We now have approximately 70 businesses across our studios with 115 creatives working in our spaces.
We are excited to be turning 10 and can’t wait for the next decade of creative adventures and projects and to continue supporting entrepreneurs.
In 2017 we set up a brand new venture called Womenfolk to celebrate and promote women design entrepreneurs. We were excited to be involved again with Belfast Design Week in its 3rd year & new design events such as Late Night Design.
We moved from 52 Hill Street to Cotton Court in the Cathedral Quarter – a building full of creative companies.
We set up Flock, a trading arm of Blick that brings together the creative talent involved with Blick to work on multidisciplinary creative projects.
Increased income from growing our organisation gave us the opportunity to expand the free support we provide for creative entrepreneurs including:
We opened Eighty81 Creative Workspace in Derry-Londonderry providing workspace for 18 businesses as well as the Nest incubation program, creative events and support.
In Belfast there was a growing market for our services so we opened a second set of premises in Belfast’s Cathedral Quarter providing workspace for an additional 18 businesses.
2015 was the year of Irish Design and we secured funding to run a variety of design events and co-founded Belfast Design Week.
We secured a 3 year contract to manage the creative hub in Ebrington in Derry/Londonderry to provide incubation space, workspace and events and support for the creative industries within the city.
We developed the brand and concept for Eighty81 Creative Workspace on behalf of Ilex Urban Regeneration.
We moved into our first Cathedral Quarter premises allowing us to provide space for an additional 15 businesses.
With the premises being so close to Ulster University, we were able to connect more with students and startups and build our existing creative community through meetups and events.
From 2008 – 2010 we ran a variety of events and courses to support small and startup creative businesses within Belfast including Blick Business Blitz and the Evolve Programme.
We saw a need to create more interactive and engaging enterprise events and set up Creative Camp Belfast – an interactive un-conference style event design to connect local creative entrepreneurs and encourage them to share their stories and speak on various topics.
With support from Ulster University and Belfast City Council we moved into our first permanent space at 51 Malone Road.
We focused on becoming independently sustainable by renting our studio spaces, event spaces and offering virtual services. By the end of 2008 we provided space to 15 different creative businesses.
Blick was set up by a group of creative entrepreneurs struggling to find suitable creative studio space in Belfast.
Our first studio was a rented warehouse in the City Centre which we set up with the help of £5000 from UnLtd.
If you are interested in workspace, virtual services, room hire or coming to any of our events or any general enquiries get in touch.
Get in TouchWe are delighted to be part of the @nerve_centre Spring Into the Creative Industries Programme with 'A Time is Now' panel discussion on ...
Mar 3
Next in our series of @womenfolk.co Dig Deep events is 'A DIY Guide on Instagram' on Sat 13th March from 10.00am - 12.00pm featuring the ...
Mar 2
Next in our series of @womenfolk.co Dig Deep events is 'A DIY Guide on Photographing Your Work' next Wed evening 6.30 - 7.30pm full details ...
Feb 24
BUSINESS ADDRESS SERVICE - we offer a business address service for creative businesses for both our Hill St studios and Malone studios. Giving you a ...
Feb 18
The tiniest bit of spring in the air in the Cathedral Quarter this afternoon. Fingers crossed things are starting to look up and these streets will be...
Feb 15
We have this great online event on setting up a website yourself for your creative business on Sat 20th Feb part of our @womenfolk.co Dig Deep ...
Feb 11
We still have some of the lovely artwork from @belfastdesignwk on display in our Malone studios, unfortunately not many people are able to view it, ...
Feb 8
We have a great new online event this Wednesday evening on creating your own brand. It's part of our @womenfolk.co Dig Deep programme, but open ...
Feb 6
We have put together lots of free business and self-care resources for creative businesses as part of our @womenfolk.co Dig Deep Programme. We will be...
Feb 1
It’s tax return time! the perfect time to implement new finance management systems and practices for your creative business for the next financial ...
Jan 27
Looking forward to having our spaces filled with busy creatives again. Hopefully in the not too distant future
Jan 20
Happy New Year everyone! We have made it into 2021 in one piece and we just wanted to take the time to recap our highlights of 2020.
In this...
Jan 14
We just wanted to wish everyone Merry Christmas and a Happy New year!
What a year it has been, with everything going on. We ...
Dec 18
In our Malone Road studios, we currently have an ongoing exhibition where we have curated some of the artworks from the Belfast Design Week Pop Up ...
Dec 10
‘Work Hard & Be Nice to People’ as the Anthony Burrill print says.
Be patient, and keep yourself in check. Realise your strengths and ...
Dec 9
All 4 episodes of our @stbdpodcast audio documentary 'The World Turned Upside Down' on the impact of Covid-19 on the creative industries in ...
Dec 4
@belfastdesignwk took place from 2nd-8th November 2020 and included a Pop-Up Design Museum in venues across Belfast city centre with work by ...
Dec 3
'Ways of Hoping' is the second set of highlights from our Small Town Big Dreams Covid-19 Toolkit for Creatives created by Dr Brian Dixon. ...
Dec 1
'Ways of Coping' is the first set of highlights from our @stbdpodcast Covid-19 Toolkit for Creatives created by Dr Brian Dixon. Featuring ...
Nov 30
- - - Virtual Office Services - - -
Did you know we offer virtual services for all business types with reduced rates for creative industry ...
Nov 29
We are excited to introduce our newest Blick Resident - @dannisimpsonart
Danni is an Australian artist who specialises in Commercial ...
Nov 27
This year for Belfast Design Week, we had the pleasure of curating the Pop Up Design Museum which is the second time in a row it has been ...
Nov 26
Filming this week in our main room in our Malone studios which is currently available to rent hourly or for the day or evening, prices and info on our...
Nov 24
We had some gorgeous light shinning on our Malone Road studio this morning! Feels like the last of those crisp autumnal mornings before winter ...
Nov 19
Monday morning vibes at our Cotton Court Studios!
We love how different all of our different studio spaces are but still have the same...
Nov 16
We've got that Friday feeling at our Hill Street Studios! We hope that you all have a great weekend and keep cozy!
Nov 13
The COVID-19 pandemic has had an unprecedented impact across the globe across all industries.
As a creative business-focused organization, we...
Nov 12