Portfolio

It has been a fantastic few months working with the incredible group of women in the luxury women's clothing store LK Bennett. In the time I worked there I learnt an awful lot about working in sale...

So excited to have become a member of the Institute of Creative Advertising and Design (ICAD) - the group are a non-profit that support and promote the industry in Ireland. I'm looking forward to b...

I am very happy for my profile to be available on 'The New Now' platform, set up by the Institute Designers Ireland (IDI) and Design Skillnet. The site acts as a resource and directory for recent d...

So excited to have received an honourable mention with my finalist cinematic photo submission for the Waterford Film Festival 2021. I'm honoured to have been selected among a very talented group. T...

So happy for my dissertation project to have featured in Irish Arts Review's 'New Generation Gallery'. View here: https://www.irishartsreview.com/new-generation-artist-work/ciara-phelan/

Over the past month I've acquired Safepass, Fire Marshal and Manual Handling training.

Chuffed to have gotten my Lean Six Sigma yellow belt. The day training taught the first stage of the programme, which focuses on improving projects/ services as a team member.

Had a fantastic time participating in the 'Darkness into Light' sunrise walk in Pheonix park. The amazing charity, Pieta House, uses the funds to contribute towards suicide prevention.

I was honoured to have participated in a presentation to the Royal Institute of the Architects of Ireland (RIAI) with my fellow classmates which highlighted aspects of the Code of Conduct (2013), R...

Happy to say semester one of three of my masters is complete! This semester is different from the others in that it focuses on groupwork and environmental architecture, whereas the others focus on ...

So happy to be able to share my masters dissertation project via a website. Since a physical exhibit is not feasible like other years due to the pandemic, using weebly as a template has allowed for...

Had a lovely day with the Viewfinder group participating in the annual Scott Kelby Worldwide Photo Walk. It was a lovely day for a walk around Dublin city, and all for a good cause - the Springs of...

Over the moon to have placed in the Viewfinders Sligo photography competition. The day trip included a visit to Strandhill, Glencar Waterfall, and a group dinner. Delighted to have two Irishrail ti...

Delighted to say that I won the photography competition 'From snapshot to Darkroom' by Artūras Račkauskas. Artūras' thesis photography project was based on getting younger photographers who are fam...

After months of working on a portfolio while studying for my leaving cert, I was over the moon to receive an additional 95 points (out of 100) for my portfolio/interview, and another 100 points for...

Learnt a lot from todays 'Art of Possible: Design Thinking for Digital Innovation' lecture. Lots of great references and tips about creative problem solving from fantastic guests such as Morgan Wal...

I really enjoyed spending my summer working with Michael Collins Associates (MCA), primarily working on healthcare projects.

Today I finished my final interactive online class of 'Web Design for Beginners' by Toronto Public Library's Digital Innovation Hub (DIH). The seven two-hour classes covered the basics of HTML, CSS...

Learnt so much during Prof. Timothy Emlyn Jones' 'How to use your Eyes' two week course in the Burren College of Art. Not only was it amazing to have my own studio space in such a beautiful locatio...

I volunteered to help out during my favourite weekend in Dublin, the Irish Architecture Foundation's Open House Dublin. I was located renowned Henegan Peng's renovated Airbnb office in the Docklands.

So proud of my team to have placed second in the 2019 Dallas TEXO/ASC Design Build International Competition in association with Milwaukee School of Engineering. We were assigned the design brief a...

Had such good craic at the MEDS (Meeting of Design Students) Croatia trip. We were able to travel to different parts of the country for two and a half weeks, capturing photos of the culture and lan...

Delighted to have received a 2.1 in my Bachelor of Science in Architecture. It feels funny to be getting a diploma when still in university, and I'm looking forward to the next one!

Had a great time volunteering at the Making Ireland Modern exhibit. The work was previously shown in the Venice Architecture Biennale in 2014. The work recognises the role of architecture and infra...

Had an incredible three weeks taking part in the Irish Museum of Modern Art (IMMA) International Summer School, which was based on the theme of 'Containment' and featured incredible speakers such a...

Had so much fun taking part in the Irish Architecture Foundation (IAF) International Summer School Architecture & Film Workshop with the fantastic filmmaker Tapio Snellman.

Incredibly proud to be graduating with a 1.1 Masters degree from TU Dublin. It's been a tough to say the least, having to complete the majority of the course in lockdown and without the studio atmo...