Oh, but this is just a taste.
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By Ivor Noyek who sez
The cover is inspired by the [Dublin band] Bantum album Legion released last week and launching this Friday. The illustration is created in pencil, pen, ink and charcoal then I tried to reflect the energy and diversity of the tracks through the movement and sporadic patterns. At times the animation syncs with the tunes, good fun.
By Ivor Noyek who sez:
Recently, I’ve been looking at Marian Bantjes and Stefan Sagmeister‘s typographic pieces as well as Peter Saville‘s album covers for New Order. I created typography from different objects (flowers being one) and was initially going to spell out a few words that I felt reflected the abundant creative scene in Dublin. But the more I worked on it, the more the abstract solution became more interesting as a cover (the typographic stuff is still in there somewhere, no really it is!).
A divisive icon.
By Tom Bourke who sez:
This cover was inspired by next month’s Open House weekend. It is an illustration of Liberty Hall on Eden Quay. Love it or hate it, Liberty Hall is an iconic building on the Dublin skyline and might not be around for too much longer.
Do you like this poster?
We have ONE framed edition of designer Alan Wall and photographer Richard Walshe‘s Le Cool Dublin cover from last week to give away.
Perfect for the home, office or to simply hide a nasty stain that’s lying there.
To enter, just finish this sentence.
I deserve the framed Dublin poster because…
Lines close at 2pm.
Meanwhile, here’s some detail:
Thanks Bibi
UPDATE: Richard has chosen the winning entry (below) by ‘Ronnie Drew’ (AKA Sinead) Claire Healy wins a runners-up unframed poster. Thanks all.
I deserve the framed Dublin poster because I remember Dublin when it was really dirty old Dublin…when it was still a kip but we loved it anyway. I remember the old lady dancing on O’Connell Street. I remember Burdock’s on a Friday night stinking up my dad’s car with the smell of chips. I remember the barrage of 70 year old Dublin street sellers on Henry Street with their “wrappin’ paper, five for fifty” running their prams down the street when the guards showed up. I remember the stink of the Liffey…when it really stank. I remember Roches Stores and Hector Grey’s. I remember Mother Redcaps. I remember pre-hipster South William Street. I remember the Christmas windows in the old Switzers en route to the panto. I remember how Dubliners would avoid town on the 8th December. I remember when people would bemoan the return of “the students”. I remember the trees on O’Connell Street. I remember the Dice man. I get emotional listening to “Summer in Dublin” even though I still live here. So, please can I have it?
By graphic designer Tom Bourke, who sez:
I found loads of old photographs of Dublin on the National Library of Ireland’s Flickr account. It’s interesting to see what has/hasn’t changed in Dublin from the past and what we’ve lost – especially the signage and hand rendered typography. The artwork over the photos echoes this vintage signage.
‘Dublin’
By Richard Walshe and Alan Wall of Workhouse.
Alan sez:
I’m a fan of American designer Aaron Draplin who makes these great posters for different US states. I started wondering “what would I put in a Dublin one?” and eventually made it myself. I particularly wanted to include the Poolbeg chimneys. Bank of Ireland once had an ad where they painted them blue and white which I thought was brilliant. We are thinking of turning this into a big poster with lots more Dublin icons.
By Alan Wall of Workhouse who sez:
I think the Ha’penny Bridge is the most iconic image of Dublin. Not only is it something that people recognise instantly, but people use it regularly and they enjoy using it. I can’t think of many Dublin icons that are as well loved and used by the locals. So it was fun to simplify it down to two colours and still keep it identifiable.
Mmm.
Trippy.
By Grace McEvoy who sez:
This week and next week’s cover are animated gifs. For a while I’ve been collecting and reblogging images I like or find relate to one another on my tumblr as an archive of material to use for future projects. For this cover I’ve re-appropriated and re-mixed a selection of these images to form a kind of ‘techno-mental dreamscape’. I’m interested in this idea of altered states of mind mediated by technology, imagined landscapes and our desire to conjure up ideas of ‘the future’.
It’s called ‘Snippety’.
By graphic design graduate Danielle O’Connell who sez:
I moved up to Dublin last year and one of the best things about living and working in the city is the stories I see and hear happening all around me. For this piece I wanted to highlight those great snippets of people’s conversations that I get a chance to witness on a daily basis. It’s these little instances that make the city so colourful to me.
By Peter Donnelly who sez:
This is one panel from a larger piece titled Rotkappchen. It’s based on the original tale of little Red Riding Hood. I’d been admiring German woodcut illustration and wanted to try work something in a similar style. I begin every assignment with drawing but my illustrations are all finished digitally.
