August 10th -August 24th

DublinIreland

Global Green 2014

SponsorPack

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W hat

...is MEDS?

The Meeting of Design Students (MEDS) is an estab-lished international network of young designers that meets annually for a 2 week workshop. This 5th year of the event is taking place this August in Dublin.

Up to 250 third-level students and young graduates of various design disciplines from around the world will participate in a variety of workshops that foster the development of design, communication, leadership, technical and social skills in a dynamic multi-cultural environment. These workshops are based on collabo-rative and co-operative learning, affording participants great opportunities in terms of skill and idea sharing. For many, it is of great benefit to engage in such an informal learning process to complement their more prescribed traditional educational program.

This year’s MEDS will be a fantastic opportunity to showcase Dublin’s history and heritage to participants from all over the world, and to promote the city as a centre of excellent and progressive design. MEDS events of the past have produced built works that have been featured in leading design publications, and this year guarantees to produce an ever higher stand-ard of work. The design output will be placed on exhibi-tion to the general public at various participating venues throughout the city centre.

Furthermore, much of the output of the workshops will be directly donated to Dublin-based charities, to maximise the positive social impact of MEDS.

MEDS aspires to be an inclusive event, reaching out to the city and inviting active involvement from bodies and institutions relating to the field of design. It will bring with it an added excitement, vibrancy and creative energy to the city of Dublin this summer.

This year visiting delegates will travel from the fol-lowing countries:

AlbaniaArmeniaBelgium BulgariaCroatiaCyprusCzechCanadaDenmark England France

FinlandGermanyGreeceHungaryIrelandItalyIranJordanKosovoMacedoniaNetherlands

NorwayPolandPortugalRomaniaScotlandSerbiaSloveniaSpainSwedenSwitzelandTurkey

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W hy ...sponsor MEDS?

MEDS Global Green 2014 will be an event of very sig-nificant scale for the Architecture, Design and Con-struction communities in Ireland, hosting up to 250 participants and tutors.

The event has already generated a great deal of inter-est and support among the wider creative community across Europe and will receive wide coverage in the media. Locally, we have secured the support of educa-tional bodies such as the Dublin Institute of Technology; the support of the Dublin City Council and Fáilte Ireland, not to mention the many architectural practices such as Séan Harrington Architects.

Our workshop creations and constructions have been published in the high profile online design journals Dezeen and ArchDaily as well as the Architecture Journal, each of which have several million readers per month. We have already confirmed coverage with these journals prior and post workshop, which is a big pro-motional opportunity for our partners.

The Irish Times will also provide coverage and we will carry out radio interviews prior to and during the event to discuss the workshops, scope of the enterprise, as well as expressing gratitude and discussing our spon-sors and partners.

MEDS, as an established global event has a large net-work of students and graduates gained through direct participation, publications and a vast social online pres-ence, amounting to more than 40,000 direct interna-

tional followers. It is followed closely by its past alumni, many of whom are now working professionals in the architectural, construction and design fields. This ever expanding MEDS community is constantly updated on the happenings of the event with online written, pho-tographic and video documentation produced by the participants.

Exhibitions, open to the public, will be held in all of the participating venues. It is intended that sponsors names and logos will be prominently displayed at each of these.

If you have any questions, queries or would like to dis-cuss any aspect of our proposals in greater detail, we would be delighted to sit down with you and discuss our plans further.

Kind Regards,

The MEDS 2014 Organising Committee

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Principal Sponsor

€10,000The principal sponsor is an exclusive sponsorship op-portunity to institutions and companies offering maxi-mum exposure to the public and the participants of the assembly. By becoming principal sponsor you will be aligned as a partner of MEDS 2014 and as such receive the maximum amount of exposure enjoyed by an inter-national event of this type and scale.

Benefits

01. Logo prominent on the MEDS Global Green website with a link to sponsor’s website on every page.

02. Logo prominent on all documents made by MEDS Global Green e.g. posters , leaflets, maps etc

03. Logo and status present on all email footers sent from MEDS Global Green email account.

04. Full page advertisement in the MEDS Global Green programme distributed to all participants.

05. Two page advertisement in the final report which assembles the conclusion of the assembly and is dis-tributed throughout Europe via the MEDS academic network.

06. Logo on application forms, and emails sent in bulk to all participants, before and after the event, with link

to sponsor’s website.

07. MEDS Global Green will distribute any sponsor pro-motional material to all participants (rulers, usb keys, key rings, etc).

08. Advertising posters and banners at all lectures, workshops and cultural events (concerts, exhibitions, projection areas) during the 14 day assembly.

09. Distribute informative booklet/ leaflet about spon-sors in every participant starter pack.

10. Sponsor’s product/activities presentation in the form of a presentation and/or advertising spot prior to key presentations.

11. Company logo displayed on the opening and clos-ing credits roll for the MEDS 2014 documentary (if the production company decided to proceed with the joint venture)

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Major Sponsor

€5,000While not at the level of Principal Sponsor, becoming a Major sponsor of MEDS Global Green affords a high level of visability to professionals and students within Dublin, around the UK and throughout Europe.

Benefits

01. Logo on the MEDS Global Green website.

02. A one page article in the MEDS Global Green pro-gramme distributed to all participants.

03. One page advertisement in the final report which assembles the conclusion of the assembly and is dis-tributed throughout Europe via the MEDS academic network.

04. MEDS Global Green will distribute any sponsor pro-motional material to all participants (rulers, usb keys, key rings, etc).

05. Advertising posters and banners at all lectures, workshops and cultural events (concerts, exhibitions, projection areas) during the 14 day assembly.

06. Distribute informative booklet/ leaflet about spon-sors in every participant starter pack.

07. Sponsor’s product/ activities presentation in the

form of a presentation and/or advertising spot prior to key presentations.

08. Company logo displayed on the opening and clos-ing credits roll for the MEDS 2014 documentary (if the production company decides to proceed with the joint venture).

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Sponsor

In addition to principal and major sponsorship opportu-nities, there are a number of individual packages avail-able for sponsorship. These represent an effective way to target a specific element within the assemblys broad appeal.

Website Link€500

A clickable link to your website on our website.

Promotional material included in welcome pack €500

Leaflets/Brochures or items (rulers, USB keys, key rings etc).

Wristband Sponsorship€1500

Your logo on all 400+ wristbands worn by Organisers, Coordinators, Tutors, Participants and Helpers for two weeks.

On Site banner advertising€500-€2000 (relative to size)

For either the main MEDS site or another site in the city.

Advert in final report2 pages €1000 / 1 page €500 / ½ page €250

The final report assembles the conclusion of the assem-bly and is distributed throughout the network and de-sign schools in Europe.

Workshop€2000

The chosen workshops are displayed at the back of this publication. If you find a specific workshop of interest to your company you have the option to align yourself with it. Sponsorship will include promotion through all media and publicity channels involved with your chosen work-shop. Banner advertisng and distribution of promotional material is included.

Lecture / demonstration and Q&A session€2000

MEDS Global Green offers a unique opportunity of direct access to over 250+ young professionals of the future. Talk-ing to them about your company / products allows face to face communication on an otherwise unreachable level.

Publication Sponsorship€3000

Following MEDS 2014 two publications will be pro-duced. One cataloguing the assembly output, and the other documenting the entire MEDS 2014 process from conception onwards. Each publication will be commer-cially available and as sponsor you will be credited as such in the book itself.

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H ow...to get in touch?

If you are interested in taking up one of these spon-sorship opportunities simply email your expression of interest to and we will discuss it in further detail:

globalgreen2014@gmail.com

+ 353 87 141 7296 Oksana Lastovesky

+ 353 86 167 6760 Ailbhe Cunningham

+ 353 85 769 0797 Kieran Donnellan

+ 353 87 622 6883 John Geraghty

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WorkshopsDIT Triangular Pavilion

Grangegorman Entrance Portal Pavilion

Furniture Design & Making (Wood)

Furniture Design & Making (Concrete)

Upcycle

Concrete Cube

Clock Building

Camera Building

Local REC

REC Broadcast

Audio Visual

Guerila Graffiti

Photography

Universal Design

DIT Triangular PavilionThis is an extra-curricular inter-disciplinary workshop undertaken by 11 Irish students under the supervision of experienced tutors and mentors.The pavilion encloses a courtyard dedicated to the memory of the Grangegorman site, and offers surfaces on which to present exhibitions.

Furniture Design & Making (Wood)

Led by current Furniture Design student Gildas O Lao-ire, this workshop will allow Gildas to build on his de-sign, construction and leadership skills while teaching participants lamination and joinery techniques. The pieces of furniture created will be auctioned for charity

1:5 scale models . Conversation collection . Design by Gildas O Laoire

LAMINATION OVER FORM.

Grangegorman Entrance Por-tal Pavilion

Inspired by the concept of a closed facility becoming more open and inviting, this pavilion, designed by Slo-venian Architecture graduates Aljosa Merljak and Marta Vrankar, acts as a portal, presenting visitors with an in-terior exhibition of the history of Grangegorman.

Furniture Design & Making (Concrete)

Led by German Architecture student Agnes Guenther, this workshop will explore the potential of using an un-conventional material, concrete, to create pieces of fur-niture. These will be auctioned for charity at the end of the event.

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UpcycleLed by Austrian Architecture students Ali Kolaritsch, David Lukacs and Christian Heshmatpour, this work-shop will explore inventive ways to recycle scrap bicy-cles, while teaching participants valuable metal-working skills. The bikes created will be auctioned for charity at the end of the event.

Clock BuildingLed by Irish Product Designer Henry Daly, this work-shop will explore novel techniques for creating clocks using contemporary designs. The clocks created will be auctioned for charity.

Camera BuildingLed by Croatian Architecture student Hrvoje Spudic, this workshop will explore unorthodox ways of creating photographs using custom-made cameras. The camer-as and photographs created will be exhibited after the event and subsequently auctioned for charity.

Concrete CubeLed by Danish Architecture students Rasmus Fedders-en and Emma Bremerstent, this workshop will explore novel techniques for mixing and casting concrete, while creating sculptural objects relating to particular themes. The results will be auctioned for charity at the end of the event.

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Local REC This is a pair of workshops dedicated to the communi-cation of MEDS work both within the organization and to the people of Dublin City. They will also document and RECord all MEDS activities.Turkish Architecture student Oytun Gur Gunel will lead the group charged with promoting interaction between MEDS and the wider community of Dublin City.

Audio VisualLed by Polish Architecture Graduate Lukasz Orlowski, this workshop will explore soundscapes using tempo-rary installations, the result of which will be a publicexhibition.

Guerilla GraffitiIrish Architecture student Conor Bourke will examine how ornamentation or simple decoration can be ex-pressed in a modern context and through the medium of graffiti. Do not feel limited to the stereotypes of old school Graffiti though. Conor will explore the use of ghost tags and other alternative production techniques.

REC BroadcastDutch Architecture students Janneke Earl and Smaran-da Ilie will lead the group charged with facilitating great-er interaction between the different groups taking part in MEDS 2014.

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PhotographyThis year’s Photography Worskshop will explore the Art of Stop Motion. Frame by Frame the participant will create short videos using handmade clay figures, human shadows, everyday objects and the green Irish landscapes. The second part of the worskshop is dedicated to Lightpainting around Dublin’s landmarks. .

Universal DesignAs designers, it is up to you to come up with ideas and to create something that works at a Universal Design standard and responds to the current Dublin City. We are excited to announce that the Universal Design work-shop is in collaboration with The Centre for Excellence in Universal Design at the National Disability Authority.

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The Centre for Excellence in Universal Design at the National Disability Authoritywww.universaldesign.ie

MEDS Ireland thanks our Supporters!

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Organisers

Ailbhe Cunningham- Treasurer

Amandine Dicaccio- Online Marketing

Brendan Spierin- Graphic Designer

Hugh O’Rourke- Venue Officer

Kieran Donnellan- Workshop Coordinator

John Flynn- Project Manager

John Geraghty- Accomodation Officer

Oksana Lastovetsky- Secretary/ Pro/ HR

Alexandra Dimitrova- Project Assistant

Aoife Flynn- Project Assistant