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Episode Four: Design an Opportunity

We recorded this episode in the lead up to International Women's Day 2019, it gaves us great opportunity to dissect the topic of equal opportunities in design roles and retention of women in the workforce.

Kim MacKenzie Doyle - WhyDesign
With over 20 years in the Irish design industry, Kim has firmly made an impact as an award-winning product designer cum event manager, entrepreneur and marketer. Notable for designing one of the world's leading mouse designs, Kim now oversees the WhyDesign initiative aimed at encouraging participation in design for females in second level education.

Aiden McGale - DesignTalent
A blow in from Omagh, Aiden McGale is the Practice Director for the newly-established resource, Design Talent, with a focus on recruitment for design and innovation. When he's not connecting employers with employees, he curates and hosts Creative Mornings in The Tara Building.

Episode Two: Film and Funding

Alfonso Films
Claire Byrne, Jo Halpin and Emma Wall form a filmmaking trio with collective passion and enthusiasm for all facets of Irish film. Their process is particularly interesting as their positions vary from production to production; swapping from writer to producer to director.

With early beginnings borne from the Filmbase training course, Alfonso have worked on various shorts, screened at festivals and events throughout Ireland. Their debut short film 'Spent' appeared in the Women in Television and Film Ireland Showcase in 2018, and they have been selected as Bumble's five shorts for the first ever Female Film Force.

I'm sure you'll agree that Alfonso are forces to be reckoned with!

Episode Two: The Process of Riso and Collaboration

Or Studio
Led by Kate Brangan and Jo Little, Or Studio is a collaboration built on a shared passion for design and print, but especially for Riso print. After early friendships formed in the Visual Communication department at IADT, Kate and Jo chatted about setting up a studio in Dublin for the guts of a decade but jobs and opportunities in London stalled their plans until 2016.

Originally formed in a studio in Rathmines, Kate and Jo have since moved to Dublin's North Inner City where they collaborate with each other and their risograph printer. In this episode, we chatted about being your boss, setting up a studio with your best friend the importance of maintaining client relationships.

The Audio
Sing Hey Love is a 2016 track by the wonderful Æ MAK. Led by Aoife McCann with support from Daniel McIntyre, Dylan Povey and Peter Kelly – Æ MAK’s otherworldly soundscape fuses punk-esque energy with tribal rhythms, soaring synths and lush vocal harmonies.

Having recently being awarded as the first band to participate in Festival Republic’s ReBalance initiative, Æ MAK are passionate about gender equality in all disciplines with a firm focus on the music industry.

Episode one: A Cause for Conversation

To kickstart the first in a series of projects designed to address gender disparity in the creative industry, we invited Katie Kidd and Avril Delaney to chat about their self-initiated side project and their day jobs in the advertising industry.

How did they tackle Vote for Women on top of their day job? Who do they look up to? How can women be more supportive in the workforce? Listen to find out.

Vote for Women
Avril Delaney and Katie Kidd are a copywriter and art director duo from Boys and Girls who initiated Vote for Women, a foldout zine and poster that educated and informed in the lead up to the Referendum to Repeal the Eight Amendment.

Avril and Katie have a wealth of experience working on large international campaigns, with Katie being awarded the 2018 Greenhorn for most promising creative by The Institute of Creative Advertising & Design (ICAD) and Avril being shortlisted for a Cannes Lion for her work with Three Ireland.

The Audio
Sing Hey Love is a 2016 track by the wonderful Æ MAK. Led by Aoife McCann with support from Daniel McIntyre, Dylan Povey and Peter Kelly – Æ MAK’s otherworldly soundscape fuses punk-esque energy with tribal rhythms, soaring synths and lush vocal harmonies.

Having recently being awarded as the first band to participate in Festival Republic’s ReBalance initiative, Æ MAK are passionate about gender equality in all disciplines with a firm focus on the music industry.