We announced last week that the very talented Liz Silvester, head of Visual and Merchandising at Liberty of London, will be talking on our main stage at OFFSET London this November. Liz is in charge of how Liberty is seen globally which includes “everything from the windows and the creative displays to the colour of […]
Zero G was started in 2004 by Ciaran ÓGaora. Initially set up with the intention of staying a small company with the idea of finding a new way of working that was “sustainable both creatively and personally” for Ciaran, Zero G have grown significantly and in the last 11 years their work has made an […]
Packed full of examples of work from 75 of the world’s greatest graphic designers and a couple of former OFFSET speakers, Caroline Roberts’ ‘Graphic Design Visionaries’ lays out beautifully and in chronological order the visionaries who have shaped the field of graphic design over the last 100 years. The book is easy to navigate with […]
Studio Aad’s, Scott Burnett and Johnny Kelly enjoy working with ‘nice people who do something with a bit of heart and soul’. They have worked together since 1998 and after a brief stint in the fashion industry with Angry, they set up Studio Aad 13 years ago and haven’t looked back. Well only to talk to each […]
Making Waves: 2014 ICAD Upstarts Exhibition opening The annual ICAD Upstarts programme involves an intensive series of workshops held over six weeks, during the summer months with the cream of Ireland’s creative talent playing an active part in developing the Upstarts. The briefs are challenging, different and usually push the candidates capabilities. The Upstart this year has […]
Summer time and grad shows go hand in hand, but what happens next? Internships are usually a good way of dipping your toe into the industry pond. Since 2007, Threex3 has offered students an opportunity to work in three of Ireland’s top design agencies. Atelier: David Smith, Detail & Zero-G. The internship was established ‘to bridge […]
The Project Twins are Cork based design and art duo Michael and James Fitzpatrick. Their style of art and design creates playful graphic work across a broad spectrum of mediums. Their new show Sticky Thoughts is a collection of prints and paintings depicting their usual brand of humour, irony and wit and explores ideas […]
OFFSET 2014 speakers Detail are celebrating ten years in business (or as they would put it ‘tin’ years) and a gold bell at this year’s ICAD awards for their work on the recent Science Stamps for An Post. Following this we decided to make the short journey across the cobblestones here in Smithfield for a more detailed […]
The ICAD Awards have been running since the early 60s and reward creative excellence in Irish advertising & design. The best advertising and design creatives enter work across a range of categories – everything from websites, books, packaging and animation to TV and Integrated categories. This year the design category for the ICAD awards received […]
Summertime is upon us, which usually means for a certain section of the creative arts population, the constant search for a decent printer WITH ink, mount board, spray mount, a couple of sleepless nights along with the rush to get everything in on time or in other words final year graduation shows. Each year colleges up […]