Irish Design Company Blogs

A work-in-progress listing of all graphic design company blogs in Ireland. This list now includes new blogs from 2010 in addition to all of the company blogs analysed in my dissertation research. If your company has a blog and is not listed, please contact me and I will add you in.

Company: Atomic
Individual authors identified by name: Yes
Blog name: Atomic Particles
Blog type: Design company blog
Published since: November 2008
Date reviewed: 06 June 2009
Number of days since last post: 4 days
Predominant class of post content: Own design projects, Design reference
Interaction elements allowed:
— Commenting turned on? Yes
— Trackbacks enabled? No
— Social networking tools enabled? Yes
— If yes which? Social bookmarking widget for posts
Volume of comments received (based on last 30 posts):
30 posts reviewed. 5 with comments 25 without comments
5 comments on 5 posts.
Has the blogger responded to comments? No
System used for the blog: Blogger
Website address for the blog: http://www.atomic.ie/particles
Corporate Twitter page: No

Company: Baseline
Individual authors identified by name: No
Blog name: Baseline Knowledge Centre
Blog type: Design company blog
Published since: May 2009
Date reviewed: 27 April 2009
Number of days since last post: 0
Predominant class of post content: Business and Marketing Advice
Interaction elements allowed:
— Commenting turned on? Yes
— Trackbacks enabled? No
— Social networking tools enabled? Yes
If yes which? Share This Article widget links to most social networks
Volume of comments received (based on last 20 posts):
20 posts reviewed. 0 with comments 20 without comments
Has the blogger responded to comments? N/A
System used for the blog:WordPress
Website address for the blog: http://knowledge-centre.bidsupport.ie/
Corporate Twitter page: No

Company: BFK
Individual authors identified by name: No
Blog name: BFK News
Blog type: Design company blog
Published since: 1999*
Date reviewed: 16 May 2009
Number of days since last post: 5 days
Predominant class of post content: Own design projects
Interaction elements allowed:
— Commenting turned on? No
— Trackbacks enabled? N/A
— Social networking tools enabled? No
Volume of comments received (based on last 30 posts): N/A
Has the blogger responded to comments? N/A
System used for the blog: Strata3 Publisher
Website address for the blog: www.bfk.ie
Corporate Twitter page: Yes at twitter.com/BFKdesign
*Some content imported into blog format from earlier iterations of the site.

Company/Group: Candy Collective
Individual authors identified by name: No
Blog name: Candy Collective News
Blog type: Design organisation blog
Published since: May 2008
Date reviewed: 27 May 2009
Number of days since last post: 5 days
Predominant class of post content: Design reference, Image reference, Link-blog
Interaction elements allowed:
— Commenting turned on? Yes
— Trackbacks enabled? No
— Social networking tools enabled? No
Volume of comments received (based on last 30 posts):
30
posts reviewed. 2 with comments 28 without comments
3 comments on 2 posts.
Has the blogger responded to comments? No
System used for the blog: Custom
Website address for the blog: www.candycollective.com/index.php?/news
Corporate Twitter page: Yes at twitter.com/CandyCollective

Company/Group: Centre for Design Innovation
Individual authors identified by name: Yes
Blog name: Design Innovation Blog
Blog type: Design organisation blogPublished since: December 2006
Date reviewed: 01 June 2009
Number of days since last post: 4 days
Predominant class of post content: Design commentary,  Academic research, Notices of eventsInteraction elements allowed:
— Commenting turned on? Yes
— Trackbacks enabled? No
— Social networking tools enabled? No
Volume of comments received (based on last 30 posts):
30
posts 11 with comments, 29 without comments
16
comments in total on 11 posts.
Has the blogger responded to comments? Yes
System used for the blog: Wordpress
Website address for the blog: http://www.designinnovation.ie/blog
Corporate Twitter page: No

Company: Chuffey Media
Individual authors identified by name: No
Blog name: Chuffey The Blog
Blog type: Design company blog
Published since: October 2008Date reviewed: 06 June 2009
Number of days since last post: 211 days
Predominant class of post content: Own design projects
Interaction elements allowed:
— Commenting turned on? Yes
— Trackbacks enabled? Yes
— Social networking tools enabled? No
Volume of comments received (based last 30 posts): None
Has the blogger responded to comments? N/A
System used for the blog: WordPress
Website address for the blog www.chuffeymedia.ie/blog
Corporate Twitter page: No

Company: Creative Inc
Individual authors identified by name: No
Blog name: Creative Inc Blog
Blog type: Design company blog
Published since: September 2009
Date reviewed: 27 April 2010
Number of days since last post: 4 days
Predominant class of post content: Own design projects, Press coverage
Interaction elements allowed:
— Commenting turned on? No
— Trackbacks enabled? No
— Social networking tools enabled? No
Volume of comments received (based on all posts):
15 posts reviewed. 0 with comments 15 without comments
Has the blogger responded to comments? N/A
System used for the blog: Custom
Website address for the blog: http://www.creativeinc.ie/index.php/blog/
Corporate Twitter page: No

Company: Creative Media
Individual authors identified by name: No
Blog name: News Blog
Blog type: Design company blog
Published since: August 2007
Date reviewed: 01 June 2009
Number of days since last post: 21 daysPredominant class of post content: Own design projects, Professional journal, Design reference
Interaction elements allowed:
— Commenting turned on? No
— Trackbacks enabled? N/A
— Social networking tools enabled? No
Volume of comments received (based on last 30 posts): N/A
Has the blogger responded to comments? N/A
System used for the blog: Custom
Website address for the blog: www.creativemediani.com
Corporate Twitter page: No

Company: Design Inch
Individual authors identified by name: No
Blog name: Design Inch blog
Blog type: Design company blog
Published since: June 2009
Date reviewed: 28 June 2009
Number of days since last post: 6 days
Predominant class of post content: Own design projects, Image reference
Interaction elements allowed:
— Commenting turned on? Yes
— Trackbacks enabled? Yes
— Social networking tools enabled? No
Volume of comments received (based on last 30 posts): None
Has the blogger responded to comments? N/A
System used for the blog: WordPress
Website address for the blog: www.designinch.ie/wordpress
Corporate Twitter page: Yes at twitter.com/designinch

Company/Group: Design Research Group
Individual authors identified by name: Yes
Blog name: Design Research Group
Blog type: Design organisation blog
Published since: March 2008
Date reviewed: 06 June 2009
Number of days since last post: 98 days
Predominant class of post content: Design commentary, Design analysis, Design reference, Design research
Interaction elements allowed:
— Commenting turned on? Yes
— Trackbacks enabled? Yes
— Social networking tools enabled? No
Volume of comments received (based on last 30 posts)
12 posts reviewed. 10 with comments 2 without.
45 comments for 10 posts. (One post had 24 comments)
Has the blogger responded to comments? Yes
System used for the blog: Wordpress
Website address for the blog: http://designresearchgroup.wordpress.com
Group Twitter page: No

Company: Design Tactics
Individual authors identified by name: No
Blog name: Creativity with Purpose (was ‘Design TicTacs’)
Blog type: Design company blog
Published since: May 2009
Date reviewed: 06 June 2009
Number of days since last post: 1 day
Predominant class of post content: Design reference, Image reference, Link-blog
— Commenting turned on? No
— Trackbacks enabled? No
— Social networking tools enabled? No
Volume of comments received (based on last 30 posts): None
Has the blogger responded to comments? N/A
System used for the blog: Tumblr
Website address for the blog: http://designtactics.tumblr.com
Corporate Twitter page: Yes at twitter.com/designtactics

Company: Drawing Inc
Individual authors identified by name: No
Blog name: D’Blog
Blog type: Design company blog
Published since: 28 May 2009
Date reviewed: 4 May 2010
Number of days since last post: 331 days
Predominant class of post content: Design reference, Own design projects, Image reference
Interaction elements allowed:
— Commenting turned on? Yes
— Trackbacks enabled? Yes
— Social networking tools enabled? No
Volume of comments received (based on last 20 posts): 0 (Excluded 1 keyword spam comment.)
Has the blogger responded to comments? No
System used for the blog: WordPress
Website address for the blog: http://drawinginc.wordpress.com/
Corporate Twitter page: Yes at twitter.com/drawinginc_ie

Company: Ebow
Individual authors identified by name: No
Blog name: Ebow Blog
Blog type: Design company blog
Published since: 01 January 2004
Date reviewed: 11 July 2009
Number of days since last post: 214 days
Predominant class of post content: Own design projects, Studio journal, Design reference
Interaction elements allowed:
— Commenting turned on? Yes
— Trackbacks enabled? No
— Social networking tools enabled? No
Volume of comments received (based on last 30 posts):
30 posts reviewed. 4 with comments 26 without comments
13 comments on 4 posts.
Has the blogger responded to comments? Yes
System used for the blog: WordPress
Website address for the blog: www.ebow.ie/blog
Company Twitter page: Yes at twitter.com/ebowdublin

Company: Frank
Individual authors identified by name: Yes
Blog name: Moving Ideas
Blog type: Design company blog
Published since: 12 February 2010
Date reviewed: 18 May 2010
Number of days since last post: 5 days
Predominant class of post content: Own design projects, Professional journal
Interaction elements allowed:
— Commenting turned on? Yes
— Trackbacks enabled? Yes
— Social networking tools enabled? YesIf yes which? Facebook, LinkedIn, Tweet This, Google Buzz, Technorati and more
Volume of comments received (based on all nine posts): 0
Has the blogger responded to comments? N/A
System used for the blog: WordPress
Website address for the blog: http://www.frankideaworks.com/blog/
Corporate Twitter page: Yes at twitter.com/frankideaworks

Company: Ion Design
Individual authors identified by name: No
Blog name: Ion Blog
Blog type: Design company blog
Published since: N/A (No dates on posts)
Date reviewed: 11 July 2009
Number of days since last post: N/A
Predominant class of post content: Design reference, Software reference
Interaction elements allowed:
— Commenting turned on? No
— Trackbacks enabled? No
— Social networking tools enabled? No
Volume of comments received (based on last 30 posts): N/A
Has the blogger responded to comments? N/A
System used for the blog: Custom
Website address for the blog: http://www.ion.ie/blog
Company Twitter page: No

Company: Neworld
Individual authors identified by name: No
Blog name: Ireland Inc
Blog type: Design company blog
Published since: 27 November 2009
Date reviewed: 04 May 2010
Number of days since last post: 4
Predominant class of post content: Thoughts on branding Ireland
Interaction elements allowed:
— Commenting turned on? Yes
— Trackbacks enabled? No
— Social networking tools enabled? Yes
If yes which? Tweet This widget
Volume of comments received (based on last 20 posts): 0
Has the blogger responded to comments? N/A
System used for the blog: Blogger
Website address for the blog: http://blog.irelandinc.ie
Company Twitter page: Yes at twitter.com/IrelandIncBlog

Company: Neville Design Group
Individual authors identified by name: No
Blog name: Neville Design blog
Blog type: Design company blog
Published since: March 2009
Date reviewed: 28 June 2009
Number of days since last post: 72 days
Predominant class of post content: Own design projects
Interaction elements allowed:
— Commenting turned on? Yes
— Trackbacks enabled? Yes
— Social networking tools enabled? No
If yes which? N/A
Volume of comments received (based on last 30 posts): None
Has the blogger responded to comments? N/A
System used for the blog: WordPress
Website address for the blog: http://nevilledesign.wordpress.com
Corporate Twitter page: No

Company: New Graphic
Individual authors identified by name: No
Blog name: New Graphic News
Blog type: Design company blog
Published since: March 2008
Date reviewed: 12 September 2009
Number of days since last post: 57 days (18 July 2009)
Predominant class of post content: Own design projects
Interaction elements allowed:
— Commenting turned on? Yes
— Trackbacks enabled? No
— Social networking tools enabled? No
Volume of comments received
12 posts reviewed (all). 0 with comments 12 without comments
0 comments on 0 posts.
Has the blogger responded to comments? N/A
System used for the blog: WordPress
Website address for the blog: http://www.newgraphic.ie/news/index.php
Corporate Twitter page: Yes at twitter.com/NewGraphic

Company: Paper Lantern Studios
Individual authors identified by name: Yes
Blog name: Paper Lantern Studios
Blog type: Design company blog
Published since: 22 June 2008
Date reviewed:03 June 2009Number of days since last post: 50 days
Predominant class of post content: Studio journal
Interaction elements allowed:
— Commenting turned on? Yes
— Trackbacks enabled? No
— Social networking tools enabled? Yes
If yes which? Google Friend Connect and Blogger Followers
Volume of comments received (based on last 30 posts):
30
posts reviewed. 5 with comments 25 without comments
5 comments on 5 posts
Has the blogger responded to comments? No
System used for the blog: Blogspot
Website address for the blog: http://paperlanternstudios.blogspot.com
Corporate Twitter page: No

Company: Penhouse Design
Individual authors identified by name: No
Blog name: Fresh Air
Blog type: Design company blog
Published since: January 2009
Date reviewed: 28 June 2009
Number of days since last post: 4 days
Predominant class of post content: Professional journal, Link-blog, Design commentary, Image reference
Interaction elements allowed:
— Commenting turned on? Yes
— Trackbacks enabled? Yes
— Social networking tools enabled? Yes
If yes which? Facebook link
Volume of comments received (based on last 30 posts): 5
30
posts reviewed. 3 with comments 27 without comments
6 comments on 3 posts
Has the blogger responded to comments? Yes
System used for the blog: WordPress
Website address for the blog: http://penhousedesign.wordpress.com
Corporate Twitter page: Yes at twitter.com/penhousedesign

Company: Rain Communications
Individual authors identified by name: No
Blog name: Rain Communications blog
Blog type: Design company blog
Published since: November 2008
Date reviewed: 28 June 2009
Number of days since last post: 97 days
Predominant class of post content: Own design projects, Design commentary, Link-blog
Interaction elements allowed:
— Commenting turned on? Yes
— Trackbacks enabled? No
— Social networking tools enabled? Yes
If yes which? Social bookmarking widgets on each post
Volume of comments received (based on last 30 posts):
30
posts reviewed. 1 with comments 29 without comments*
2 comments on 1 posts
Has the blogger responded to comments? No
System used for the blog: Custom
Website address for the blog: www.raincommunications.ie/blog.aspx
Corporate Twitter page: No
*Six other posts had one comment each which was garbled comment spam and discounted for the purposes of this research. 

Company: Spoilt Child
Individual authors identified by name: Yes
Blog Name: Pinstripe
Blog type: Design company blogPublished since: September 2005
Date reviewed: 03 June 2009
Number of days since last post: 6 days
Predominant class of post content: Promoting events, Promoting services, Design commentary
Interaction elements allowed:
— Commenting turned on? Yes
— Trackbacks enabled? N/A
— Social networking tools enabled? Yes
If yes which? Social bookmarking widget on each post, Recent Readers widget in sidebar
Volume of comments received (based on last 30 posts):
30
posts reviewed 8 with comments 22 without comments
14
comments on 8 posts
Has the blogger responded to comments? Yes
System used for the blog: Textpattern
Website address for the blog: http://www.spoiltchild.ie/pinstripe
Corporate Twitter page: No

Company: The Brand Union
Individual authors identified by name: No
Blog name: Dublin blog
Blog type: Design company blog
Published since: December 2008
Date reviewed: 01 April 2009Number of days since last post: 13 daysPredominant class of post content: Design reference, Image reference, Link-blog
Interaction elements allowed:
— Commenting turned on? Yes
— Trackbacks enabled? Yes
Social networking tools enabled? No
Volume of comments received (based on last 30 posts): None
20
posts reviewed (all).
Has the blogger responded to comments? No
System used for the blog: WordPress

Website address for the blog: http://blogs.thebrandunion.com/thedublinblog
Corporate Twitter page: No

Company: The Creative District
Individual authors identified by name: No
Blog name: Our Blog / Studio News
Blog type: Design company blog
Published since: May 2009
Date reviewed: 28 June 2009
Number of days since last post: 3 days
Predominant class of post content: Professional journal, Link-blog
Interaction elements allowed:
— Commenting turned on? Yes
— Trackbacks enabled? No
— Social networking tools enabled? Yes
If yes which? Social bookmarking widgets on each post
Volume of comments received (based on or last 30 posts): 43
17
posts reviewed (all). 10 with posts and 7 without.
Has the blogger responded to comments? Yes
System used for the blog: WordPress
Website address for the blog: www.thecreativedistrict.ie/blog
Corporate Twitter page: Yes at twitter.com/CreativeDistric/

Company: 20-20 Vision
Individual authors identified by name: Yes
Blog name: 20-20 Vision News
Blog type: Design company blog
Published since: January 2009
Date reviewed: 11 July 2009
Number of days since last post: 106 days
Predominant class of post content: Own design projects
Interaction elements allowed:
— Commenting turned on? Yes
— Trackbacks enabled? No
— Social networking tools enabled? Yes
— If yes which? Add posts to Del.icio.us, Technorati or Digg
Volume of comments received (based on last 30 posts): None
Has the blogger responded to comments? N/A
System used for the blog: Custom
Website address for the blog: http://www.2020vision.ie/news
Company Twitter page: No

Company: Threesixty
Individual authors identified by name: Yes
Blog name: Threesixty News
Blog type: Design company blog
Published since: 28 January 2009
Date reviewed:
28 June 2009
Number of days since last post: 4 days
Predominant class of post content: Own design projects
Interaction elements allowed:
— Commenting turned on? No
— Trackbacks enabled? No
— Social networking tools enabled? No
Volume of comments received (based on last 30 posts): N/A
Has the blogger responded to  comments? N/A
System used for the blog: Custom
Website address for the blog: http://www.wearethreesixty.com/ee/index.php/news
Company Twitter page: No

Company: Whitenoise Studios
Individual authors identified by name: Yes
Blog name: What’s New Pussycat?
Blog type: Design company blog
Published since: 10 September 2008
Date reviewed: 11 July 2009
Number of days since last post: 3 days
Predominant class of post content: Own design projects, Professional journal, Studio journal
Interaction elements allowed:
— Commenting turned on? Yes
— Trackbacks enabled? No
— Social networking tools enabled? No
Volume of comments received (based on last 30 posts):
30 posts reviewed. 8 with comments 22 without comments
21 comments on 8 posts
Has the blogger responded to comments? Yes
System used for the blog: WordPress
Website address for the blog: http://www.whitenoisestudios.com/blog
Company Twitter page: No

Company/Group: Workgroup
Individual authors identified by name: Yes
Blog name: Workgroup
Blog type: Design collective blog
Published since:
Date reviewed: 11 July 2009
Number of days since last post: 2 days
Predominant class of post content: Design reference, Image reference, Link-blog
Interaction elements allowed:
— Commenting turned on? No
— Trackbacks enabled? No
— Social networking tools enabled? No
Volume of comments received (based on last 30 posts): N/A
Has the blogger responded to comments? N/A
System used for the blog: WordPress
Website address for the blog: http://workgroup.ie
Company Twitter page: No

Company: X Communications
Individual authors identified by name: No
Blog name: X Communications Blog
Published since: May 2001
Date reviewed: 01 April 2009
Number of days since last post: 16 days
Predominant class of post content: Own design projects
Interaction elements allowed:
— Commenting turned on? No
— Trackbacks enabled? No
— Social networking tools enabled? No
Volume of comments received (based on last 30 posts): N/A
Has the blogger responded to comments? N/A
System used for the blog: Custom
Website address for the blog: http://www.xcommunications.ie/Blog.aspx
Company Twitter page: Yes at twitter.com/xcommunications