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Design After Dark is an evening celebration of contemporary design in Belfast, delivered as part of @belfastdesignwk and Blick Shared Studios. The programme brings together workshops, talks, installations, studio tours, and exhibitions, offering something for everyone to explore and enjoy.

For our first Design After Dark series, we have curated a series of projects including Design Stories, Design Hothouse Residency, the Belfast Community Plant Library & Food Loves Design.

Join us at @culturenightbelfast on Friday 18th September for our interactive Community Plant Library event at Bankmore Square. More details coming soon!

Event artwork created by our very talented Design Hothouse Residents @rachelcowie_graphics and @beth_schmidt who will share details on the process behind their beautiful artwork in coming weeks.

Design After Dark is kindly sponsored by Belfast City Council by @beth__schmidt

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- - Meet The New Design Hothouse Resident: Beth Schmidt - -

In our latest Meet The Resident we get to know the second of our new Design Hothouse residents @beth__schmidt who is currently working as an architectural assistant @studioidir in East Belfast

Tell us a bit about yourself, your background and your creative work?

I work as an architectural assistant at Studio idir in East Belfast, where I contribute to a range of residential and placemaking projects. My work is driven by a passion for community-led design and an interest in re-evaluating food and waste systems, which was a continuous theme throughout my academic work. After graduating from Queen’s University Belfast in 2024, I spent time volunteering for various community-led projects across Europe, engaging in hands-on construction, food preparation, and permaculture farming. This allowed me to create meaningful change on an everyday scale, which I think can be difficult within architectural practice.

Can you tell us why you wanted to take part in the residency

I’m interested in the potential of design in reshaping our cities, which the residency encourages us to explore. The collaborative nature of the project was also important to me – I come from a background of architecture, which is often a very individualistic discipline. Buildings have historically been portrayed as the work and genius of one person, rather than reflecting the vast range of people involved in design and construction processes. I think collaboration enriches design and creates better results, and so I was interested in the opportunity to work with designers from other disciplines throughout the residency.

What would you like to achieve from this residency?

I’d like to explore design within circular economy principles, and create a body of work that is genuinely sustainable and has a positive contribution to the public. I’m also eager to gain experience and insight more generally in delivering the various events, branding, and physical exhibition that the residency links into. Lastly, I’d also like to become more confident in my ability to work within these areas going forward by @beth__schmidt

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College Avenue, Belfast. oil on board, 10.5 x 29.5cm 🚏 by @beth__schmidt

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1 hour oil study of St Nicholas of Myra Church on St Francis Street, Dublin

#oilpainting #dublinstreets #urbansketching by @beth__schmidt

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wonky sketch of Little May Street, Belfast

#urbansketching #digitalart #architecturalillustration by @beth__schmidt

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Year 1 Semester 2
P4 Future Scenarios
sections, facade, model

#architecture #architecturestudent #sectiondrawing #foundobjects #foundobjectarchitecture #architecturalmodel by @beth__schmidt

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Last one4 today .view from mitski queue on sunday #heavypaint #streetscape by @beth__schmidt

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using Heavy Paint for the first time, its so fun #heavypaint #digitalpainting #lightstudy by @beth__schmidt

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model photos from last semester ! #architecturalmodel #experimentalarchitecture #architecturestudent by @beth__schmidt

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study of floral hall as part of project 2: rooms retold - representing its initial use and trying to capture the light and materiality of the space #architecturestudent #architecturaldrawing #floralhallbelfast #belfastzoo by @beth__schmidt

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another experimental piece from A-Level , i enjoyed seeing how many different versions i could make out of one painting i did ^_^ swipe for a close up - best use of my maths hw definitely using it 2 make art #alevelart #photoshopart #experimentalart by @beth__schmidt

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