Secrets to Design & Business Success
Liz Quin, Quin & Donnelly and Agata Stoinksa will be sharing the secrets of their success in creative businesses at the Dublin City Enterprise Network for Women June event.
Date: June 13th
Time: 6.45pm -9pm
Venue: The Mansion House, Oak Room , Dawson Street, Dublin 2
The Dublin City Enterprise Network for Women June event will focus on two successful entrepreneurs with a design focus, as part of the DCEB Designer Dublin initiative running throughout June. We are delighted that Liz Quin of Quin & Donnelly and Agata Stoinska of D-Light Studio and Blow Magazine have agreed to share their stories with the group (see below for profiles) There will be time after the talks for informal networking. This event is for members of Dublin City Enteprise Network for Women but there are some limited guest places for non-members. Please email Pauline Logan at network@dceb.ie to reserve a place.
Liz Quin tells the ’Quin & Donnelly Story’
Liz Quin and her partner Carolyn Donnelly started the Quin and Donnelly designer label 30 years ago. Quin & Donnelly is one of the best-selling designer labels in Ireland, with its range of contemporary – yet wearable – fashion for the 30-plus career woman and mother. Both designers are passionate about making clothes that real women really want to wear. The brand is now available in the four Brown Thomas stores and independent boutiques nationwide.
‘Growing a Design Business in Dublin’
Agata Stoinska, of Blow Magazine and D-Light Studios is a Photographer, Studio Owner, Magazine Editor and Entrepreneur. An architect by trade, Stoinska set her sights on the world of fashion photography in 2003, and soon became one of the most sought after photographers in the country. Stoinska’s personal work has been exhibited in galleries throughout Ireland, Europe and the United States.
Unsatisfied with the range of studios Dublin had to offer, Stoinska set about establishing a large studio space in the city that would accommodate the photography, fashion, television and arts industries. D-light Studios opened in early 2009 and boasts clients such as RTE, TV3, BBC, Meteor, Vodafone, PhotoIreland Festival, Sweet Media, Elevate and Thinkhouse P.R.
In the summer of 2010, Stoinska introduced the world to her latest endeavour; BLOW Photo Magazine. This large format image-based publication features both emerging and established photographers and is published quarterly by Hudson Killeen. Hudson Killeen were recently awarded the Overall Print of the Year Award at the Irish Print Awards for their work on BLOW.
If you would like to attend this event. please email Pauline Logan at network@dceb.ie to reserve a place.