Huge scale paste-ups from Irish Illustrator & Street Artist Joe Caslin who is currently working on a street art project entitled ‘Our Nation’s Sons’ in Ireland.
Ireland
Jack Hogan
Donough O’Malley
Irish illustrator Donough O’Malley’s poster for record store day and some more of his work below.
Anthony Haughey – Settlement
Lauren O’Neill
Illustrations from Irish creative Lauren O’Neill. The alternative music poster is amazing and I just noticed her clever web site name.
Shape – Johnny Kelly & Scott Burnett
A new project commissioned by PIVOT Dublin called ‘Make Shape Change’ which was put together to ‘promote wider acceptance and use of design as a tool for positive change’. At the crux of this project is the best animation I’ve seen since ‘Back to the Start’. Although also directed and designed by Johnny Kelly this one is written by Scott Burnett and produced by Ali Grehan. The simple forms follow through on the web site which is an outlet for young people to find out more about design in everyday life. This looks like it’s the start of something really great.
Talos / Feel Good Lost
I saw this over on Nialler9 last week and I’ve had it on repeat all weekend. So early but I doubt anything else will beat this for song of the year. It’s by a Cork based Irish musician who goes by the moniker of Talos and accompanied by yet another emotionally charged video from Feel Good Lost, who have been mentioned a few times on Surface & Surface before namely the recent video for Hozier, Take me to the Church. Tethered Bones is the only song I could find by Talos so far but really looking forward to what comes next. You can watch the video or just listen to the song on the soundcloud link below.
Offset 2014 – Best Bits
Another year over and another Offset, 5th one this year. So many amazing projects and ideas from very talented people. I’ve put together a few images from some of the stand out speakers for me. If you’ve never been to Offset before and like the stuff on this site you should give it a go next year if you get a chance.
Bjørn Rune Lie, Norwegian illustrator.
Richard Mosse, Irish Photographer.
Maser, Irish Artist.
Jon Burgerman, British Artist.
Jessica Walsh, American Designer and one half of Sagmeister & Walsh.
I Love Dust, multi-disciplinary studio in South of England.
Detail, Irish Graphic Designers.
Christ Judge, Irish Illustrator.
Rich Gilligan – DIY Exhibition
Images from Irish Photographer and Skateboarder Rich Gilligan’s series DIY. These Photographs were made during the 4 years he spent traveling Europe and America visiting skate parks built by skateboarders. DIY is on show at the Copper House Gallery, Dublin until 3rd April.