issue of German Design and Typography magazine ‘Page’ features an article entitled 'Typedesignszene Irland',’, which highlights Irish typographic design and contains an interview with Con Kennedy and other prominent Irish designers.
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