David Irwin
Designer
Born in Lisburn, NI. Well just outside, Hillsborough’s right. Good times, for the most part. Always outside, mucking around. Chopping down trees, building stuff and setting fire to things. Thought it was normal for a Chinook to land by your house. Watching the Maze patrol. Soldiers would let us peer down the sights of their guns. Keeping us kids on side. Winning hearts and minds. Got in trouble taking Steven to the abandoned house. Pretty unsafe. Kept that one a secret for a while, ha. Wind your neck in Sprat! Dads hobby was woodwork, he had a little workshop out the back. Remember that from an early age. Making toy cars, a nose cone for Thunderbird One from an egg. Oh and Lego, lots and lots of Lego. Always love being outdoors. The Mourne Mountains are pretty sentimental. For clarity. To reflect. To breath. Could do with a full nights unbroken sleep right now. Being a new dad. 5th generation coming through!
deadgood is:
Creating something from the ground up - shaping its own path, defining its future. Determination, resilience, and the journey of growing from nothing into something remarkable.
Favourite Things:
Running (with a fully functioning spine) especially when every part of you is in working order. It's a reset button, a time to think (or not think), and a way I like to explore new places on foot.
Drawing - not for work, but for the love of it, something I rarely find time to do. The simple joy of putting pen to paper, creating something without a deadline or a brief, just for the sake of it.
Watching the settling of a properly poured Guinness (in a tulip glass).
Meals with all the family round the table - food, company and laughter.
County Donegal - Its weather-beaten, desolate in places, and it rains most of the year but it's a uniquely beautiful and atmospheric place nonetheless and one that's close to my heart.
