OHD26 Design and Website Services

Project Overview

We are seeking a design agency to collaborate on the development and rollout of the Open House Dublin 2026 visual identity and campaign. It is envisaged that a single agency will deliver both the creative and technical components of the brief to ensure a cohesive, efficient workflow across all outputs.

The selected agency will work closely with the IAF Director, Festival Senior Manager and wider IAF team to:

Support the art direction and development of the 2026 visual identity.
Ensure alignment with the existing IAF brand and OHD platform.
Translate the identity across a coherent suite of print and digital assets.
Apply the identity across the Open House Dublin website.
Support website maintenance and live delivery during the festival period.

The visual identity will be developed by the IAF in collaboration with commissioned photographers and/or artists, with the agency supporting and refining this process.

Background

Open House Dublin (OHD) is Ireland’s largest architecture festival and part of the international Open House Worldwide network. Delivered annually by the IAF, the festival offers free access to buildings, places and experiences across Dublin, alongside talks, tours, exhibitions and public events.

Now entering its third decade, OHD continues to evolve in response to the changing city, expanding beyond traditional building tours to include neighbourhood explorations, public realm discussions and community engagement.

Over the past three years in particular, the IAF has made a deliberate and strategic investment in how architecture is communicated to audiences through the Open House Dublin campaign. This has resulted in a series of visually distinctive, concept-led campaigns.

These campaigns have sought to:

Position architecture within everyday public discourse.
Use strong visual storytelling and art direction to engage wider audiences.
Experiment with new formats, collaborations and modes of engagement.

This reflects a broader ambition: for Open House Dublin to act as a leader in public engagement within architecture, both in Ireland and across the Open House network.

The 2026 campaign is expected to build on and extend this ambition, demonstrating creative confidence, originality and clarity in how the festival theme is interpreted and communicated.