Typography from Ronnie Bruce on Vimeo.
Check out more Taylor Mali here www.taylormali.com
“Dublin Unsigned shines a light on some of the very best emerging acts from the Dublin scene. There are some incredible bands coming through right now and this compilation provides a snapshot of what’s hot and what’s likely to make a big impression in 2010”.
- Keith Johnson, IMRO
COMBO a collaborative animation by Blu and David Ellis (2 times loop) from blu on Vimeo.
Check out his Youtube channel where he’s posted more animated gems. He has a blog too.
NCAD Gallery is running a series of lectures on the postwar period in Irish graphic design starting with a conversation between Jan de Fouw and Conor Clarke on 17th November at 6.30. Full Schedule below:
Tuesday 17th November, 6.30pm
Jan de Fouw, the well-known Dutch designer who moved to Ireland in 1951, and Conor Clarke, founder & Director of Design Factory and author of ‘Orange and Green’ will hold a public conversation focusing on how Ireland’s image was moulded by Jan in the 1950s and 1960s.
Tuesday 1st December, 6.30pm Dr Linda King (IADT)
Politics, Pragmatism and Visualisation of National Identities: The Legacy of Aer Lingus Advertising.
This talk will examine the importance of the airline in disseminating concepts of national identity for both national and international audiences. The design output of both Abram Games and a generation of Dutch designers working in Dublin in the 1950s and 60s will be explored in this context.
Tuesday 15th December, 6.30pm Wendy Williams (NCAD)
Instruments of Mass Persuasion: War posters in the 1930s and 40s.
The poster became an increasingly eloquent means of engendering a proactive mindset during the Second World War. In this talk selected works, including those of Abram Games, are examined in terms of motivations, ideologies and responses.
Tuesday 5th January, 6.30pm Mary Ann Bolger (DIT)
Round towers, West Brits and the ‘Battery Hens of Moscow’: some issues in the ‘professionalisation’ of post-war Irish graphic design.
This paper will examine the generally overlooked influence of British models, including Abram Games, on the establishment of an Irish graphic design profession and the development of an indigenous design vocabulary. It will also examine the pivotal role that advertising designers – often maligned as apolitical, commercial jobbers – played in directing the course of modern Irish graphic design.
Harry Clarke Lecture Theatre
National College of Art and Design/Gallery
100 Thomas Street, Dublin 8, Ireland.
Tel +353-1-6364390
Some Blind Alleys is holding a Christmas Poem Contest. There is no cash prize, but the winner will become incredibly famous for winning: the poem will be published for about two weeks at the end of December (while the editor is on vacation).*
Top prize: A t-shirt saying you are the poetic equivalent of Jesus; infinite glory; bragging rights; the certainty that you are better than your peers.
Second, third, etc, prize: None. If you do not win, you deserve nothing. You make me sick.
Deadline: December 1, midnight.
Judge: Greg Baxter.
How to enter: Submit your poem through the SBA online submission form. Please do not send more than one attachment at a time (otherwise it will not come through). Choose “Other” for the category, and note, in the comments section, that it’s a contest entry.
The poem should be no longer than 30 lines, but if it must be, it can definitely be no longer than 40 lines.
How to win: Don’t take it too seriously. All serious poetry will be disqualified. Humor, bad language, hyperbole, filth, alcoholism, indifference, loathing, presents, Santa, joy, elves, death, cold, endless misery, terrible neighbors, cookies, fuzzy reindeer: these are all acceptable themes. Generally anything with the following rhyme scheme will be disqualified: abab, cdcd, efef, etc., or aabb, ccdd, eeff, etc. However, if the poem is REALLY funny and has that rhyme scheme, it will probably/definitely win.
Do I need to be a good poet to win? You only have to be the best poet alive.
Am I serious about this? Definitely. The winner will be announced at the Some Blind Alleys Christmas Party, December 5, at Le Cirk, at 8 p.m.
What makes me think I can judge poetry? What makes you think you can write poetry?
*Sadly, the poem will not stay on the main column after publication. This is probably good news for the winner, because it means it will not affect the poem’s eligibility to be published in the New Yorker, where it will no doubt end up.
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TULCA - an annual Galway season of contemporary visual art. Featuring local and international exhibitions, unexpected live-art performances and discussions & talks with artists with admission free to all events.
TULCA 2009 will take place in venues throughout Galway City including:
Galway Arts Centre | Galway Museum | Fairgreen Building | St. Nicholas Church | Galway University Hospital | 126
The Irish Guild of Illustrators are proud to announce the opening of a new group exhibition. The show will contain unique prints of work from the last 12 months by 30 members of the IGI. The show will run in conjunction with OFFSET 2009 from Monday 4th – Monday 11th November in Solus bar on Camden Street.
Venue: Solas Bar, Camden Street. Click here for map
