A new vision for Ireland as 'design island'

For decades, Irish design was inextricably linked to a thriving community of craft producers, a strong Irish presence in international fashion and a successful cohort of long established indigenous companies designing and manufacturing on an industrial scale. But times have changed and so has the meaning of "designed in Ireland".

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