Belfast Design Week is an annual design festival which celebrates local and international design in venues across the city. It was absolutely incredible this year!

Each year has a different theme and this one was my favourite so far.

I had the pleasure of being involved with the marketing of BDW this year, on social media. This worked out very well, as I was able to keep well up to date with events I was interested in!

I particularly enjoyed Womenfolk- Getting Retail Ready. It was so insightful and inspiring to hear from Patricia from Woven, Emma from Hunter Paper Co and Dollybirds Art.

I also had the pleasure of facilitating my own interactive live design event; Let’s Paint a Picture of Belfast, as part of The Big Draw In. This took place on Cotton Court Square in Belfast City Centre.

It was added to and coloured in throughout the Big Design Day Out by children, adults and visitors to Belfast, showing what Belfast means to them and what they would like to see in the city centre in the future.

The day was a success! I couldn’t have done it without the help from my Womenfolk mentee, Kathryn McGrane and Christine James, from BDW and Blick Studios. I was impressed by the turnout, in spite of the torrential rain and heavy winds.