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Help I’m a Graduating Designer … What Do I Do Next?

Design Wales Forum and the Wales Millennium Centre Present Help I’m a Graduating Designer … What Do...

Design Circle Sandcastle Competition

What’s occurring?! Join the Design Circle (RAW South) for a family-fun day at the beach this summer...

Creativity in Hard Times - Institute of Welsh Affairs/Cardiff Design Festival Conference

Supported by Arts Council of Wales and Cardiff School of Art & Design For tickets please...

By Kirsty Open Studio event

By Kirsty is Kirsty Patrick, a designer maker who loves interior spaces and the objects within and...

Cardiff Design Festival 2010 Launch

The launch of the Cardiff Design Festival 2010 and of the Design Showcase exhibition. 4-6pm RSVP...

Budding & Bespoke - A celebration of Welsh interiors

What We Are Looking For: -Welsh based, Up & Coming designers to showcase their design flair for...

Drop in, Design and Draw - free and open to all

Come and try out your design and drawing skills with Cardiff School of Art & Design and Cardiff...

By Kirsty Open Studio event

By Kirsty is Kirsty Patrick, a designer maker who loves interior spaces and the objects within and...

thinkARK - Mini Games Festival

Come and join us... After ARKADE the Empty Shop Project in Castle Arcade, we have been busy working...

The Art-y-Park See and Do Festival

Anderson fields is a small park that has been transformed by Environmental Action Groups and...

Electro-Swing live night – contemporary v. modernist fancy dress

The old and the new, the modern and contemporary clash in the form of live music from the hottest...

Drop in, Design and Draw - free and open to all

Come and try out your design and drawing skills with Cardiff School of Art & Design and Cardiff...

Wales Millennium Centre Open Weekend

So many of you told us how much you enjoyed our Open Weekend last year that you’ve inspired us to...

Reuse and Reduce Day

A one day take-over of the Cardiff Arts Institute with plenty to see and to get involved with: 3 –...

Cardiff Arts Institute Car Bootique

Car Bootique 3.00pm - 6.00pm email. mail@cardiffartsinstitute.org tel. (029) 20 231 252 More...

How to get a work placement....and not to mess up a job interview

Get the low down from UWIC and Go Wales. A talk about getting placements and internships that will...

Royal and Morgan Arcade Festival events opening celebration

The opening celebration for the many exhibitions and events taking place in the Royal and Morgan...

Devolution of the Building Regulations - CIBSE South Wales Region Event

A presentation organsied by the Chartered Institution of Building Services Engineers at which Jane...

BIMA Summit (Roundtable networking lunch for local industry experts)

BIMA Summit (Roundtable networking lunch for local industry experts) Tuesday 5th October Wales...

‘DIY Kenya’: Innovation, Collaborative Design and Making for Kenya

Join us for a one hour seminar at Chapter Arts Centre to learn all about bloc’s recent commission...

Vidal Sassoon hair design show

A short and sweet catwalk show of hair design by Vidal Sassoon Cardiff’s lead colourist, Georgia...

Creativity Thrives in a Recession

Cardiff Schoolof Art & Design's Department of Creative Communications Autumn Debate A lively...

Material Matters - Contemporary Textile Practice exhibition

'Material Matters' 1-28 October 2010 Contemporary textiles exhibition featuring work by Philippa...

Contemporary Textiles Practice exhibition opening event

An exhibiton of the best work from past and current students from Cardiff School of Art &...

Buffalo Boutique Cardiff Design Festival Special

Cardiff shoppers and students looking for something different in the city centre are in for a treat...

Design Industry Spotlight

Organised by Business Innovation - Design with keynote speaker - Dick Powell, Seymourpowell and...

PechaKucha Night Cardiff Volume #03

Following the overwhelming success of the premier night and second event in May, we are pleased to...

By Kirsty Open Studio event

By Kirsty is Kirsty Patrick, a designer maker who loves interior spaces and the objects within and...

License to inspire – The Central Illustration Agency

License to inspire – The Central Illustration Agency Once upon a time there was an illustrator who...

Postcards from the Future - Big Draw event

Have you ever wondered what the world will look like in the future? What will life be like? What...

WonderCulture Designers Market

Celebrating the Cardiff Design Festival 10 the established WonderCulture Designers Market will be...

What Architects Do open workshop day

An all day event- come and meet the young Design Champions who have shadowed three architectural...

By Kirsty Open Studio event

By Kirsty is Kirsty Patrick, a designer maker who loves interior spaces and the objects within and...

Suzie Horan Contemporary Jeweller & Silversmith Open Studio

Come and visit a working studio in the heart of Canton. Suzie will explain some of the design and...

Jam Bones: Lyrical Design Poetry Slam

Jam Bones serves up the newest and juiciest in spoken word with jams, slams, A list artists from...

Insights and Foresights

Design Futures E:DN, the ecodesign network run by the Ecodesign Centre, will be hosting a dialogue...

Visual Effects & Motion Design Seminar: Innovations, applications and opportunities for new business

The developments of Visual Effects and Motion Graphics within the Film & Television Industries...

Focus on Finishes with Boyes Rees Architects Ltd

Come and listen to talks by Boyes Rees Architects, Interface flooring, Amtico flooring and Solus...

D&AD talk and student portfolio clinic

We are pleased to be hosting an Education Day with our friends at the Cardiff Design Festival on...

Materials Lab

E:DN, the ecodesign network run by the Ecodesign Centre, are hosting an interdisciplinary workshop...

BIMA Showcase – Creating Content for the Multiplatform Era

Wednesday 13th October 1-5pm BIMA are thrilled to announce the speakers for the Creating Content...

Trends, Forecasting and Promotion seminar

Where do trends begin? From the consumer to be fed back to the consumer? A seminar organised by...

Design Wars

Two projectors, Two graphic designers, pen tablets fired up and laptops at the ready with only one...

Giant Sculptures exhibition

The Royal Welsh College’s first year and postgraduate Theatre Designers create giant sculptures...

Bicycle Tour of Cardiff - discover the city's new architecture and public art

The Student Association of the Welsh School of Architecture (SAWSA) invites you to join us on a...

Manifesto for Design and Innovation for Wales launch

Design Wales launches the Manifesto for Design and Innovation for Wales ‘We call upon the National...

Business Value of Design Chat Show

Organised by the Design Wales Forum Business Value of Design Chat Show FREE chat show style event...

Oxfam Boutique’s 1st Birthday

The Oxfam Boutique is turning 1! We are celebrating by throwing a fabulous party with cocktails,...

Lecture by Peter Murray, Founding Director of the London Festival of Architecture, Chairman of New London Architecture and Wordsearch

Part of the The Student Association of the Welsh School of Architecture (SAWSA) series of talks...

Creative Assembly: making innovation happen in the built environment conference

RSAW Annual conference 2010 Look at the website of any design practice and they’ll tell you how...

The first branch: Of Myth and Meadowsweet

  An exhibition at the Milkwood Gallery in Roath The private view is on the 14th and the exhibition...

Colour and Trend Event A/W 2011/12

October 2010 sees the return of Design Wales’ much missed colour and trend event. Presented by...

Streaming of The Feast social innovation conference

E:DN, the ecodesign network run by the Ecodesign Centre, are hosting the Social Innovation...

Giant Sculptures exhibition

The Royal Welsh College’s first year and postgraduate Theatre Designers create giant sculptures...

Shine a Light Closing party and awards ceremony

An evening of inspiration, celebration and delectation as we get together to celebrate Welsh design...

Design a shibori fabric or upcycle your old plastic bags

Free workshop with Cardiff Open Art School and Cardiff School of Art & Design's tutor James...

Festival feedback meeting

We’re really keen to get your feedback on this year’s Cardiff Design Festival. Did you enjoy it?...

Cardiff Design Festival 11 planning meeting

Cardiff Design Festival ’11 Planning meeting Monday 4 April at Chapter Arts Centre 6pm Come and...

Best of Welsh Design Awards 11 - open for submissions

What is the best work you've produced this year? Today we open the submissions for the Best of...