Got a comfy pair of walking shoes?

That’s all the kit you need to enjoy Cork city’s architecture, design and food festival, Design POP, set to return to the streets of Cork and online this August 27th – 29th.

The festival, which will also present an impressive programme of over 25 guest speakers hosting talks and panel discussions, has revealed the locations of this year’s seven pop-up pavilions, each one featuring architect, designer and food collaborations in different parts of the city.

Here’s the trail for 2021:

1. The River Lee Hotel
Mark Horgan x River Club Bar
Mark is a computational designer and studied Architecture and is teaming up with the River Lee Hotel

2.Wandesford Quay
Play Nice studio X Currabinny
Play Nice are a creative studio based in Dublin, and they have teamed up with James Kavanagh and William Murray of Currabinny foods.

3. Elizabeth Fort
Cook Architects X Ballymaloe foods
Architects Dermot Harrington and Paul Carpenter are teaming up with the household name Ballymaloe food.

4. Nano Nagle Place
Alan Macilwraith of JCA Architects X Good Day Deli
Alan is a senior architect in JCA and has previously worked with sustainable food lovers Clare and Kristin of Good Day Deli.

5. Emmett Place
Maser X Crawford Gallery Café
Internationally recognised visual artist Maser is teaming up with the Crawford Gallery Café to create a pavilion outside the Crawford Gallery.

6. Penrose Dock
Wilson Architects X Naturally Nourished
Wilson Architects are the award-winning firm that designed Penrose Dock, which is the location of Naturally Nourished health food café.

7. Blackrock Castle
CCAE X Blackrock Castle Observatory
The students and staff of CCAE (Cork Centre for Architectural Education) team up with Blackrock Castle Observatory in Blackrock Castle.

Design Pop’s annual ‘Milking Stool’ exhibition returns again this year, celebrating and showcasing some of the diverse talent in furniture design throughout Ireland.

The furniture pieces will be sold through a silent auction and on the Design POP website, allowing members of the public and visitors to the exhibition to bid by discrete ballot for the duration of the festival.

Yay Cork is a proud digital media partner for Design POP 2021. For full details visit designpop.ie and follow Design Pop’s social media pages for more updates. 

Main image: Clare Keogh