About Anthony

Anthony Horrigan is a product designer and ceramic practitioner based in Ireland. His work spans a diverse range of products from commercial to studio ceramics.

A highly creative, dedicated and innovative design professional with a breadth of expertise in multiple materials and design skills, specialising in ceramic shape and surface design. A strong collaborator with a pragmatic and decisive approach to problem solving. With a sustained record of success in the homewares industry, managing the design process and delivery of globally recognised collections for multiple brands. Extensive experience in setting creative design orientations based on in depth analysis of global design trends and consumer insights.

Adept in a variety of product design tools and techniques ranging from traditional modelling and moulding to new technology, CAD software, and digital fabrication. Awarded craft practitioner and maker within the “Digital Craft” space.

A keen Interest in our relationship and interactions with objects in the changing landscape of digital and traditional manufacturing technology and how we might consider this in the design and making of ceramics.

Brands Designed for:

Marks & Spencers

British Ceramics Biennial

Belleek Pottery

Aynsley China

Galway Crystal

WWRD (Wedgwood, Waterford, Royal Doulton)

Flux Stoke-on-Trent

EXHIBITIONS

Design Make Transform
The Church Gallery LSAD
| Sept 2014

Culture of Clay
Hunt Museum Limerick
| Aug 2014

British Ceramics Biennial – "Flux - Stoke-on-Trent" launch
Stoke–on-Trent
| November 2015

British Ceramics Biennial – Great Hall
Stoke–on-Trent
| November 2011


Trade Exhibitions:

Showcase Dublin
Design & Crafts Council of Ireland - RDS
| 2014 - 2019

Maison & Objet
Paris | 2011, 2012, 2013

100% Design: london
| 2011 & 2012

New Designers
| Business design centre - London - 2012

AWARDS:

Benjamin Boothroyd Award for Ceramic Design
Staffordshire University
| 2012

Future Makers - Innovation Award
Design & Crafts Council of Ireland
| 2013

P2P design Competition - Design & Crafts Council of Ireland
Ideate Festival – Kilkenny
| 2013

'Selected' at Showcase
Design & Crafts Council of Ireland - RDS
| 2016