An engaging line-up of speakers and collaborators will bring to life the power and pleasure of good design …
Expect design talks from renowned Irish architects, interior designers, and furniture, food and fashion experts, as well as a luxurious wine dinner on a rooftop overlooking Dublin city, and much more at Design Week Dublin (DWD).
The inaugural event, in partnership with RANGE ROVER, takes place from Monday May 19 to Sunday 25 2025 and will encompass a programme of Design Talks showcasing Dublin’s vibrant architecture and design community. The anchor venue is Anantara The Marker Dublin, in the heart of Grand Canal Dock.
DWD is intended to be a unifying gathering with architects, interiors, furniture and fashion designers, and chefs bringing their stories to those interested and curious about design. There will be Design Talks by leading design champions, site walks, spaces to explore, panel discussions, a Wine & Design dinner, and cocktail parties.
DWD will highlight the exceptional work of outstanding Irish architects and interior designers whose work is shaping the narrative around design on the national and international stage. There has never been a time when the influence of Irish designers has been so influential. See the full 2025 DWD programme and book tickets at www.designweekdublin.com.
DESIGN TALK: BRYAN O’SULLIVAN
TUESDAY 20 MAY | 9.30AM – 11AM
London and New York-based Bryan O’Sullivan Studio is an international interior design studio. For over a decade, Kenmare-born founder Bryan O’Sullivan has delivered projects for London’s poshest hotels including The Connaught, the Berkeley and Claridges, as well as glamorous, elegant and eclectic residential projects for clients in Chelsea, Knightsbridge, Notting Hill, Dublin, Paris and LA, each one uniquely and liveably fabulous.
DESIGN TALK: RÓISÍN LAFFERTY
TUESDAY MAY 20 | 12PM – 1.30PM
Fitzwilliam Square-based design house Róisín Lafferty is known for its innovative and detail- focused interior architecture. Private homes, hotels, one-of-a-kind work environments, spa experiences, members’ clubs and restaurants in Miami, New York, Ireland, Portugal, Saudi Arabia and France, are just some of the places to which founder and creative director Róisín Lafferty has applied her intuitive design talent. This forward-thinking interior designer imagines and creates daring, romantic, mind-bending spaces, using unusual materials in unexpected ways. Róisín’s work has featured in Architectural Digest, Elle Décor, Vogue Living and THE GLOSS INTERIORS.
DESIGN TALK: KATIE HARBISON
WEDNESDAY MAY 21 | 9.30AM – 11AM
Dublin-born New York-based interior designer Katie Harbison of Katie Harbison Design specialises in projects with interesting architectural character. Katie creates calm, timeless interiors with beautiful materials and interior finishes, contemporary furniture that prioritises craftsmanship and form and carefully chosen antiques. See her interior for a Madison Avenue apartment in THE GLOSS INTERIORS out now.
DESIGN TALK: LYONSKELLY ARCHITECTURE + DESIGN
WEDNESDAY MAY 21 | 12PM – 1.30PM
Founded by interior designer Eoin Lyons and architect John Kelly, LyonsKelly architecture and design practice specialises in the design, redesign and renovation of private homes, with particular expertise in the reconfiguration and reuse of historic buildings. LyonsKelly’s clever imagining of space and meticulous, detail-focused decoration is underpinned by a thoughtful approach to how their clients like to live. See their renovation and extension Edwardian redbrick in THE GLOSS INTERIORS out now.
DESIGN TALK: GRAFTON ARCHITECTS
WEDNESDAY MAY 21 | 5.30PM – 7PM
Global superstars and Pritzker Prize Laureates, Yvonne Farrell and Shelley McNamara, of Grafton Architects, are both Fellows of the RIAI, International Honorary Fellows of the RIBA and elected members of Aosdána. Prizes and awards include the inaugural RIBA International Prize, the RIBA Royal Gold Medal, the RIBA Stirling Prize and The European Union Prize for Contemporary Architecture as well as the AAI Downes Medal for the ESB HQ. Significant international projects include Università Luigi Bocconi, Milan; London School of Economics; University Campus, Lima, Peru and Toulouse School of Economics.
WINE & DESIGN DINNER
WEDNESDAY MAY 21 | 7:30PM – 11PM
Architect Frank Lloyd Wright once said: “Dining is and always was a great artistic opportunity”. Dining is a creative undertaking, which makes chefs and sommeliers the designers, telling a story through the food and wine they serve. It makes sense then, that wine dinners and pairings put stories at the heart of the experience. As part of the Design Week Dublin programme, a unique gastronomic evening at Forbes Street at Anantara The Marker Dublin on Wednesday May 21 at 7.30pm will feature a perfectly matched seasonal menu of food and wine highlighting six wines. Champagne and canapés (in the fabulous Rooftop Bar) at 7.30pm will be followed at 8pm by a five-course dinner with wines. Gareth Mullins, Executive Chef at The Marker Dublin, and Wine Editor of THE GLOSS, Julie Dupouy, will collaborate to design a wine-paired menu to highlight the wines from the distinguished Findlaters portfolio, striking a balance between food flavours and allowing the wine to shine. Tickets cost €100 per person for this unique event.
DESIGN TALK: SUZIE MCADAM
THURSDAY MAY 22 | 9.30AM – 11AM
Suzie McAdam began her career as an interior designer in California, working on high-end residential projects. In 2013, Suzie established her Dublin design studio, which has an impressive portfolio of projects in London and New York as well as exciting projects in Ireland. Suzie blends tradition with a contemporary sensibility and draws on her love of antique, vintage and salvaged furniture, colour and pattern, textures and textiles, to create a layered, harmonious blend of old and new. Her projects have caught the eye of editors from Elle Décor, Homes & Gardens, Living Etc and Architectural Digest.
DESIGN TALK: MARIA MCVEIGH
THURSDAY MAY 22 | 12PM – 1.30PM
After years spent working in Barcelona and in Chile, architect and interior designer Maria MacVeigh returned to Dublin in 2004 to set up MMV Design, bringing extensive international design experience in both architecture and interiors to her new firm. The restful quality of her sophisticated, elegant and subtle interiors is delivered through a rigorous design process, detailed construction and carefully appointed materials and finishes. Having collaborated with the most experienced people in the building industry, Maria’s deep knowledge of construction funnels into her award-winning work.
DESIGN TALK: PAUL MCCLEAN, MCCLEAN DESIGN
THURSDAY MAY 22 | 5.30PM – 7PM
Dublin-born architect Paul McClean worked in London, Dublin and Sydney before moving to LA and establishing McClean Design in 2000. McClean Design has grown into one of the leading contemporary luxury residential design practices in the US. Paul’s designs connect his clients to the beauty of the surrounding natural environment by erasing the separation of indoor and outdoor spaces, creating light-filled contemporary spaces. See his California Dreaming house in THE GLOSS INTERIORS out now.
DESIGN TALK: FURNITURE, LIGHTING AND RUGS
FRIDAY MAY 23 | 5:30PM – 7PM
Architect turned furniture designer Alan Meredith, internationally acclaimed lighting designer Niamh Barry and Fabrizio Cantoni of Milan-based contemporary rug company CC Tapis will discuss the importance and meaning of the stuff that surrounds us in our houses and apartments, and how well-designed furniture, lighting and floor treatments can bring us a dose of daily design joy.
DESIGN TALK AND DWD APERITIF AT 35 BARROW STREET
SATURDAY MAY 24 | 5:30PM – 7PM
Join us for a Design Talk at the site of chef Karl Whelan’s new Restaurant Marée in the Georgian Miller’s Lodge at Bolands Mills. Hear about the history of the building and the plans for its interior.
NEED TO KNOW
To book tickets and see the full programme of events, visit www.designweekdublin.com.
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