Making In

A big thank you to Sandra O’Connell for their feature in the current issue on Making In.

A big thank you to Sandra O’Connell for featuring Making In
Issue 11-2026 is currently available

Katherine Boucher Beug participated in Making In/23

Her solo exhibition, Flowers & Sound, opens today, May 26th, at LOT100, Chapel Street, Lismore, Co Waterford.
Featuring large scale works and works on paper, it runs until June 1st.


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Remembering the late great Imogen Stuart who participated in Making In/22

In preparation for that seminar photographed Imogen at her Dublin studio. One of these images will now be exhibited at this year’s .arts Annual Exhibition.

It opens in Dublin on 25 May.

‘A boldly original and highly functional performance space, East London’

Congratulations to winners of a London Award 2026 for

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If you’re planning a visit to Venice this year..

We recommend a visit to ‘Kan Yasuda – Isole del Silenzio’ (Islands of Silence), presented by the Fondation d’Entreprise Wilmotte as an official Venice Biennale collateral event.

In this exhibition, marble sculptures give form to a ‘mineral garden’, creating an inner landscape imbued with silence, simplicity, and essentiality. The voids carved into the stone embody the Japanese aesthetic concept of Ma — an interval or active space — establishing a quiet harmony between form and formlessness, presence and absence. Within the dimly lit exhibition space, ten sculptures are arranged like ‘islands’ from which a space of stillness gradually emerges.

Kan Yasuda, Isola del Silenzio, Venice Biennale collateral event, Fondazione Wilmotte, Venice.
The exhibition runs until 22 November

In 2023, we were delighted to welcome Kan Yasuda to Making In.
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Iris van Herpen is one of fashion’s most forward-thinking designers, seamlessly bridging the realms of fashion, nature, art, and science. Since its establishment in 2007, the Maison of Iris van Herpen has consistently combined innovative techniques with traditional couture craftsmanship, resulting in designs that beautifully capture the intricacy and diversity of the natural world.

In 2023, the exhibition Iris van Herpen: Sculpting the Senses premiered at the Musée des Arts Décoratifs. Following its debut in Paris, it travelled to Australia, Singapore and the Netherlands. It now opens at where it will run until 6 December 2026

In 2024, we were delighted to welcome Iris van Herpen to Making In.

Congratulations to on Sculpting the Senses, an exhibition that takes viewers on a journey from the ocean’s depths to the universe’s outer reaches.

Nakashima Foundation for Peace

This foundation’s mission is to maintain the architecture and the furniture collection that Japanese-American woodworker and architect George Nakashima designed and built on his New Hope, Pennsylvania property. To study, uphold, and perpetuate the great spiritual traditions he embraced and integrated into his work, especially that of Sri Aurobindo, Zen Buddhism, and Christian monasticism. To build Altars of Peace and send them to all parts of the world as ecumenical seeds of Peace planted for all humankind.

In 2022, we were pleased to welcome Mira Nakashima to Making In. Mira Nakashima is the daughter of George Nakashima, President and Creative Director of George Nakashima Woodworkers and President of Nakashima Foundation for Peace.

Pictured: Glenn Adamson, Joe Hogan, Mira Nakashima and Sheila O’Donnell at Making In/22

Making In/27
10-11 September 2027

Each year since the establishment of Making In, our great friends architects Sheila O’Donnell and John Tuomey have joined us at Fartha, contributing to many dialogues and debates on the value of making, and collaborating with on the Rambling Houses at Fartha.

In 2023, published First Quarter, a beautifully reflective memoir by John Tuomey. He has now followed this up with Middle Quarter, which continues the story of his life in architecture.

The launch of Middle Quarter takes place at The Writers’ Centre, 19 Parnell Square, Dublin on 13 May 2026 at 6.30pm

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Alice Stori Liechtenstein established to support design culture by presenting an exhibition platform and residency programme for young emerging designers.

This year’s annual exhibition, Element: Metal, features newly commissioned works by 18 contemporary designers and artists that explore metal through making, technique, and meaning. Shown in dialogue with objects from the castle’s collection, from silver tableware and ornamental pieces to weapons and architectural fittings, these works invite you to see familiar spaces and historical objects with fresh eyes.

It runs from 9 – 31 May 2026

We were delighted to welcome Alice Stori Liechtenstein to participate in both Making In/19 and the premiere of the first documentary film MAKING by .films at in 2014.

Making In/27
10-11 September 2027