Fatti Burke, known to her friends as Kathi, is a Dublin-based illustrator and designer. Hailing from Waterford originally, she has just launched her book, Irelandopedia, which she has co-written with her father John Burke. For her first book this is an impressively ambitious undertaking, with the father daughter teaming up to produce a children’s book […]
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 […]
This Friday sees the 10th incarnation of Culture Night and amongst the many events taking place, one of our picks for the night is illustrator and artist Aoife Dooley‘s Dublin Hun for Downstairs Dublin along Merrion Square. Aoife was invited to be an ambassador this year for Culture Night and she will be doodling caricatures […]
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 […]
OFFSET and Look & Yes Films, will host a special screening of ‘Made You Look‘ in the Lighthouse Cinema, along with a special panel discussion afterwards with contributions from director Anthony Peters, former OFFSET speaker Andrew Rae and more OFFSET favourites, to be announced. Complimentary drinks on the night by Peroni. “If everything that we create […]
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 […]
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 […]
This Wednesday saw the release of the much anticipated comics collection, INJECTION. We headed down to the the Science Gallery for the launch and also caught up with artist and OFFSET2015 speaker, Declan Shalvey, to discuss the anatomy of a comic book page. SCRIPTS There are some creators who write and draw their own work, but […]
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 […]
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 […]