Irish Business Design Challenge Awards Ceremony 2025

Join us at Trinity Portal, Dublin’s newest hub for innovation and collaboration, as we announce and celebrate the winners of the Irish Business Design Challenge 2025.

This inspiring morning will spotlight businesses that harness the power of design to solve real-world challenges, drive sustainability, and spark innovation across Irish industries.

Whether you're a designer, entrepreneur, policymaker, or creative professional, this event offers a unique opportunity to connect with industry leaders, past winners, and changemakers shaping the future of Irish business through design.

• 11:00 AM – 11:30 AM
  Arrival, tea/coffee & pastries
  Enjoy some refreshments and informal networking.
• 11:30 AM – 12:00 PM
  Awards Presentation
  Celebrate the most impactful entries in the 2025 Irish Business Design Challenge.
• 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM
  Light Lunch & Networking
  Meet past winners, industry experts, and fellow attendees in a relaxed networking session.

Located in Trinity East, Trinity Portal is a dynamic space designed to ignite collaboration between research, enterprise, and education. It’s an inclusive environment where curiosity transforms into real-world business success.

The IBDC celebrates businesses of all sizes that use design to create meaningful change. From sustainability to service innovation, the challenge highlights how design can elevate business success and societal impact.

Design & Crafts Council Ireland (DCCI) is the national agency for the development of the design and craft sector in Ireland. We support designers and makers to grow their businesses sustainably, while advocating for the cultural, economic, and societal value of design and craft.

DCCI works to elevate Irish design and craft on the global stage through strategic initiatives, funding supports, education programmes, and public engagement. With a network of 64 member organisations and over 3,500 registered clients, we foster innovation, collaboration, and excellence across disciplines.

Our activities are funded by the Department of Enterprise, Tourism and Employment through Enterprise Ireland, and we are proud to champion the transformative power of design in shaping Ireland’s future.
Presented by Design & Crafts Council Ireland. Supported by Department TEnterprise, Tourism and Employment and Enterprise Ireland.

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