I design experiences and temporary environments for cultural events, installations and public gatherings in Cork and across Ireland. A stage, a workshop space or a small intervention can invite people to take part and see a familiar place differently.
Experience design, spatial concepts and practical planning, with collaborators and makers brought in when a project needs them.
From the first question to a clear spatial proposition and a realistic route toward making it happen.
Opening events, festivals and performances can connect a programme with the people it hopes to welcome. I help develop the central idea, participant activities and spatial setting, working with the organisers’ objectives and the character of the venue.
Pop-up gathering places, workshop environments and small structures can give an activity a home. I develop layouts, material ideas and ways to adapt an existing setting, considering arrival, circulation, seating and the different ways people may participate.
An installation can give visitors something to inhabit, handle or contribute to. The design brings materials, atmosphere and interaction together around a clear invitation, with the form developed through sketches, models and practical tests.
A focused intervention can change how a venue, street or overlooked corner is encountered. We can begin at a small scale, using a temporary response to explore a question, observe how people use it and inform the next stage.
We agree the scope around your audience, programme, venue, budget and timing. My contribution can include experience concepts, participant journeys, spatial drawings, material proposals, workshop planning and production coordination. Specialist collaborators are identified where the work calls for them.
Understand the people, place and purpose. Explore what helps visitors feel welcome and what could prevent them from taking part.
Find the central idea—the useful question that gives every later decision a direction.
Develop the journey, interactions, atmosphere, materials and spatial concept.
Turn the concept into drawings, agreed responsibilities and a practical production route. Where delivery is included, plan installation, facilitation and documentation together.
A delivered event setting and an unbuilt proposal show different scales of this approach.
Have a place, gathering or idea in mind?
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