Dan Sinker, the author of ‘The F***ing Epic Twitter Quest of @MayorEmanuel’ gives a brief evolution of Paul Hornschemeier‘s cover for the book here. Do take a peek at Hornschemeier’s quite brilliant daily drawings too.
Three have just announced an exciting new illustration competition to mark their re-branding.
Three will be using some of Ireland’s leading professional illustrators in their upcoming campaigns but they’re also supplementing that commitment with an exciting competition open to all but certainly appealing to young design & illustration professionals, recent graduates and students.
Each artist must respond to the simple brief http://www.three.ie/blankcanvas and upload their entry to the site.
All entries will be featured in a gallery style website along with all entrants contact details.
The first prize is 2000euro, an iPhone 4 on the Three network and your work on a limited edition iPhone 4 cover! Which seems to be enough of an incentive to enter to me but your work could also be featured in a future full campaign too. This is definitely one of those rare cases where entering will actually be good for your portfolio and your bank balance!
The three category winners will receive 500euro each and be featured in a launch event in a Dublin exhibition space coinciding with the announcement of the overall winner.
BRENB (that’s me!) will also act as a mentor for the winner, to assess their portfolio and to advise on how to further their career.
The judging panel will be made up of BRENB/Bren Byrne – Illustrator and director of The Small Print, Elaine Carey – Sales and Marketing Director for Three & Shay Madden – Creative Director with McCann Erickson.
You can visit the full competition site at http://www.three.ie/blankcanvas for details on the brief and how to enter.
This Wednesday sees the opening of a very exciting show of the work of Cor Klaasen, curated by Niall McCormack from the fantastic Hi-Tone Blog.
Cor Klaasen: Jackets, Covers & Sleeves
Venue: Adifferentkettleoffishaltogether, 18 Ormond Quay Upper
Times: Daily 11 – 5pm. Thurs 4 – Wed 10 November inclusive
Opening: Wednesday 3 November, 2010, 6 – 8 pm. Guest Speaker: Brian Lalor
Niall will be giving a talk about Klaasen at OFFSHOOT 4 in The Sugar Club on Thursday this week from 7Pm.
Heineken are running a competition to celebrate their new Your Heineken promotion.
Your Heineken Your City People from around the country are invited to take inspiration from the great cities of Ireland and express what the city means to them by designing their own, city inspired, Heineken bottle. The winning designer will then be given their very own part of Dublin, Cork or Galway, to recreate their design on a landmark building in one of the three major cities.
The winning design will be voted for by the public.
What is ‘Your Heineken’? ‘Your Heineken’ let’s beer fans personalise the very bottle that contains their favourite beer. Using the outline of the iconic green bottle as a template, Heineken enthusiasts can fill their bottle with designs, pictures and messages, creating their very own Heineken bottle, delivered straight to their door.
Log onto facebook.com/Heineken to design your own creation or browse the entries and vote for your favourite.
Drawers is a co-production between the IGI and the people at South Studios – a small visual arts business complex based in Dublin. The show features 14 IGI members and the rest are designers, photographers, architects and a fashion stylist next 26th March.
More info in www.illustratorsireland.com
The super productive Eboy have teamed up with Amnesty to create this incredible poster based on Amnesty’s Poverty is Modern campaign. As usual there’s a bazillion things going on anough to keep you coming back to it over and over. For a very reasonable €22.
Candy Collective, in association with Choice Cuts and D.E.A.F presents SweetTalk 37 on Thursday October 22nd 2009 at the Sugar Club, 8 Lower Leeson Street, Dublin 2. This SweeTalk features the amazing designer Vaughan Oliver and the hottest animator going – David O’Reilly. More info after the jump… (more…)
A few pics from the last Candy/IGI illustration SweetTalk featuring Ros Sheirs, Jonathan McHugh and Steve Simpson. The next SweetTalk will be on Thursday May 28th 2009 at the Sugar Club, 8 Lower Leeson Street, Dublin 2. Doors at 7pm. Featured speakers on the night are: Alex Trochut , Ian Stevenson & Gaetan Billault . (more…)
Whilst waiting for my scanner to warm up I was trawling through the website for the UK’s Design Museum and thought I’d share some of its cool content that I came across.
A really informative interview with Gorillaz co-creator Jamie Hewlett, were he talks about his influences and process. He also admits “I stopped reading comics a long time ago, because I am the sort of person who, if I see something I really like, I’ll probably copy it. Both my kids are really (more…)
