How to Have Great Ideas | Book Review

“How to Have Great Ideas – A guide to creative thinking” by John Ingledew offers exactly what it says on the cover, a handy guide that will ensure you’ll never be stuck for a great idea. An ideas man with Dublin based agency Boys and Girls, Mike Fleming reviewed this weeks Laurence King book, How To […]

Hate Mail : The Definitive Collection | Book Review

Hate Mail : The Definitive Collection is the ultimate retrospective of London-based illustrator/designer, Mr Bingo and his hugely popular Hate Mail project. Since 2011 and starting off on Twitter, Mr Bingo has sent 928 vintage postcards embellished with offensive messages to recipients around the world. This book, the ‘Rolls Royce’ of books, is a beautiful, high […]

Design Your Life | Book Review

OFFSET speaker, Vince Frost certainly knows a thing or two about design. He began his prolific career as the youngest Associate Director at Pentagram and set up Frost* Design in 1994. His newest book follows Vince around the world from his modest beginnings through to his evolution at Pentagram and a modern history with his internationally famous agency Frost* collective. With minimal pictures and […]

My Crazy Inventions Sketchbook | Book Review

Thinking outside the box is always important when it comes to creative thinking and we think it’s good to start young designers early. Someone who knows all about that is our good friend and designer, Ahmad Fakhry, one half of Designgoat, a Dublin-based industrial design studio. We asked Ahmad to review My Crazy Inventions Sketchbook […]

Little Houses | Book Review

Little Houses by Helen Musselwhite and published by Laurence King Publishing brings counting to life through the magical and colourful world of paper cut houses. Journey to lots of different little houses as you learn to spot and count from one to ten, (well, as your child learns to count from one to ten)! Helen’s […]

Mike Perry Has A New Book

OFFSET 2014 speaker and daydreaming illustrator, Mike Perry has a new book, My Mother Caught Me Doodling, launching this weekend to an eagerly awaiting audience. Following on from the exhibition of the same name, the 160-page book is jam packed with bright colour and awe-inspiring images of the female form. In his usual playful approach, Mike has […]