Following on from our recent studio trip to Damn Fine Print, this week they will host their first solo screen-print show by resident print maker Neil Dunne. FLOOD / INTERPRET is a collection of new prints by this up and coming young artist. He creates intricate and layered imagery relevant to his personal experiences within the […]
Looking for an easy open access studio to work from and following a Kickstarter promotion in 2012, Kim Willoughby, Eric Greene and Alex Pacheco opened the doors to Damn Fine Print in Smithfield. Based on North Brunswick Street, DFP is now currently run by Kim Willoughby and studio manager Maisie McNeice. Over the last two Dublin OFFSETs we have […]
Our last installment for this series on Brown Bag Films is the award winning Peter Rabbit. Beatrix Potter’s classic tale has been brought to life for a whole new audience to enjoy in this special animated series. Directed by David McCamley Peter Rabbit had already won 3 Emmys in 2014 for Production Design, Art Direction and Storyboard and […]
Continuing our special series on Brown Bag Films we caught up with the multi award winning director of ‘Anya’ Damien O’Connor and it’s awarding winning music composer Darren Hendley. Anya is a five minute animated film, charting twenty years in the life of a Russian orphan. It is a unique initiative with the To Russia With Love charity to […]
After the success of the first OFFSKETCH in April, as part of the OFFSET 2015 schedule of events, Illustrators Ireland’s OFFSKETCH 2, in association with OFFSET and A4 Art, took place last Saturday, around Dublin’s fair city to celebrate National Drawing Day. There was over 70 plus attendees which included members of the IGI and some fortunate […]
‘An Ode To Love‘ is already a multi awarding winning short animation which has now just picked up another nomination, this time here at home from IFTA (best overall short). Director Matthew Darragh is a busy man, having been Episodic Director on Disney’s “Henry Hugglemonster” which has just finished its second season, he’s also writing a […]
2015 was our best OFFSET yet and yesterday we released our 2015 video, shot and directed by Al Hooi. Along with publishing our first magazine ‘Ways And Means,’ we had 3 packed days of presentations, panel discussions and interviews. 22 speakers took to the stage and everyone of them wowed us with the amount of […]
Irish animation is going through a bit of a golden age at the moment and there is no sign of it stopping. We paid a recent studio visit to OFFSET 2014 speakers and our neighbours here in Smithfield, Brown Bag Films, to catch up with the award winners and have a sneaky nose around their […]
In the lead up to the Marriage Equality vote on May 22nd a number of brilliant creatives have been using their expertise to promote and encourage people to get out and vote. Have a look below at what’s caught our attention here. NO LESS = NO MORE = VOTE YES OFFSET 2012 speaker Niall Sweeney from design […]
As if there wasn’t already enough reasons to go to this years event. Offset2015 speaker Peter Maybury‘s new book ‘Make ready’ will be tucked away neatly into your already bulging tote bag. “Make Ready” is a look back at some of Peter’s amazing work from over the years. A gift from OFFSET and Peter to […]