What it is ain’t exactly clear, etc.
Le Cool Dublin have created special guide to Dublin for visitors to this week’s Dublin Web Summit hoo ha.
For your perusal here
Coppers at number 6?
Hmm.
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Yikes.
By damn preppy hipster John Dillon.
Who sez:
I’m a graphic designer from Dublin and I’m based in London. I’ve been here since 2012 after graduating from IADT the previous year. I’m a graphic designer for Topshop at the moment.
This cover was actually an idea I had at the start of the year. There was a lot of talk in the media and elsewhere of “Triskaidekaphobia“, which is a severe phobia of the number 13. I wanted to produce something which would comfort any fearful Le Cool reader.
The Chair in Kilmainham Jail.
The second le cool cover by Donal Moloney, taken from his chair series.
Sez Donal
“Chair to me is probably a little like therapy. It’s fun and a great ‘go to’ when I’m in the mood for a photographic challenge or to simply keep my visual/compositional brain ticking over when I’ve got too much time on my hands.”
This week’s le cool Dublin issue
Sean by Donal Moloney.
Donal sez:
Amateur Boxing in Ireland is huge and the people involved are as interesting as the sport. I spent a few days at Donore Boxing Club in the Liberties [Dublin] and met some wonderful people. Their commitment to the kids within the community is inspirational. The individual in the shot is Sean, a bricklayer by day and a coach to the kids during most of his spare time.
…is all about Inchicore.
Filmmaker Ger Duffy sez:
This cover coincides with the release of the new episode of The Chronicles of Inchicore, a series myself and my buddy Daire Glynn hope to make a 12 part series written by a screenwriter friend of ours called Emmet Vincent. The new episode is part of a package we hope to get some financial backing behind in order to make the series…
This week’s Le Cool Dublin issue
Previously: The Chronicles of Inchicore
This week’s birthday edition cover.
By Pete Reddy (RedmanAKA).
He sez:
I used to be into circles, now I’m into triangles. The one pink triangle in the piece is dedicated to Declan Flynn, I’m not telling you who he is, but you should find out.
It’s a reminder how far Dublin has come, in terms of being a more integrated city and that should be celebrated.
Alicia in Ailis Mara for le cool Dublin’s 199th issue!.
By Steve Gallagher who sez:
“This a technique known as cinemagraph, which is a way of making a ‘moving still’. Ideally I would have liked an overcast day with some moving clouds in the background but unfortunately the Irish weather is always against you. The shoot was styled by the excellent Ruth Anna Coss with make-up by the wonderful Ciara Allen. Ailis Mara a recent NCAD graduate designed the piece being worn by Alicia from Distinct Model Management.
Everyone involved is working really hard in the Dublin fashion scene at the moment and they all kindly donated their time and skill. Everyone is from Dublin too, except for Ruth who is a Nordie but she’s paying her bin tax here now so we’ll let her away with it…”
By Clare-based Dubliner Matthew Griffin, (he of Robohead fame).
He’s good.
But who does he like?
Sez Matthew:
I’m a design and illustration junkie so let’s stick to illustration and say outside of Ireland: Kilian Eng & Sachin Teng. Inside of Ireland – Project Twins, Chris Judge, Steve McCarthy, Ale Mercado, Stephen Maurice Graham, Peter Donnelly, the juggernaught that is Steve Simpson.. I could go on – there is so much talent out there it can be quite daunting.
FIGHT!
Robohead in Clare.
By Dublin-born designer Matthew Griffin.
He sez:
This character, Robohead, has been my mascot for about 8 years now. I drew him first when I got my first proper illustration job in London and he’s been with me ever since. Freud or Jung would probably have a field day on what he means. But in this he’s sitting in the wilds of Clare (which he, I mean I (we), love) thinking about how much he misses Dublin – because I do. I was born there, went to school there, all my friends are there and my brothers… I do miss it. But I love Clare…”
This week’s Le Cool Dublin Issue
Thanks Kate Le Cool
By Amsterdam-based Irish designers Declan and Garech Stone, aka The Stone Twins
They say:
[this] is an update of an iconic John Hinde postcard photo, taken in the west of Ireland in the early 1960s. The reinvention of this image points at the transformation of Ireland from a poor backwater to the Celtic Tiger, and to its debt-ridden, yet resilient, current state. It also celebrates the obsession of today’s youth with shopping, brands, online-connectivity and non-stop music.
This week’s le cool dublin issue