We’re excited to announce that OFFSET are helping to produce children’s book to be released Christmas 2019 to raise money to fight homelessness. Written by Shane O’Brien and Stephen Rogers, it will feature the talents of amazing Irish illustrators including Kevin Waldron, Fatti Burke, Sheena Dempsey, Peter Donnelly, Steve McCarthy, Fuchsia McAree, Chris Haughton, Ale […]
From the very first seek and find book that I opened by author and illustrator Brian Cronin, I was hooked, completely and utterly and transported into a magical world of colour and wild imagination. Bed time stories took way longer as myself and my daughters explored every inch of every page to find the answers, […]
Award winning children’s book author and champion Sarah Webb has joined Designer/Illustrator Steve McCarthy for their second collaboration… and what a treat it is. Essentially an illustrated compilation of favourite rhymes, poems and limericks curated from an “Irish childhood”, A Sailor Went To Sea Sea Sea is a charming trip down memory lane all wrapped […]
It was very exciting to get our hands on the first copy of The President’s Glasses by Peter Donnelly, ahead of his much anticipated appearance next March at OFFSET 2018. Peter has been working as a commercial illustrator for over twenty years with a background in animation that goes back even further. The echoes of […]
OFFSET returns to the Dublin’s landmark Bord Gáis Energy Theatre for its 12th edition with another stellar lineup of the best creative talent from around the world. Promising a programme packed with presentations, interviews, panel discussions and debates, with workshops, interactive demos, creative playzones as well as a curated marketplace and industry networking areas, all […]
When the doors closed on this Pop Up exhibition last week it was clear that this wasn’t just a showcase of portraits produced by a group of illustrators and designers but rather a snapshot of the vigorous healthy state of the Irish illustration community. It’s been our view for a long time that Illustration is […]
Continuing our series of posts previewing the contributors to THE STATE OF US, a new pop-up exhibition from Illustrators Ireland opening this Friday, Facebook details here. Dara Ní Bheachain – Graphic Designer. How did you approach the brief? Were you more concerned with likeness or trying to capture essence/personality? Are you conscious of the “sitter” […]
Continuing our series of posts previewing the contributors to THE STATE OF US, a new pop-up exhibition from Illustrators Ireland opening this Friday, Facebook details here. Niamh Sharkey – Illustrator & Author. How did you approach the brief? Were you more concerned with likeness or trying to capture essence/personality? Are you conscious of the “sitter” […]
We are delighted to be supporting THE STATE OF US, a new pop-up exhibition from Illustrators Ireland opening this Friday, Facebook details here. We sat down with one of the co-organisers, illustrator and artist Steve Doogan, last month so we thought it would be a good idea to see what we can expect by chatting […]
We are delighted to be supporting THE STATE OF US, a new pop-up exhibition from Illustrators Ireland opening for one night only next month. We sat down with one of the co-organisers, illustrator and artist Steve Doogan, to find out a bit more about this massive show! Tell us about the impetus for the show […]