Now that the dust has settled, we have taken the chance to look back and review OFFSET Dublin 2016. From creative inspiration on the main stage to industry insight on the Accenture Stage, each day of OFFSET was jam-packed with endless wisdom from leading innovative experts from around the world. As part of OFFSET Dublin 2016 we collaborated with […]
Fill your free time over the holiday season with some creative inspiration. We’ve pulled together 5 of our favourite Motion and Animation talks from the vast OFFSET archive. Put your feet up, get your notebook out and be inspired by some of the world’s best creatives from OFFSET Dublin since 2009. First up is Niamh Sharkey and Brown Bag Films […]
Using what seems like every second of his time when he wasn’t working at The Mill+ in New York, Dublin’s Aran Quinn created our OFFSET London titles. We caught up with Aran to see exactly how it all went down and how he injected his quirky and inventive use of stop motion along with that cheeky sense of humour […]
With over 2,500 attendees to our Dublin event each year, OFFSET has fast become one of the world’s most inspirational, educational and vocational conferences for the design and creative industries. This year we decided to stretch our wings and made our way to London to host our first international OFFSET in the historic Shoreditch Town […]
After 20 years off the telly, Danger Mouse came back on our screens this week on CBBC. Offset stalwart and illustrator Steve Simpson worked on the original cartoon at Cosgrove Hall over twenty years ago. I dropped him a line during the week to see what he makes of the new updated version and to […]
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 […]
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 […]
Every year OFFSET brings thousands of people through the doors of The Bórd Gáis Energy Theatre to embrace a weekend of wisdom, creativity and discussion. Among the masses hide media members from many of our favourite publications and outlets. Each one offers a unique take on their experience of the event. It’s always enjoyable to see […]