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An interview with Feargal O’Kane from BT48 : Work, Life and The beauty of open source software
Long-time Blick residents BT48 have been working on lots of exciting projects over the last few years. We caught up with BT48's Feargal O'Kane at our Malone Road studios to find out more about their company and some of the...
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Womenfolk : Introducing our guest blog PLUS a brand new profile
We are excited to be continuing our Womenfolk project beyond March and to add a brand new feature - a guest blog! We are getting our design entrepreneurs to share their stories, tips and experiences with a new guest blogger...
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Go Girl Zine Making Workshop : Collaborative, Creative, D.I.Y.
We were excited to come into our Malone Road HQ to find a lovely zine waiting for us - courtesy of Go Girl who hosted the zine-making workshop at Blick on the 25th March! "We had the best time crafting and catching...
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Womenfolk Week 5: Our final week of design entrepreneur highlights in March!
We have been recapping "Womenfolk" profiles throughout March week by week. We have covered one design entrepreneur in an interview-profile each day in areas including Illustration, Architecture, Fashion, Interiors, Animation, Education & Product Design. We have covered designers in the...
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Womenfolk Week Four: More design stories, tips and tricks!
We have interviewed some more amazing designers over the last few days! These are our highlights from the past week of Womenfolk profiles! Our profiles 20-26 are: Hunter Paper Co. - "Honestly, just get to work and do it. It sounds cliche, but...
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The Burning Question: A Question of Design
We can't wait for our *Sold Out* event "The Burning Question" coming up next Tuesday at The Black Box Belfast (sign up for the waiting list) and featuring host Graeme Watson interviewing 3 design speakers: Paul Ryding, Anita Murphy &...
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Womenfolk: Week Three of highlights from women design entrepreneurs!
Thanks to everyone that has participated and contributed to Womenfolk so far and we cannot wait until the end of this month to hear from our brilliant speakers in Belfast & Derry-Londonderry! These are our highlights from Week Three of...
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Womenfolk : Week Two design entrepreneur profiles and highlights
We have been overwhelmed by the interest and support shown towards Womenfolk so far! A big thank you to everyone that has contributed so far as well as those that are championing our project, sharing it and talking about it....
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Creative Business Bootcamp supports up and coming startups!
A big thanks to Christopher Murphy for running an enjoyable and successful Creative Business Bootcamp. At Blick, we are always looking to encourage and inspire new creatives to start their own ventures and we felt this was an ideal even to help...
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Late Night Design: our first ever!
We were excited to organise the first Late Night Design last week (Thursday 2nd March) in Belfast city centre. The event was in conjunction with Belfast Design Week and supported by Creativity NI. We visited Blick Shared Studios, Little Thunder Co.,...
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#itsfailures in our Malone Road Studios
We are excited to be showing some of the work from the #itsfailures project by Linda Byrne from Humble Establishment. Linda is a designer-maker / artist / curator / many things! & is involved in many exciting creative projects engaging...
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Womenfolk : The first 5 designer profiles!
Last week saw the launch of Womenfolk - a brand new venture by Blick with support from Creativity NI. We are also hosting a talk and forum on 31st March. You can find out more about it and book a...
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Share 6: Going against the grain
We had a brilliant time at Share 6: Going Against The Grain last night with speakers Jan McCullough, Ellie Niblock, Aaron Guthrie, Martina Scott, Katrina Taggart & David Kane! Some of the highlights from the night: Personal projects are worth...
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An interview with Out of Orbit
Out of Orbit is a production company based in our Blick Shared Studios, Malone Road, Belfast. The team consists of producers Brian J. Falconer and Christopher Myers as well as writer and director Jon Beer. We chatted with Out of...
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2016 Highlights : Looking back at a creative year!
Can you believe it? 2016 is nearly over! We're looking back at some of our highlights over the past year and toasting to 2017. We hope you have a wonderful year ahead full of new adventures in life and in...
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An interview with William Barr from Billygoat Entertainment
We were excited to hear that Videogame Developers and Blick Malone residents Billygoat Entertainment had released their brilliant new adventure game HM Spiffing. We caught up with director William to get the latest on all things Billygoat and here's what...
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Blick featured in British Council’s Creative Hubs Report
We are excited to have been featured in The British Council's Creative Economy Hubs Report which you can read in detail HERE. We are so excited to be a part of Belfast's creative scene and find ourselves increasingly connecting and...
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Crowdfunding tips with Sarah Pannasch
We were excited to be joined by Sarah Pannasch at our Blick Academy: Crowdfunding event yesterday evening at our 46 Hill St. Studio. Sarah had successfully funded her Dog. Sheep. Farmer. project about sheep and the culture surrounding them -...
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An interview with Rachel Gawley from AppAttic
We were excited to find out that AppAttic had recently received an award. Team AppAttic have significant experience creating innovative tech solutions for complex problem domains, especially within connected health and are currently residents at our 46 Hill Street Studios. ...
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10 things we learned at Belfast Design Week 2016
We were excited to have been a part of Belfast Design Week 2016 and can't wait until next year! In the meantime, these are some of the key points we took away from the week. 1. Face Failure Fearlessly (Failure...
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Talking creative hubs in Belgrade
Blick's director Christine attended the "How Work Works" conference in Belgrade last month. She visited some inspiring Serbian co-working hubs including The Impact Hub - a franchise of hubs focusing on social impact - globally - with a layout of temporary deskspaces...
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Our entrepreneurs!
The winners of the Blick Graduate Entrepreneurs In Residence are : Patrick McNicholl of Elixsr & Katherine McDonald Illustration & Graphic Design Here's what they had to say: "Having a productive and creative environment will help fuel Elixsr over the...
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Blick travels to Belgrade, Serbia
Our very own Christine James is off to Belgrade to join a network of Creative Hubs across the world at the "How Work Works" forum hosted by Nova Iskra. Co-working and shared spaces have become an essential part of the...
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Balancing Creativity with Business : a Blick Academy event
A big thanks to Johnny Frazer Photography & Father's Father for joining us last week on Blick Academy: Balancing Creativity with Business! It can often be a challenging process to both run a commercially successful business and be your creative...
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Blick Academy: Digital Startup Case Study
Some of the most interesting things about startups are the things that happen behind the scenes - the good, the bad, the challenging, the opportunities, the networks and the things to celebrate. We are hosting a very special workshop with successful...
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Blick Graduate Entrepreneurs In Residence
Are you a recent graduate? Do you have a creative business idea? If so, you should apply to be our first Blick Graduate Entrepreneurs in Residence! We are offering free workspace to 2 recent graduates (must have graduated 2015 or...
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Welcome new residents!
A big welcome to our new residents Cleancutpixel, Myth Digital, Magda Kusowska & ShinAWil. We are excited to see your upcoming projects!
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Share 6: The Tipping Point
We were excited to welcome our 6 speakers to Share 6 last Wednesday at Blick 46 Hill St. Lines & Current, Pauline Clancy, Paul McNally, Brian John Spencer, Usfolk & Chris McNicholl offered their insights on everything from using Instagram to connect...
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The Empire Staggers Back : A chat with William from Billygoat Entertainment
We chatted with William Barr - director of Billygoat Entertainment - about their upcoming adventure video game release HM Spiffing, a satirical, surreal look at a British Empire seeking to regain lost ground in outer space with the help of space adventurers Captain Frank Lee English...
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25 Showcases Great Local & Affordable Design
We were excited to run 25 Pop-Up on the 2nd & 3rd April at our Eighty81 Creative Workspace, Ebrington and Blick Shared Studios, Malone. Our pop-up was aimed around supporting and promoting great local and affordable design, all priced at...
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Blick Studios heads to Vietnam
Christine James, Studio Manager of Blick Studios, was invited by The British Council to attend and speak at a Creativity Hub conference in Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam. The aim of the conference was to share existing knowledge between...
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Katrina Taggart on Photography, Inspiration & Starting Up
Katrina Taggart is a professional photographer based here at Blick Shared Studios, Belfast (Malone) and a member of the 140 Second Club. She chatted with us about her inspirations, her photography and what advice she would give to startups! About Katrina:...
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