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ADAM CRANEADRIAN SHAUGHNESSY
AISLING FARINELLAALEX TROCHUTANA BENAROYA
ANTHONY BURRILLBARRY SHARCBEN NEWMAN
BLAMBOB GREY
BRENBBRIAN NOLANCHLOE EARLY
CHRIS HAUGHTONCHRIS JUDGE
CIARAN WALSHCONOR HARRINGTON
CRAIG REDMAND.A.D.D.Y.
DANIEL EATOCKDARREN FIRTH
DARREN McCREESHDAVID GENSLER
DAVID JOYCEDAVID O’REILLYEMILY FORGOT
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Indeed a very warm welcome to The Small Print’s Review of 2010. Wow...what a year! Living and working in Ireland it would be easy to think that with all the focus (justified though it was) on our economic downturn, the EU/IMF bailout, incompetent politicans, rising unemployment, the return of emigration and the snow (Sweet Jesus, the snow!) that 2010 must rank as one of the worse years in living memory. But despite the wave after wave of negativity washing over us we still witnessed a focussed and inspiring creative scene throughout the year... Seriously, it was there once you looked for it.
From Irish animatiors’ Oscar success in March to the inspirational presentations at OFFSET in October and so much more in between, 2010 really was a bumper year creatively both here and abroad and across all disciplines. With that in mind, we surveyed some of our favourite creatives and commentators on what they felt were the highlights of the past year.
We hope this document will help redress the negativity and be a perfect tonic as we all look forward to making 2011 even better!
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Personal achievement of the year?Winning A Gold Clio and collecting it in NYC.
Event of the year?Offset by a country mile.
The thing that blew your mind in 2010?Poke London/Studio AKA at Offset.
Album of the year?The Naked and Famous –‘Passive Me, Aggressive You’.
Exhibition of the year?First Visit to the Guggenheim NY.
Your favourite piece of work;Of yours... ‘Change’ – was made from 1500 one cent coins and made the national press on Budget Day.
& of someone else...This is wonderful http://www.dayswithmyfather.com
Film of the year?The Social Network.
Book of the year?Rediscovered the Cat in the Hat and Green Eggs & Ham (via my 1 year old).
Find of the year?All the apps on the iPhone.
Biggest disappointment?Guns N Roses at the Point.
Thoughts for 2011?Chin Up, the worst is over.
ADAM CRANE
ONE OF DUBLIN’S BUSIEST BEES HTTP://WWW.THEHIVE.IE RIGHT: ‘THE DAYS WITH MY FATHER’PHOTOGRAPHER: PHILLIP TOLEDANOHTTP://WWW.DAYSWITHMYFATHER.COM
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Personal achievement of the year?Keeping my publishing venture -Unit Editions - alive and kicking. We’ve decided to say “no thanks” to the book trade and sell our books (and posters, papers, etc) exclusively online via our website. This might be madness, but we’ll see. Publishing our book Supergraphics was another highlight, and also taking up a teaching role at the RCA in London.
Event of the year?Speaking at Offset2010 in Dublin: the graphic designer’s equivalent of playing Madison Square Gardens. Only better.
The thing that blew your mind in 2010?Probably the iPad. Despite initial resistance (I love books) and a feeling that Apple was turning into Microsoft, I was soon won over, and I now use it constantly for reading books and magazines, watching films, web surfing, email and stabbing pathetically at music-making Apps.
Album of the year?Manafon by David Sylvian.
Exhibition of the year?John Pawson at the Design Museum
Your favourite piece of work;Of yours... Probably the logo I did for the newly independent (again) Mute records. It is an adaption of the logo that the company’s founder Daniel Miller created when he started the label in the 70s. But I’ve added the idea of the “third plinth”. This is a part of the logo (like the 4th plinth in Trafalgar Square) that designers and bands can fill-in with anything they like.
& of someone else...Ah, so much. So much. I’m partly dictated by the fact that it is something I saw the other day - but I genuinely love it. It is the imagery for the Liverpool Biennial by Thoughtful. Seeing giant wolves heads all over Liverpool was genuinely exciting and provocative.
Film of the year?Dogtooth.Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans I Am Love.http://tinyurl.com/42243q
Book of the year?Design book: Fanzine by Teal Triggs.Non design: The Memory Chalet by Tony Judt and Electric Eden by Rob Young.
Find of the year?All of the above.
Biggest disappointment?The usual things: collapsing economies; savage cuts to public services (always the wrong ones); advance of climate change; crap corporations treating customers like criminals; banks; bankers; celebrity culture: I could go on.
Thoughts for 2011?All of the above - although maybe i should add the huge rise in ethical and social focus i see in design students. It’s not isolated. I see it everywhere and it’s inspiring and fills me with optimism.
ADRIAN SHAUGHNESSY
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Personal achievement of the year?Ran a half marathon in Achill - whoop!
Event of the year?OFFSET, duh!
The thing that blew your mind in 2010?Simone Rocha SS11 collection. Album of the year?Beachhouse ‘Teen Dream’.
Exhibition of the year?‘Overflow’ An exhibition of the work ofVal del Omar in the vault of the Alhambra in Spain.
Your favourite piece of work;Of yours... Eilis Boyle 10th Collection film & installation. Photography Rich Gilligan.
& of someone else...Fergal Brennan’s ‘Hello Night Crow’ video for Sanso Xtro.http://tinyurl.com/364bpp9
Film of the year?‘Vincere’ directed by Marco Bellocchio.
Book of the year?Cormac McCarthy ‘The Border Trilogy’... I’m a little obsessed with cowboys...Oh but it’s probably not from 2010?
Find of the year? My lovely new gaff.
Biggest disappointment?Closing Circus Store.
Thoughts for 2011?It’s going to be AMAZING.
AISLINGFARINELLA
SMALL PRINT BLOGGERAND STYLIST TO THE STARS
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Personal achievement of the year?Driving licence (finally! :)
Event of the year?Primavera Sound
The thing that blew your mind in 2010?Last night, FC Barcelona 5 - Madrid 0. EPIC
Album of the year?Caribou ‘Swim’
Exhibition of the year?Skin Fruit @ New Museum, NYC
Your favourite piece of work;Of yours... Arcade Fire @ Berkeley Greek Theatre
& of someone else...Jonathan Zawada’s ‘Disorder Never Decreases’
Film of the year?The Social Network
Book of the year?Arròs Covat ‘Juanjo Saez’
Find of the year?Forever Alonehttp://tinyurl.com/253vsvq
Biggest disappointment?http://tinyurl.com/26by5kj
Thoughts for 2011?No more materialism and bling, long life to human values, nature and imperfect beauty. Complexity without complexes.
ALEXTROCHUT
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Personal achievement of the year?I would say having a collection of platesand mugs come out at Fishs Eddy in NYC. It’s so amazing to see somethingI worked on produced and for sale in one of my favorite stores!!! http://tinyurl.com/35apgoc
Event of the year?When a federal judge overturned Prop 8 in California. The issue’s a personal one and amidst all the crap thats been going on in the world it was nice to see something going right. http://tinyurl.com/28vluzs
The thing that blew your mind in 2010?Falling in love.
Album of the year?Marina and the Diamonds: The Family Jewels. I saw her in concert twice and I think she is so unique and creative when she performs. http://tinyurl.com/2ua5uwz
Exhibition of the year?I love the shows that The Society of Illustrators puts on in NYC. http://www.societyillustrators.org
Your favourite piece of work;Of yours & of someone else...My favorite piece that I did this year wasthis pair of socks (right). And I recently rediscovered Paul Blow and fell in love with this piece. It’s an amazing color palette.
Film of the year?Jean-Michel Basquiat: The Radiant Child. This movie kept me thinking about it for the longest time. I rewatched it three times over in the course of 2 days. http://tinyurl.com/26nqlu6
Book of the year?I read a lot of Haruki Murakami this year.But I couldn’t tell you which was my favorite. http://www.murakami.ch/main_3.html
Find of the year?These shoes (right).
Biggest disappointment?Just the everyday struggles of being a freelancer. When it’s good it’s good, when its bad it’s bad!
Thoughts for 2011?I want to stay true to myself as an artist and keep my loved ones close to me.If I can do all those things 2011 will be a great year.
ANABENAROYA
MUCH MORE THAN A DECENT HUMAN BEING. HTTP://WWW.ANABENAROYA.COM
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Personal achievement of the year?Taking on less work.
Event of the year?Camp Bestival - the first time I’ve taken my children to a festival and the most fun I’ve ever had at a festival.
The thing that blew your mind in 2010?Travelling to South Korea for theBritish Council.
Album of the year?xx by The xx. It became omnipresent during the year, I still listen to it now,and it still sounds beautiful.
Exhibition of the year?Fiona Banner - Tate BritainDuveens Commission.http://tinyurl.com/33pjesg
Your favourite piece of work;Of yours...Oil & Water poster (left)http://www.gulfofmexico2010.com
& of someone else...‘Dressing for Pleasure’ -Fuel / Jonny Trunk (above).http://tinyurl.com/32xtut2
Film of the year?Toy Story 3
Book of the year?‘The Haçienda: How not to run a nightclub’ - Peter Hook.
Find of the year?A beautiful screenprint by 60’s pop artist Peter Phillips that now hangs above our piano.http://tinyurl.com/37nh5ws
Biggest disappointment?World peace was not announced (again).
Thoughts for 2011?More fun, please.
ANTHONY BURRILL
A MAN OF FEW WORDS THAT ALWAYS LEAVES AN IMPRESSION
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TOY STORY 3 BY PIXARHTTP://WWW.PIXAR.COM©2010 PIXAR
Personal achievement of the year?Being asked to give the after dinner lecture at Cothaigh at An Culturlann on the Falls Road in Belfast. The breadth of what is taking place is fantastic and deeply stimulating. www.forbairtfeirste.com www.culturlann.com
Event of the year?Three really. Open House, Offset and Design Week. All grew, were fun and are gaining traction.
The thing that blew your mind in 2010?Viral Meningitis.
Album of the year?Bruce Springsteen’s ‘The Promise’(I have seen him in concert 47 times or more..... I am nothing if not obsessional).
Exhibition of the year?Neil Prendeville DJ!!!http://tinyurl.com/3y9682o
Your favourite piece of work;Of yours… The work that is delivered through others... my students.
& of someone else…My student, Fiona Nolan winner of theIDI graduate Design Award for Interiorshttp://tinyurl.com/24vblew
Film of the year?Certified Copy.
Book of the year?Benny and Shrimp.
Find of the year?Am keeping her a secret.
Biggest disappointment?Seeing wonderful talented friends lose their jobs.
Thoughts for 2011?“...If winter comes can spring be far behind?”
BARRY SHARC
LECTURER & DESIGN WEEK DIRECTOR HTTP://WWW.DESIGNWEEK.IE BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN ‘THE PROMISE’HTTP://WWW.BRUCESPRINGSTEEN.NET
AVIVA STADIUM,LANDSDOWNE ROAD, DUBLIN.HTTP://WWW.AVIVASTADIUM.IE
HTTP://WWW.ARCHITECTUREFOUNDATION.IE/OPENHOUSE
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Personal achievement of the year?Having my first ever vinyl toy released (The Dicephaly Brothers) and for it to sell out. My 7 year old self was blown away (to be honest, so was the 29 year old one).http://www.nobrow.net/1274
Event of the year?The ATP Nightmare Before Christmas Curated by Godspeed You! Black Emperor.
The thing that blew your mind in 2010?My favourite Pixar artist buying a ‘Dicephaly Brothers’ toy. Awesome.
Album of the year?‘Catch My Shoe’ by The Ex.http://tinyurl.com/353fwrm
Exhibition of the year?‘Art of the New World’at The Bristol Museum.http://tinyurl.com/2wav38l
Your favourite piece of work;Of yours...Creating this image gave me such satisfaction. I find it rare that a piece of work falls together so easily and thankfully this one did. I saw it as quitea significant improvement in my work.
Of someone else...Bjorn Lie.http://www.bjornlie.com
Film of the year?Toy Story 3.
Book of the year?‘Saisons’ by Blexbolex.http://tinyurl.com/2ueravp
Find of the year?Czech matchbox labels. I now have a huge collection. I also now have a small bank balance.
Biggest disappointment?The Walking Dead TV series. The pilotwas fantastic but it’s rapidly going downhill.
Thoughts for 2011? Have a holiday next summer.
BENNEWMAN
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Personal achievement of the year?Launching my new websitehttp://print-process.com
Event of the year?Richard Seabrooke coming to London for the day 7 galleries in 1 day. Also, Tron premiere party in the Turbine Hall at the Tate [It was a bit like if Carlsberg made nightclubs].
The thing that blew your mind in 2010?Winning tickets on the Fred Perry website to see The Specials at the 100 club with another 100 lucky winners. It was Fred Perry’s 100th birthday celebrations and they had organised his competition it was the warm up gig for Glastonbury, a very ‘Special’ evening. I never win anything :(
Album of the year?Gavin Lucas’ stolen mix cd compilation, he played a blinder!
Exhibition of the year?Dieter Rams - Design Museum.
Your favourite piece of work;Of yours...As it’s the only thing i have done this year I guess it will have to be a logo i did for a friend. He is a cabinet maker so this is a diagram for him to make his logo out of wood. We will then have it photographed to form his branding for his stationery.
& of someone else...My son Jack’s drawing of an alien (right)I dont push him to draw or follow in my footsteps as i want him to be his own person and do what he is naturally best at but i loved the day he did this, he went off to the kitchen table and played quietly for 30 minutes [i was probably watching football focus] and then presented me with this drawing [admittedly it does look like a bird] but dont let him know i said that, it made me swell with pride when he handed it to me picture to follow followed up closely by Build’s book of cats :)
Film of the year?1 Inception2 Toy Story 33 Social Network
Book of the year?The Walking Dead [graphic novels]closely followed by The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo [I came to both works late in the day + guilty of not reading enough].
Find of the year?Google analytics [again late comer].
Biggest disappointment?Trip to Wembley[Saint Johnstones Paints’ Trophy]Carlisle 1 Southamptom 4
Also a highlight as it was my sons first football game he still sing blue army so the brain washing worked.
Also, having to fly home early from Offset 2010 and missing Mark Farrow talk.
Thoughts for 2011?Need to take Jack to more swimming lessons. I want to get into work more next year as the last 2 years have been disjointed due to building work andfamily stuff.
I know that nobody on their death bed says I wish I had spent more time in the office but works really exciting at the moment and I am really loving every minute so my focus for 2011 is getting Blanka 2.0 ready.
We spent a lot of time working on Print-Process in 2010, it’s time to spend some TLC on Blanka as its in need of an update. It’s 5 years old this month as I write [November] and whilst its served me well, it’s becoming clunky so watch this space [Summer 2011].
Also working with lots of new people and developing new work for both websites -[sorry to plug my own stuff so much] :)Also looking forward to the Wim Crouwel exhibition at the Design Museum and hopefully a more satisfactory trip to Wembley or even better promotion tothe Championship :)
BLAM
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OLLY MOSS REIMAGING OF THE ORIGINALSTAR WARS TRILOGY POSTERS
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Personal achievement of the year?Winning the tender to be creative director of Dublin’s World Design Capital 2014 bid team. It’s a great honour for the studio. Event of the year?Offset. Nothing came close. The thing that blew your mind in 2010?Kings of Leon – Madison Square Garden. Album of the year?Lungs. Even though it came out last year I only bought it this year. Exhibition of the year?NCAD Graduate show. Went with my little girl. Great to see her reaction to the work on show. Your favourite piece of work;Of yours... Difficult question, there has been so much this year that we are proud of.We have worked on projects for Dr, Martens, JDIFF, IMMA, Trinity we even created an exhibition space for the FIFA World Cup™… Although I would probably go for Maurice Ward Art Handling. It was a small identity/website but we got to work with great people; copywriter – Neil Cubley, illustrator – Orlagh Murphy and photographer – Eoghan Kavanagh not to mention the client, of course.
& of someone else...This is even more difficult. So much great work produced around the world; Elephant Magazine, W+K’s Old Spice guy, Hillman Curtis’s ongoing artist portraits, anything Michael Kupperman has done and at home; Detail’s Bullcat, Conor & David’s Kilkenny Lightwall, Aad’s Arms work... Nevertheless, as good as that lot is, I would either go for Tone, a series of furniture designs by Ueno Takashi or The High Line in New York. Film of the year?The Social Network. Book of the year?‘Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet’by David Mitchell. Find of the year?32 Lennox Street. A great new studio space with a window that begs for nonsense. Also, Jarvis Cocker’s Sunday Service on 6 music.
Biggest disappointment?Dublin GAA football team. They came so close to reaching an All Ireland Final and just missed out at the last minute.
Thoughts for 2011?Stay positive. We’re lucky to be in an industry that allows us to solve problems through creativity, wit and emotion.
BOB GREY
A PIVOTAL FIGURE IN DUBLIN DESIGNTHIS YEAR
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Personal achievement of the year?Having my busiest year ever as an illustrator. Most of the year I have been working on a project that won’t be seen until mid 2011, but its very exciting. Meeting so many amazingly creative people throughout the year. I’m very proud of my role in bringing OFFSET to fruition for the second year. Meeting Chris Ware and Dan Clowes.
Event of the year?I know its a bit self serving but OFFSET2010 was the star for me this year.
The thing that blew your mind in 2010?Standing on stage at OFFSET2010 holding George Lois’s arm aloft as he took a hugely deserved standing ovation after his presentation. For years to come people will claim to have been at OFFSET2010 and heard George Lois speak! Incredibly inspiring.
Album of the year?I tend to listen to talk radio while I’m working and watch TV/films when I’m not, so music doesn’t play a bit part in my daily routine anymore. In saying that Aeroplane’s mixes are on my most played list for 2010.
Exhibition of the year?Laundry - organised by Steve Doogan for the IGI/OFFSET2010 and hosted for 1 night only. Incredibly creative response by all those who submitted work and the best attended show I attended in 2010.
Cor Klaasen retrospective organised by Niall McCormack.
Your favourite piece of work;Of yours...A design and bottle wrap to showcase Heineken’s YOUR HEINEKEN campaign.
& of someone else...Serge Seidlitz’s drawn apology for not making it do Dublin for OFFSHOOT due to the volcanic ash cloud.http://vimeo.com/11094729
Film of the year?‘Toy Story 3’. The Godfather and Star Wars could only make 2 decent movies in their respective trilogies but PIXAR have beaten them down with possibly keeping the best till last in TS3.
Honourable mentions to...Tom Ford’s ‘A Single Man’ - technically 2009 but I think I only saw it in January 2010. Loved every frame of it.
Lisa Cholodenko’s ‘The Kids Are Alright’.
Book(s) of the year?‘The Dome’ - first Stephen King novelI’ve read, loved it!‘Lint’ - the latest by the genius Chris Ware.‘Trespass’ - Wooster Collective’s History of Street Art.‘KAWS’ - monograph on street/fine artist KAWS... incredible body of work.
Find of the year?Nobrow - small press publishers from London. Really nice guys and their work is incredible.http://www.nobrow.net
‘Bored to Death’ - a comedy series on HBO. 2 series in and I am hooked. It feels like it was written exclusively for me. Ted Danson’s character is as good as any in TV history.http://tinyurl.com/yzshbwq
Lavinia Sima - the girl in the white dress from the ‘Always find me in the kitchen at parties’ IKEA ad.http://tinyurl.com/2aqqtyb
Biggest disappointment?Being so busy that a few personal projects got shoved onto the back burner.
Thoughts for 2011?I think the (understandable) panic that was prevalent in 2010 is coming to an end and people are more focused on positivity. 2011 is going to see a massive output of creativity in Ireland and I hope we can continue to be part of facilitating its development.
BRENB
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Personal achievement of the year?Getting through 2010. Avoiding news and politics as much as possible and enjoying everything else.
Event of the year?Offset 2010 (obviously)
The thing that blew your mind in 2010?UK Pavilion, Shanghai Expo 2010, Heatherwick Studio.Helmut Smits.Troika, Shoal.http://www.troika.uk.com/shoal
Album of the year?Gorillaz - Plastic Beach.
Exhibition of the year?The Moderns IMMA.
Film of the year?The Social Network.
Book of the year?‘Bicycle Diaries’ David Byrne.
Find of the year?Cliff House Hotel [thanks D. Smith].http://www.thecliffhousehotel.com
Biggest disappointment?Our government and our banks.
Your favourite piece of work;Of yours... Science Gallery Annual Review (far right).
& of someone else...Indecisiveness makes favorites difficult — these are all favourites:
Conor&Davidhttp://www.conoranddavid.com
Aadhttp://www.studioaad.com
BRIAN NOLAN
THE CLEVER DEVIL OF DETAIL HTTP://WWW.DETAIL.IE
Atelier David Smithhttp://www.atelier.ie
Zero-Ghttp://www.zero-g.ie
Thoughts for 2011?Make things happen. Be nice.
THE SOCIAL NETWORK HTTP://WWW.THESOCIALNETWORK-MOVIE.COM
Personal achievement of the year? My first US solo show in LA at Corey Helford Gallery.http://tinyurl.com/468638t
Event of the year? Taking a month off last January to wander around South East Asia withmy boyfriend.
The thing that blew your mind in 2010? My Mum overcoming her fear of travelling and making it to visit me in London for only her second time out of Ireland in nearly 30 years.
Album of the year? One Life Stand - Hot Chip.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mPXPIx1LlPY
Exhibition of the year? Chris Ofili at Tate Britain, it was the first show I went to see in 2010 on return from Asia and it massively reaffirmed the power of art for me.
Your favourite piece of work;Of yours... Silver Tip Symphony.http://tinyurl.com/4pbv2j4 & of someone else...Jonathan Wateridge Jungle Scene with Plane Wreck.http://tinyurl.com/47pfkyo
Film of the year? ‘The American’ but I’m going to see ‘Somewhere’ tonight so might have changed my mind by tomorrow.http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1440728http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1421051
Book of the year? ‘The Year of the Flood’by Margaret Atwood.
Find of the year?Usman my driving teacher.
Biggest disappointment?That it went too fast.
Thoughts for 2011? I will eat less, work more, drink less but have more fun, travel less but be more grateful for the traveling I do, and thanks to Usman one day in 2011 I will drive on a main road and it will be a revelation... Can’t wait.
CHLOE EARLY
SHE USES A BRUSH LIKE SHE ISRINGING A BELL
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Personal achievement of the year? My book ‘A Bit Lost’ got published by Walker books this year which in itselfwas a huge achievement, then it wonthe Gold prize at the Association of Illustrators awards for childrens books!!!! Crazy!!! Was a pretty good year! Event of the year?Honestly I think Offset was my favourite event of the year. Certainly the best art/design related event i was at in 2010. The thing that blew your mind in 2010?Working in India and Nepal. I actually spent 8 months of this year there working there. I’m really excited about carpets and the prints that we are doing. Album of the year?Most played is probably Broadcast’s newalbum... Although i think it’s from last year. I’m a bit slow.http://tinyurl.com/3x2bl8z
Exhibition of the year?I re-discovered William Morris’s work at the William Morris Gallery this year. He is one of Britain’s best known designers and the prints on display are AMAZING but I’m also a huge fan of his outlook and philosophy. He pretty much stopped designing in his later years to write about social reform and set up his own publishing house... He invited people like George Bernard Shaw over to his design studio to give a talk about socialism!! Really amazing guy!!! It’s a bit out of the way in east London but well worth the visit.http://tinyurl.com/2v3qlybhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Morris Your favourite piece of work;Of yours...I’m very happy with the work i did forThe Gibson Hotel... two big murals and their menus and stuff..http://www.thegibsonhotel.ie & of someone else...Kevin Waldron and Michael Rosen’s‘Tiny Little Fly’ is GREAT!!!! A new picture book classic i think! Film of the year?In the cinema Gaspar Noe’s ‘The Void’ was pretty amazing. Totally crazy film!!!! Also this is EXCELLENT. ‘The Weather Underground’ by Sam Green, one of the most interesting and best made documentaries I’ve seen. You can watch it all online.http://tinyurl.com/2vgsxhy
Book of the year?I’m not very current with this sort of stuff.Most of my books i get in second-hand shops etc..! But the best books I read this year were: ‘The Evolution of Co-operation’ by Robert Axelrod (it’s the book that Richard Dawkins says we should all read instead of the bible!).It’s about game theory and how it isthat we are better off co-operating.Goes through from ants to military strategy... really fascinating stuff.Brian Eno’s diary... ‘A year with swollen appendices’. ‘The Blank Slate’ bySteven Pinker. Find of the year?Fair trade Nepalese carpet makers!!!These guys rock!!!!!!!!!!!!!!http://tinyurl.com/2wgzk25 Biggest disappointment?Not finishing off my book in time (again!!!), ahem....! Thoughts for 2011?I hope i feckin’ do my book in time...!!!!!!! I’m doing a new picture book called‘Oh No! George!’. It’s about a bad dog.It SHOULD be out at the end of 2011/Spring 2012.
CHRIS HAUGHTON
ETHICAL ILLUSTRATOR HTTP://WWW.CHRISHAUGHTON.COMHTTP://WWW.VEGETABLEFRIEDRICE.COM
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Personal achievement of the year?Finishing my first picture book and finding a publisher in the UK will to publish it next year!http://tinyurl.com/32gq6y9
Event of the year?OFFSET by a long shot.
The thing that blew your mind in 2010?Life on Earth - The other one.
Album of the year?Adebisi Shank – ‘International Dreambeat’. Exhibition of the year?Jay Roche in Monster Truck.
Your favourite piece of work;Of yours... LeCool cover in November. & of someone else...I really loved the new work by illustrator Mark Wickham.http://nomanshand.blogspot.com
Film of the year?Piranha 3D.http://piranha-3d.com Book of the year?‘At Home’ - Bill Bryson. Find of the year?Andersons Creperie. Biggest disappointment?Not having an exhibition of personal work and not continuing my driving lessons. And the state of our awful government. Thoughts for 2011?Big changes coming!
CHRIS JUDGE
A BEAST OF A MAN HTTP://WWW.CHRISJUDGE.COM
EXHIBITION ILLUSTRATIONILLUSTRATED BY MARK WICKHAMHTTP://WWW.NOMANSHAND.BLOGSPOT.COM
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‘LIFFEY TOWN’ BY FERGAL McCARTHYHTTP://WWW.LIFFEYTOWN.COM
Personal achievement of the year?Becoming a father for the first time.Not that I had much to do with the actual birth process.
Event of the year?Offset 2010. The thing that blew your mind in 2010?See personal achievement. Album of the year?Gil Scott-Heron ‘I’m New Here’.
Exhibition of the year?Can’t decide between The Gift by Giorgia Fiorio (Gallery of Photography) or kennardphillipps and Sean Hillen as part of Photo Ireland Festival.
Your favourite piece of work;Of yours...My first proper poster, for IGI/Offset Laundry exhibition, sold it too. http://tinyurl.com/35rayvz
& of someone else...Liffey Town - Feargal McCarthy.http://www.liffeytown.com
Film of the year?Gainsbourg (Vie héroïque). Book of the year?A Football Man, John Giles.
Find of the year?This American Life podcast.
Biggest disappointment?That new LCD Soundsystem album. Thoughts for 2011?The austerity years will begin in earnest but the potential for a generation tomark its own mark and take charge ofits own destiny has never been greater. The thing to fear is fear itself, like Franklin D. Roosevelt says in this brilliant speech that rings true for today.http://tinyurl.com/36jv7fe
CIARANWALSH
LE COOLEST GUY IN OUR LIST THIS YEAR HTTP://WWW.DUBLIN.LECOOL.COM
Personal achievement of the year?In April of this year, after 11 years and6 months I finally shaved off my dreadlocks.
Event of the year?Without doubt Neil Prendeville getting caught with his pants down on Aer Lingus. You couldn’t pick a better candidate in Cork for that scandal. I spoke to him on the radio a few years ago about Cork’s graffiti ‘problem’. He couldn’t see the difference between graffiti and burning out cars. Idiot.
The thing that blew your mind in 2010?Finally taking a month away from the studio and going to see what the rest of the world looks like.
Album of the year?Really enjoyed Caribou’s ‘Swim’ andBig Boi’s ‘Sir Luscious Left-foot’ but I’ll give the title to Bonobo’s ‘Black Sands’. Just saw him last weekend at the Troxy, mind-blowingly cinematic sound.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ua2loiGHZ38&feature=related
Exhibition of the year?I didn’t get around to as many showsas usual but I particularly enjoyedDirk Skreber at Blum and Poe in LA.
Your favourite piece of work of yours..The Holy Smoke Quintet at Hells Half Acre.http://conorsaysboom.wordpress.com/2010/10/12/the-holy-smoke-quintet-views
& of someone else...Faile’s temple in Lisbon as part of Arte Portugal. Amazing to see their progress from wheat-pastes to sculpture.
Film of the year?A Prophet.
Book of the year?I know its from 2004 but I read Joseph O’Connor’s ‘Star of the Sea’ earlier this year and couldn’t put it down.
Find of the year?Andy Telling. He’s the musician/photographer/film-maker that came to the Middle East with me this year.Short film coming soon!http://www.andrewtelling.net
Biggest disappointment?Turning 30 :(
Thoughts for 2011?I want to get out on the streets and paint more but I say that every year so don’t hold your breath.
CONOR HARRINGTON
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Personal achievement of the year?A solo show at Colette, Paris.http://www.craigredman.com/?p=280
Event of the year?My staggering post Thanksgiving hangover.
The thing that blew your mind in 2010?Murakami at Versailles.http://tinyurl.com/2w3hqoc
Album of the year?Girls ‘Broken Dreams Club’.
Exhibition of the year?The big Picasso exhibition ‘Mosqueteros’ of his late work at Gagosian, New York.http://tinyurl.com/mlahg6
Your favourite piece of work;Of yours... My portrait of my friend Peggy (Left). http://www.craigredman.com/?p=404
Of someone else...Jesse Auersalo’s ‘Purple Wolf’for Untitled Magazine.http://www.jesseauersalo.com/#/post=0
Film of the year?Piranha 3D.http://tinyurl.com/36utfw5
Book of the year?‘Freedom’ by Jonathan Franzen(I know, I know, but it’s so good!).http://nymag.com/arts/books/reviews/67497
Find of the year?Netflix ‘Watch Instantly’.http://www.netflix.com
Biggest disappointment?The continued rise of Kim Kardashian.
Thoughts for 2011?Eek!
CRAIGREDMAN
CREATIVE WHIRLWIND ANDVIRTUAL SOCIAL COMMENTATOR
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Personal achievement of the year?Our film ‘Mr. Foley’ jetting off to film festivals around the world and winning a few awards and more recently Dave Eggers emailing us to say he loved the ‘100 Facts About Pandas’ book.http://www.mrfoley.com
Event of the year?Had a great time and saw great things at Dresden International Film Festival, fun times at Primavera Sound, and a brain feed at Offset.
The thing that blew your mind in 2010?This clip literally blew Mike’s mind.http://tinyurl.com/2uhtlxs
Album of the year?A white label preview copy Warlords of Pez as yet unrecorded 3rd studio album.http://www.warlordsofpez.com
Exhibition of the year?Saw lots of great stuff but fell in love withStephen McKenna’s exhibition of paintings in the Kerlin Gallery. We went twice!http://tinyurl.com/3yrucj3
Your favourite piece of work;Of yours...Most of my favorite things we made are ongoing and will leak into 2011 but this trailer we made for Fastnet film festival is cute and caught a shark award in Kinsale this year which is apt considering its seabased subject matter..http://tinyurl.com/2vg5qtz
& of someone else...Hard to pick one thing as these days you can see mind blowing things each day. Both these directors are consistently great so here are two bits of work from this year:
A music video by Andy Bruntel for L.A. based art punks Liars:http://tinyurl.com/3xjqjm6All his stuff is here:http://www.andybruntel.com
And Danish director Martin de Thurah’s atmospheric films which were part of the Danish pavilion EXPO Shanghai 2010:Here is one of 4 films called Water City:http://vimeo.com/15940064
Film of the year?Does ‘The White Ribbon’ count?If not similar in tone, the anti-fascist parable that was Piranha 3d.
Book of the year?I think the only book I read this year that was actually written in 2010 was ‘Skippy Dies’ by Paul Murray, really enjoyed it.
Find of the year?Brown shoes in TK Maxx.
Biggest disappointment?Beside the obvious fact that Sean Hillen’s collage prophecies came through and we witnessed the real-life sinking of Irelantis?
From a creative point of view an animated film we had worked hard on and hadfunding for fell through when a poxy literary agent in New York changed her mind last minute on giving us the rights to a great short story. Gutted.
Thoughts for 2011?Fuck it all and make more movies.
D.A.D.D.Y.
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DANIEL EATOCK
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Ein kreativ Netzwerk
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Personal achievement of the year?It was technically mid Dec 2009, but the moment I proposed to my long term girlfriend.
Event of the year?My second trip to NY with friends.
Album of the year?Oh God... too difficult...Swim, North, Beast Rest Forth Mouth, Two Dancers, One - Armed Bandit,Man On The Moon II???
Exhibition of the year?‘Beyond The Street’ book signing in NY.
Your favourite piece of work;Of yours... It wasn’t technically done this year, but it was released to the public this year, and that was the poster I did for Dropyx (left), which has since been featured in a prestigious GF Smith exhibition and is now available to buy on Blanka. Second to that is the Ben Stockley site, which set a personal benchmark.
& of someone else...‘Collision’ by James Jean. Amazing.
Film of the year?I really enjoyed ‘A Prophet’ and ‘Kick-Ass’.
Find of the year?Lots of vintage magazines and ephemera Ipicked up in Portland and my Raleigh Racer.
Biggest disappointment?Winning and losing a pitch, for reasons beyond my / our control.
Thoughts for 2011?I’m getting married... exciting and scary at the same time. Plus lots planned for Occupy in the new year.
DARREN FIRTH
A MAN WHO KNOWS HOW TOKEEP HIMSELF OCCUPIED
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‘COLLISION’ BY JAMES JEANHTTP://WWW.JAMESJEAN.COM
‘MAYDAY’ MURAL PRODUCED BY SHEPARD FAIREY (OBEY) AS PART OF HIS DEBUT NYC DEITCH SHOW
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THE SURREAL HOUSE @THE BARBICAN, LONDON
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Personal achievement of the year?Completing my masters! Event of the year?Can’t really look beyond the bank bailout I’m afraid. Without a shadow of a doubt and sad to say the most important event to happen in this country in my lifetime. The thing that blew your mind in 2010?Seeing Eric Rohmer’s ‘My Night at Maud’ for the first time. Extraordinary film about the complexity of human relationships.http://tinyurl.com/ygm3gnl
Album of the year?International | School for Seven Bells - Disconnect From Desire http://tinyurl.com/35nlv2l Irish | Thread Pulls - New Thoughtshttp://tinyurl.com/2ak937w Exhibition of the year?Surreal House @ The Barbican, Londonhttp://tinyurl.com/2du6fwh
The Moderns @ IMMAhttp://tinyurl.com/29wejcr
Your favourite piece of work;Of yours... My thesis!
& of someone else...‘A Thing is a Hole in a Thing it is Not’by Gerard Byrne (video installation exhibited in Lismore Castle 2010)
Film of the year?White Ribbonhttp://tinyurl.com/ykz7btm Winter’s Bonehttp://tinyurl.com/23qhblc
Book of the year?Lean on Pete by Willie Vlautinhttp://vimeo.com/7818277
Find of the year?Just Friends 7” by Dogmatic Element (early 80’s indie pop from Bangor,Co. Down)http://tinyurl.com/23zdfez
Biggest disappointment?Being let down by our banks, politicians, the EU...
Thoughts for 2011?Put more heart and soul into cultural projects and helping others do likewise. It is something that we are world leaders at doing and with the right attention and dedication of effort will revive this country nationally and internationally.
DARREN McCREESH
INDEPENDENT MUSIC PROMOTER WITH B-MUSIC DUBLIN
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Personal achievement of the year?Expanding the KDU consulting business and forming key partnerships with Alloy Access and Neocha.
Event of the year?Hennessy Artistry Halo event in NYCthis October. It was the highlight of a years worth of Hennessy projects coming together in one night. http://tinyurl.com/37yqqmm
The thing that blew your mind in 2010?Anything done by Denham. http://www.denhamthejeanmaker.com
Album of the year?Kanye West, Jay Z.
Exhibition of the year?Tim Burton @ MOMA.
Your favourite piece of work;Of yours... & of someone else...This is hard. I would have to say anything produced by KDU partner, Josh Vanover for Linkin Park or anything by Victor Antonio or William Black. http://www.spaceknuckle.comhttp://www.victorantonio.nethttp://iamwilliamblack.com
Film of the year?Inception, The Social Network, The Town.
Book of the year?‘The World of Goods: Towardsan Anthropology of Consumption’ -Mary Douglas.
Find of the year?I rediscovered photography and discovered Leica cameras. http://www.davidgensler.com
Biggest disappointment?Youth Cultures continued unwillingness to develop self generated counter cultures. Also, as a culture, our willingness to forget things like Jamaica and other tragedies too quickly.
Thoughts for 2011?Hopefully we will see more of a balance between brands, designs, art and the future. This last year was one giant “sale” trying to grease the wheels of consumerism in hopes of rebounding from the economic collapse.
DAVID GENSLER
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RONNIE DREW MURAL ON THE CRANES AT DUBLIN PORT BY DAVID JOYCE
Personal achievement of the year? Being ICAD president and managing not to break it.
Event of the year? OFFSET, no question!
The thing that blew your mind in 2010?http://www.100hands.com/index.php?/inspiration/
Album of the year?Robert Plant, Band of Joy
Exhibition of the year? Leaders and Followers, Mark O’Kelly, Temple Bar Gallery
Your favourite piece of work;Of yours... I painted a mural of Ronnie Drew onto a crane in Dublin Port. There’s a tradition on the docks of blessing the cranes and Ronnie’s family came to the ceremony.It was wonderful.
& of someone else...Blexbolex and the Nobrow crewhttp://www.nobrow.net/132
Film of the year? Anvil, The story of Anvil, Spinal Tapfor real. Hilariously sad!http://www.anvilthemovie.com
Book of the year?Karel Martens: printed matter / drukwerk (3rd edition). Get it while it’s hot.http://www.hyphenpress.co.uk/books/978-0-907259-41-1
Find of the year? A Les Paul copy to replace the one I stupidly traded in against an 80’s ‘axe’ that hasn’t aged gracefully.
Biggest disappointment?Unfortunately there have been so many this year, where do I start? Seeing our children sentenced to a level of debt they don’t deserve and had no hand in for one. The lowering of the minimum wage. I could go on but I’m trying to be positive. James Connolly is turning in his grave! That’s it, rant over.
Thoughts for 2011?organise yourselfnurture your talentkeep learninglower financial expectationsvolunteerdo an internship (if you run a company consider an internship programme)understand digitalbe an advocate for creativityhelp one anothersmile
DAVID JOYCE
REACHING NEW HEIGHTS OF EXPRESSION HTTP://WWW.LANGUAGE.IE
Personal achievement of the year?Surviving this far is something I don’t take for granted, though most people reading will have done the same. Most, because one shouldn’t underestimate our undead brothers from learning to read.
Event of the year?HIV has been cured apparently, the focus of the medical world now shifts to curing rampant AIDS jokes.http://tinyurl.com/29e47da
The thing that blew your mind in 2010?The fact that it’s over already.
Exhibition of the year?Tumblr.com.http://Tumblr.com
Your favourite piece of work;Of yours...I made a pretty good pea soup the other day.
& of someone else...Cold Fish by Sion Sono.http://tinyurl.com/3y65yty
Film of the year?Dogtooth by Yorgos Lanthimos.http://tinyurl.com/2uty9er
Book of the year?The iPad.
Find of the year?NMA.tv’s animated news.http://tinyurl.com/242xa7q
Biggest disappointment?They still haven’t figured out how to make inkjet printers not be the single greatest cause of self induced baldness.
Thoughts for 2011?No more triangles, skulls, paint drips, helvetica, neon, angular ribbons etc. Design needs to kick itself the teeth and grow some fangs.
DAVIDO’REILLY
A TRULY ANIMATED CHARACTER HTTP://WWW.DAVIDOREILLY.COM
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Personal achievement of the year?It has to be speaking at Offset, a daunting but really great experience.
Event of the year?I really enjoyed Greenman festival this year... part of me even enjoyed tent life...
The thing that blew your mind in 2010?Discovering the amazing sculptures of Bodys Isek kinglez, a sculptor from the Congo, he makes these mind blowing utopian cities made of cardboard, paper and plastic, Amazing with a capital ‘A’.
Album of the year?Slightly tragic as the album came out in 2008.. but I was incredibly slow on the uptake so can it qualify as my very own album of 2010?, ‘You and Me’ by the Walkmen... if not Darwin Deez was playing a lot in 2010.
Exhibition of the year?Probably ‘Toys of the avant garde’ which is on now at the Picasso museum..Unfortunately I won’t have the chance to go to Malaga to see it... but it looks amazing, if this doesn’t count I really enjoyed The Lou Dorfsman show at Kemistry gallery.
Your favourite piece of work;Of yours... It would have to be my hoarding for Selfridges shoe department.. It was amazing to see my work 3 meters high and have so much creative freedom!
& of someone else...Oh way too many to mention! In the field of graphic design I’d have to say the work of Roanna Adams, in fashion I loved Laura mackness, but if i had to pick just one thing that stood out for me this year it would be the work of Jamie Hayon, I loved his porcelain figurines for Lladro.http://tinyurl.com/3yegyo4
Film of the year?‘Toy Story 3’ and ‘Up’.. ha!.. all PG’S..I also really enjoyed the Serge Gainsbourg film.
Book of the year?I don’t think I read anything that was published this year... A few cheesy holiday reads but there is no way they are making it to book of the year!
Find of the year?The work of Patrick Hughes was a pretty amazing discovery... And i’d say the short film ‘Marcel The Shell With Shoes On’ is up there. Discovering a Japanese shop called Mahna Mahna factory can also make the list.
Biggest disappointment?Even though i’m not a football fan... the England team were majorly disappointing in the World Cup this year.
Thoughts for 2011?Fingers crossed it brings just as many exciting opportunities as 2010!
EMILY FORGOT
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Personal achievement of the year?Winning the Frameworks grant. Event of the year?Attending Werner Herzog’s Rogue Film School, meeting Robyn O’Neil there and embarking on a film together. The thing that blew your mind in 2010?The Arcade Fire/Street View interactive music video.http://www.thewildernessdowntown.com/
Album of the year?International - Sleigh Bells ‘Treats’.Irish - Tie between Somadrone‘Depth of Field’ and Meljoann ‘Squick’. Exhibition of the year?‘Capital forwarding solutions’ by Paolo W Tamburella at the papermill in Dublin. Your favourite piece of work;Of yours... My music video for Shit Robot -‘Take Em Up’.http://tinyurl.com/4m52d8a
& of someone else... Gareth Edward’s work on ‘Monsters’- directing, shooting and doing all the special effects himself on a genre feature film with a 500k budget that looks like20 million! Amazing!http://tinyurl.com/28akrt3
Film of the year?Scott Pilgrim versus the World.
Book of the year? Video Slut by Sharon Oreck. Find of the year?Die Antwoord. Biggest disappointment? Not making more videos. Thoughts for 2011?Make films.
EOGHAN KIDNEY
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‘THE WILDERNESS DOWNTOWN’ INTERACTIVEMUSIC VIDEO FOR ARCADE FIRE
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Personal achievement of the year?Launching A Design Film Festival in five cities - Singapore, Berlin, Taipei, Kaohsiung and Bangkok.http://www.designfilmfestival.com
Event of the year?Shamelessly, A Design Film Festival.
The thing that blew your mind in 2010?Seeing the amount of high quality design work produced around the world, and not just from the usual suspects.
Album of the year?A tie between Brian Eno - Small Craft On A Milk Sea and Trent Reznor’s soundtrack for The Social Network.
Exhibition of the year?Dieter Rams ‘Less and More’ atDesign Museum, London.
Your favourite piece of work;Of yours... H is for Help Haiti - our contribution for the Haiti Poster Causehttp://www.silnt.com/#haiti
& of someone else...Urban Abstract by Timo and Jopsu (Musuta).http://vimeo.com/7681282
Film of the year?Tough question. It’s a tie betweenExit Through The Gift Shop, Inception and The Social Network.
Book of the year?‘My name is Charles Saatchi and I aman artoholic’.
Find of the year?Lower East Side, New York - a flyer for Exit Through The Gift Shop stuck on a bin.The film was opening on the same night.
Biggest disappointment?Cancelling our first conference, Crafty 2010.
Thoughts for 2011?To try as many things as possible and not be bankrupt.
FELIX NG
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Personal achievement of the year?Not looking at the internet for a whole weekend. Now I do that every weekend and my brain works so much better.http://www.google.ie
Event of the year?I’m hoping it will be All Tomorrows Parties Christmas extravaganza this weekend. Noizzzzzz!!!http://tinyurl.com/ydkmtr7
The thing that blew your mind in 2010?A hairdryer.http://tinyurl.com/37dh3dr
Album of the year?Sanso-Xtro “Fountain Fountain,Joyous Mountain” (You can’t buy this yet, but here’s her myspace).http://www.myspace.com/sansoxtrohttp://vimeo.com/8501824
Exhibition of the year?Jockum Nordstrom at The Douglas Hyde Gallery, Trinity College, Dublin.http://tinyurl.com/2vmbots
Your favourite piece of work;Of yours & of someone else...Hmmm, I don’t think I can choose....
Film of the year?Well it’s definitely not Enter the Void. I wasted 3hrs of my life on the banal shock-tactics of a very conservative teenager masquerading as a thirty-something year old filmmaker.After any morsel of intrigue of watching the same special effects over and over again wears off, all you’ve got to look forward to is a clunky script, wooden dialogue and characters you couldn’t care less about. It’s like watching somebody play a really boring computer game for next two and a half hours.http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1191111
Book of the year?‘The Leopard’ by Giuseppe de Lampedusa, but that’s from 1958so I suppose it doesn’t count...http://tinyurl.com/379gtc7
Find of the year?John Cale & Terry Riley’s‘Church of Anthrax’http://tinyurl.com/36crjnp
Biggest disappointment?I’m never really that disappointed about anything because I’m quite pessimistic about most things to begin with, hence, no disappointment. It really works,thanks Mr. Schopenhauer.http://tinyurl.com/35jjc7z
Thoughts for 2011?I will just be so happy that it’s no longer 2010, let’s get this over and done with!
FERGAL BRENNAN
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A HAIRDRYER
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Personal achievement of the year?Melodica Deathship artwork.http://www.melodicadeathship.com
Event of the year?Flatstock Europe 5, Hamburg.
The thing that blew your mind in 2010?Danny MacAskill - ‘Way Back Home’.
Album of the year?This Is The Second Album Of A Band Called Adebisi Shank.
Exhibition of the year?Hit the Decks! ; )
Your favourite piece of work;Of yours...MDS Halloween poster.
& of someone else...Dead Weather (@ The Harlem) -Rob Jones.http://www.animalrummy.com
Film of the year?Valhalla Rising / Step Up 3D.
Book of the year?Unseen Academicals - Terry Pratchett.
Find of the year?http://www.serigraf.ie
Biggest disappointment?Missing Offset, again.
Thoughts for 2011? Emigration...
GAVINBEATTIE
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Personal achievement of the year?Putting together another book on unconventional advertising to be published in 2011.
Event of the year?Besides the wedding of two really good friends, probably that design conference in Dublin I went to in October, I forget the name...
The thing that blew your mind in 2010?I guess most designer types will probably say “The iPad” at this point. The iPad’s ok, it’s alright. What it represents is exciting and all that, but the thing that really blew my mind this year was the arrival of the new range of midi-controlling, digital file playing, LAN cable linkable, USB port-sporting CDJ decks by Pioneer.
Album of the year?Mock & Toof – Turning Echoes.
Exhibition of the year?Pick Me Up at Somerset House, London.
Your favourite piece of work;Of yours... Best man speech I wrote and delivered in June.
& of someone else...The campaign for UNKLE’s Where Did The Night Fall (special edition album packaging, videos, photography and more created by Warren Du Preez and Nick Thornton Jones. Amazing work.See these links:http://tinyurl.com/39c9xdhhttp://tinyurl.com/34zzhgjhttp://tinyurl.com/2vhkezp
Film of the year?Can I have two? Inception / Toy Story 3
Book of the year?‘Dogs’ by Tim Flach.
Find of the year?An original copy of the 1954 7” single:‘I Smell A Rat’ by Young Jessie(Modern 921). Been after that for a while.
Biggest disappointment?Finding out there was a leak under our recently tiled, brand new, re-fitted bathroom floor – and having to smash up tiles to get to the floorboards and beyond... Absolute nightmare.
Thoughts for 2011?Report bathroom fitter to Rogue Traders. Get bathroom re-floored and refitted. Take a much needed holiday. Get married. Live happily ever after.
GAVINLUCAS
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Personal achievement of the year?To get a house at the country with friends to set up a community there. Event of the year?Trip to Japan in November. The thing that blew your mind in 2010?My addiction to Internet. Album of the year?The Daft Punk for the Tron Legacy movie, I’m sure it’s fantastic :-) Exhibition of the year?A show in Paris about Japanese outsider art, very touching and inspiring. Also the Moebius show at Foundation Cartier. Your favourite piece of work;Of yours... Artworks I made for the ‘A Good Day’ show in Fukuoka, Japan.
& of someone else...I’ve seen so many interesting things made by Rinzen, Universal Everything, Alex Trochut, Klaus Haapaniemi and many, many more.
Film of the year?Toy Story 3. Book of the year?‘La Carte et le Territoire’ fromMichel Houellebecq. Find of the year?Nothing. Biggest disappointment?Weather forecasts. Thoughts for 2011?To find some time to get my new comic book started and finished. I can’t wait.
GENEVIEVEGAUCKLER
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Personal achievement of the year?Overcoming an allergy to peanuts.
Event of the year?Bare Bones shows in NYC, Vallettaand London.
The thing that blew your mind in 2010?ESPO’s U2 joke at Offset.
Album of the year?It’s not new but, Teenage Hate by the Reatards. Jay Reatard’s band.
Exhibition of the year?Any Bare Bones show.
Your favourite piece of work;Of yours... My Olympic logo.Proudly sponsoring 2013.
& of someone else...Any piece of Chris Bianchi’s work. Take your pick.http://tinyurl.com/4btbl9b
Film of the year?Rewatching Repo Man or Coneheads.
Book of the year?‘True History Of The Kelly Gang’ -Peter Carey. Also not new.‘Blood Knots’ - Luke Jennings.
Find of the year?Buried treasure in my garden totalling3.4 million sterling.
Biggest disappointment?Dave Cameron and his mates.
Thoughts for 2011?Ban January.Life’s a beach.Drink Holsten Pils, it’s healthy.
HARRYMALT
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Personal achievement of the year?Staying alive.
Event of the year?Big Brother, X-Factor, Strictly Come Dancing,oh no hang on a minute they are shit.I enjoy a leisurely breakfast at the weekend.
The thing that blew your mind in 2010?Shit can still rise to the top.
Album of the year?Cheryl Cole’s album, it’s not fucking fucking shit at all. Her stuff’s right up my street pet, Shit Street in Mime Land. I do quite like Flying Lotus.
Exhibition of the year?I saw a collection of cream cakes in a bakery and that was very thought provoking.
Your favourite piece of work;Of yours... Now That’s What I Call Art - A collection of art drawings for the modern world.http://tinyurl.com/6beq6yx
& of someone else...Yeah there was this artist who does really amazing stuff and it isn’t like anyone elses. Oh what was his name... hmmm I can’t remember. Oh well never mind, the world keeps turning.
Film of the year?‘The Bible Vs The Koran - The Real Judgement Day’, starring Arnold Schwarzenegger as Jesus, a bright light as God and nobody as Mohammed.
Book of the year?‘The Bible Vs The Koran - The Real Judgement Day’. I really enjoyed imagining the special effects.
Find of the year?I found £10.
Biggest disappointment?I spent the £10.
Thoughts for 2011?If I combine a political view point and corporate logo, is it art?
IANSTEVENSON
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Personal achievement of the year?Drawing a daily comic strip, the Wisdom of Caleb. It’s far from perfect, but I am proud of the discipline of publishing it every day.http://wisdomofcaleb.blogspot.com
Event of the year?The Amos-curated In Between Days music festival. I think that was the only event I attended.http://www.atpfestival.com/events/inbetweendays2010.php
The thing that blew your mind in 2010?For my 40th birthday I did a 120-mile bike ride over all the big mountain passes in the Lake District.
Album of the year?‘Please Turn Me Into the Snat’, Connan Mockasin. I’m terrible for listening to new music, but sharing a studio with Will Sweeney means I do get out of my comfort zone every once in a while and this record really blew me away.
Exhibition of the year?I didn’t see any exhibitions.
Your favourite piece of work;Of yours...I don’t generally like my own work, at least not until it has aged several years, but I was quite pleased with my Pensive Sphere silkscreen print.
& of someone else...I share a studio with Will Sweeney, and pretty much everything I see him draw is pretty mind-blowing.
Film of the year?I haven’t seen a new film in the cinema since my first child was born (5 years ago), but I did get a chance to see ‘Repo Man’ (in my top ten of all time) again on the big screen at In Between Days.I also watched ‘No Country for Old Men’ on TV and as an avid reader of Cormac McCarthy I wasn’t disappointed.
Book of the year?‘Against Nature’ by Joris-Karl Huysmans.I didn’t manage any contemporary novels this year.
Find of the year?Nicholas Roche.
Biggest disappointment?I had to stop running due to lack of cartilage in my left knee.
Thoughts for 2011?We’re still here.
JAMES JARVIS
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JASON DELAHUNTY
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Personal achievement of the year?It’s been a surprisingly positive year work wise – myself and business partner Marion Cody, established ourselves under the new monocur of CO/DE (CodyDelahunty) & have been fortunate enough to work on variety of interesting projects. We were also able to employ a young designer in Paul Guinan, which feels like an important achievement – offering young designers a route into design at home is essential if we are going to have any sort of industry in years to come.
Event of the year?You’ll probably get this a lot but Offset weekend was pretty special. The importance of re-connecting with the greater design community, and hearing younger designers being so keen about design in Ireland can’t be overstated. An important event of the year as much as an enjoyable one.
The thing that blew your mind in 2010?The state of our country…
Album of the year?Arcade Fire – The Suburbs. A dark, joyous, complex, modern, classic of an album. A giant leap forward for the band and record that just has to be listened to straight through and then just start it all over again…
Exhibition of the year?Hummmm, afraid to say I can’t think of a single exhibition I went to this year.
Your favourite piece of work;Of yours... I think it’s very hard to be objective about your own work, often there has been such a journey where a project has changed maybe 3 to 4 times, where things that you loved have been lost or even sometimes things you fought for have been kept, but in the end you wonder why you fought so hard? We were fortunate to work on a really lovely job for the Mater Private Hospital – in developing their Heart Centre, they were a very inspirational group of people, some of whom save lives on a daily basis. We undertook a photo essay of the team with the photographer Matthew Thompson. The final images really helped to unite the team and gave them a real sense of being part of something important. http://tinyurl.com/29lvs88
& of someone else...(please provide pics)Constructs work for Clardige’s.Particularly the editorial work across all the hotels – beautiful typography.http://constructlondon.com/blog/?cat=1
Film of the year?Inception – Maybe slightly flawed, but one of the most exhilirating nights out in the cinema in years. And a ‘honking’ soundtrack to boot.
Toy Story 3 a close second.
Book of the year?Let the right one in – really blewme away, seemed to read nothingbut Swedish fiction all year(Mr. Larsson, took up a lot ofmy time!)
How I escaped my certain fate – by Stewart Lee is also a very funny & enlightening read, and is beautifully typeset.
Find of the year?Aquarium Drunkard music blog, The work of Manual Creative, Olaf Hajek Illustrator, Twitter, Flipboard for iPad,The meatball special at Honest to Goodness, Coco Atelier Madagascar 70% chocolate, Avi Buffalo, Commercial Type.http://www.aquariumdrunkard.comhttp://manualcreative.comhttp://www.olafhajek.comhttp://cocoaatelier.iehttp://tinyurl.com/28un97shttp://commercialtype.com
Biggest disappointment?Probably the perennial issue of never seeming to have enough time to engage with friends etc. Everyone I know has worked incredibly hard this year. That and the fact that iTunes hasn’t gone cloud based yet & anything 3D.
Thoughts for 2011??
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Personal achievement of the year? ‘Nothing is in the Place’ at BrightonPhoto Fringe & keeping it together.
Event of the year?Tom and Sally’s wedding.
The thing that blew your mind in 2010? My mind has not been blown in a while.
Album of the year?Caribou ‘Swim’ and Clinic ‘Bubblegum’ and reissues of Pastor TL Barret and the youth choir for christ ‘Like a ship (without a sail)’ and Dadawah ‘Peace and love’.
Exhibition of the year?‘Experiments in Black’ by Lotta Antonsson (at Recency Townhouse)by Permanent Gallery, Brighton.
Your favourite piece of work; Of yours...Album cover art for Four Tet‘There is Love in You’.
& of someone else...Louise Bourgeois fabric works at Hauser and Wirth.
Film of the year?Early experimental works byTim Macmillan (again).
Book of the year?Volume 1 by David Rule.
Find of the year?Kriminal Records, Newport Market.
Biggest disappointment?Coalition government.
Thoughts for 2011?Peaceful protest people power.
JASONEVANS
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Personal achievement of the year?Moving my studio for what I believe will need to be the last time ever. After moving from the East Coast (of the U.S.) to Tokyo, Japan, then back to the East Coast, then to the Pacific Northwest, it feels really nice to be in a nice, large space with plenty of room to grow and take on a lot of interesting projects.
Event of the year?The Sanrio 50th Anniversary Celebration in Los Angeles last month was a whole lot of fun. It might be the only gallery show I’ll ever be in that also features a giant ferris wheel and putt-putt golf course. All companies nearing a half century should take note, because the Sanrio folks did it right.
The thing that blew your mind in 2010?There was a large scale exhibition of Alexander Calder’s work here at the Seattle Art Museum early in the year.I’d liked his stuff in the past, but seeingit all together really blew me away.He immediately shot up from my top 100 to top 5 artists.
In a completely different vein, I saw work by Japanese artist Monyomonyo this summer at Giant Robot’s San Francisco gallery. She makes fabric masks that are part Muppet, part tribal mask. They were incredible. I wouldn’t be the least bit surprised if we start hearing a lot more about her in the near future.
Album of the year?Over the past few years, I haven’t kept up on new music as much as I once had. However, I did listen to Beach House’s Teen Dream a lot this year. A whole lot.
Exhibition of the year?Patent Pending, the poster companyI started with Jeff Kleinsmith in 1999had a large retrospective gallery show this year. It was just about every poster we’ve done in the past 11 years, displayed chronologically. It was great to see everything together and notice patterns, evolutions, and the occasional stinker (fortunately, there were only a couple of those).
Your favourite piece of work;Of yours...I’m pretty fond of this piece. It’s gouache and ink on Arches paper, entitled Summer.
& of someone else...That’s a tough one. One one hand,I’ve admired Tomokazu Matsuyama’s work for a few years now, but have never had the opportunity to see it in person. On the other, I’ve lucked into being in the same town as a Souther Salazar show on two separate occasions now and both have been incredible. The most recent was at Subliminal Projects in Los Angeles last month.
Film of the year?To remind me what movies came outthis year, I just asked Wikipedia for a list of all the films released in 2010. Surprisingly, the only one I saw wasAlice in Wonderland. And I fell asleep on that one, so I guess my answer is none.
Book of the year?I really enjoyed Tim Hensley’s Wally Gropius book that Fantagraphics put out this year. He took a very classic and familiar model and bent it to create something new/weird/interesting. For all the architecture nerds out there, I’m sorry to report it has nothing to do with the similarly named architect (though it does provide a running gag throughout the book).
Find of the year?MOONDOG! I hadn’t heard of him until a few months ago, and have been trying to get caught up since. He was a blind street musician from the 60s that built his own instruments and dressed in Viking garb. So absurdly unexpectedly good!
Biggest disappointment?Being asked to create 4 large drawings for a museum in Italy, only to learn that after I’d completed the pieces and were on their way to the framer that the show had been cancelled.
Thoughts for 2011? Things just keep getting better.Let’s do it 2011!
JESSE LE DOUX
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Personal achievement of the year?Getting involved in a rake of really interesting stuff in Ireland such as Banter, Earagail Arts Festival, Offset and Hard Working Class Heroes and events at Cork’s Glucksman Gallery and Dublin’s Temple Bar Gallery & Studios.
Event of the year?South By Southwest, a 10 day feast of digital innovations, new music and striking film in a sweet little city in Texas.
The thing that blew your mind in 2010?The kindness and generosity of both strangers and people you already knew.
Album of the year?Flying Lotus “Cosmogramma”.
Exhibition of the year?The Moderns at IMMA, Dublin.
Your favourite piece of work;Of yours... Finally getting to interview Jay-Z.
& of someone else...Someone else – Every single issue of Wax Poetics.
Film of the year?‘A Patriot’.
Book of the year?A toss-up between Andrew Rawnsley’s ‘The End of the Party’ on the British Labour Party’s TB-GB years andJohn Heilemann and Mark Halperin’s ‘Race Of A Lifetime’ on the Obama 2008 election campaign.
Find of the year?24 cans of Old Jamaica ginger beer for a tenner in a shop in Dublin.
Biggest disappointment?That there is still a certain percentage of the Irish population will vote for Fianna Fail in the next general election even if Brian Cowen murdered their grannies.
Thoughts for 2011?Optimism trumps pessimism every time.
JIM CARROLL
HE HAS GOT HIS EAR TO GROUND AND EVERY WHERE ELSE TOO
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Personal achievement of the year? Getting a Per Cent for Arts Scheme Commission - especially after applying for so many of them.
Event of the year?That guy slipping on the ice on RTÉ.
The thing that blew your mind in 2010? Sheet lightning a few nights back.
Album of the year?I don’t think I got any 2010 albums.
Exhibition of the year?Dorothy Cross at the the Kerlin Gallery.
Your favourite piece of work;Of yours... See right...
& of someone else...Chloe Early - Silver Tip Symphony.
Film of the year?Secret of Kells.
Book of the year?‘Shadow of the Brotherhood’by Barry Kennerk.
Find of the year? Sweny’s old chemists in Lincoln Place.http://tinyurl.com/32ujyjl
Biggest disappointment?Waste.
Thoughts for 2011?Positive thoughts.
JOHN O’REILLY
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Personal achievement of the year?I guess I should say graduating from myMA in LCC but I did get a haircut in February I was particularly happy with too.
Event of the year?If I don’t say Offset i’ll be in trouble!
The thing that blew your mind in 2010?Marian Bantjes ‘I Wonder’.http://tinyurl.com/342t83k
Album of the year?This is a hard one because I’ve been listening to an awful lot of old albums this year and most newer music I buy would be individual tracks. Your question is out of date, get with the times! OK, have it your way; Actress - Splazsh.
Exhibition of the year?Haven’t been to half as many shows asI should have, especially being in London but I really enjoyed the Brit Insurance Designs Awards exhibition at theDesign Museum.
I thought Christian Marclay’s ‘The Clock’ at the White Cube was a great idea also.
Your favourite piece of work;Of yours... Actually the thing i’m happiest with this year was one of the Shock Podcasts. A monthly radio show/mix we do. I put a ridiculous amount of time into them, picking 300+ tracks and then trimming them down to an hour or less. Even at that it’s usually a gruelling process that I spend far too long on to ever want to hear them again. This one however I am happy with, for anyone that knows me that’s a very rare thing. http://tinyurl.com/2g2drwx
& of someone else...Chad Kloepfer’s ongoing work for the Walker Arts Centre is one of the mostwell considered jobs i’ve come across. Incorporating some generative ideas to automatically create branding without the need for a designers involvement every time. It continues to evolve with the Walker Arts Centre’s needs and offers a glimpse of how branding will develop over the next few years.
Film of the year?I was going to say Let The Right One In but my research leads me to believe it was originally released in 2008.I’m going to plead ignorance and stick with it though. http://tinyurl.com/dzjeye
Book of the year?I don’t know if it’s my favourite book but I’m currently attempting to read a book on Ludwig Wittgenstein as I’d seen himmentioned by quite a few designers in reference to logic and language, perception and intention. I’ll let you know how it ends.
“I don’t know why we are here, but I’m pretty sure that it is not in order to enjoy ourselves” - Ludwig Wittgenstein
Find of the year?Spotify Premium, the best £10 a month I’ve ever spent. Access to unlimited music with recordings as far back as the 1920s. It’s such an amazing reference tool and completely changes the way you listen to music. Not available in Ireland though sadly. http://www.spotify.com
Biggest disappointment?Realising that if I want to keep relevant i’ve got yet another suite of software programs to learn.http://tinyurl.com/2v7fwjhhttp://tinyurl.com/39r3rpthttp://tinyurl.com/2upmuughttp://tinyurl.com/35ajjzh
JON AVERILL
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“IN ITALY, FOR THIRTY YEARS UNDER THE BORGIAS, THEY HAD WARFARE, TERROR, MURDER AND BLOODSHED, BUT THEY PRODUCED MICHELANGELO, LEONARDO DA VINCI, AND THE RENAISSANCE. IN SWITERZLAND THEY HAD BROTHERLY LOVE, THEY HAD FIVE HUNDRED YEARS OF DEMOCRACY AND PEACE, AND WHAT DID THEY PRODUCE? THE CUCKOO CLOCK.”-ORSON WELLES
Thoughts for 2011?With so many people out of work and so little optimism about it seems like the perfect time to be a musician or artist in Dublin. Most great artistic achievements seem to manifest themselves around hopelessness and a need for self-expression. And with a rising amount of people with lot of spare time to be filled I think it will be really interesting to see what emerges over the next few years.
To quote Orson Welles “In Italy, for thirty years under the Borgias, they had warfare, terror, murder and bloodshed, but they produced Michelangelo, Leonardo da Vinci, and the Renaissance. In Switerzland they had brotherly love, they had five hundred years of democracy and peace, and what did they produce? The cuckoo clock.”
Things aren’t quite that bad! But I genuinely think it’s an exciting time for some in Dublin.
“IN ITALY, FOR THIRTY YEARS UNDER THE BORGIAS, THEY HAD WARFARE, TERROR, MURDER AND BLOODSHED, BUT THEY PRODUCED MICHELANGELO, LEONARDO DA VINCI, AND THE RENAISSANCE. IN SWITERZLAND THEY HAD BROTHERLY LOVE, THEY HAD FIVE HUNDRED YEARS OF DEMOCRACY AND PEACE, AND WHAT DID THEY PRODUCE? THE CUCKOO CLOCK.”-ORSON WELLES
Personal achievement of the year?Keeping alive, moving house, city and country, designing a flag for a wedding and unblocking my old bathroom sink.
Event of the year?For me, performing with my band Anxieteam at the Lexington in London.http://www.anxieteam.com
The thing that blew your mind in 2010?Hearing our single being played on Radio 1 and then the DJ singing the chorus again later in the show.
Album of the year?This has been the year of not listening to albums for me. I’ve really liked releases by Kasrave, Swindle and Redinho though.
Exhibition of the year?British Art Show that was held in and around Nottingham.
Your favourite piece of work;Of yours...Erm.... The giant character wall I did upin Newcastle (right).
& of someone else...And for someone elses the excellent Skewville show.http://tinyurl.com/47foa7t
Film of the year?I enjoyed The Social Network and (I think it came out last year) The White Ribbon.
Book of the year?‘Capitalist realism: Is there no alternative?’ by Mark Fisher.
Find of the year?Steel cut oats.
Biggest disappointment?The World Cup (for England at least).
Thoughts for 2011? Less work, more playNo more screen burnReal mail, not emailPeople, not pixelsSweating under the sheets,not over spreadsheets.Happier means healthier.
JON BURGERMAN
THE DOODLEKING THAT LOVESTO GET HIS OATS
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Personal achievement of the year?I guess that Walker Books & Candlewick deserve the credit, but it’s nice to see my books in stores here in New York.
Event of the year?Offset 2010, of course. I missed it by a few days unfortunately but friends did email to say how good it was.
The thing that blew your mind in 2010?The heat & humidity of a New York summer.
Album of the year?Tallest Man on Earth- Wild Hunt.http://tinyurl.com/26t8dc4
Exhibition of the year?Nothing springs to mind, but did see some beautiful Edward Hopper paintings on a trip to Portland, Maine.
Your favourite piece of work;Of yours... Maybe the CBI poster, it was really fun to work on.
& of someone else...Really impressed with Oliver Jeffers’ artwork in ‘The Heart And The Bottle’.http://tinyurl.com/22ofssj
Just saw my friend, Clayton Junior’s,new wordless graphic story ‘Temporama’ that looks excellent.http://www.nobrow.net/3074
Film of the year?This amazing animated short that went to Sundance this year by my studio mate James Blagden.http://tinyurl.com/yg3qhp4
Book of the year?Not sure I’ve read any books from 2010 that aren’t graphic novels. So I’ll go for the very amusing Wilson by Daniel Clowes that I just finished.
Find of the year?Only discovered this music blog recently & have been on it everyday since.http://www.aquariumdrunkard.com
Biggest disappointment?Missing Offset.
Thoughts for 2011?“The best thing about the future is that it comes one day at a time.”Abraham Lincoln.
KEVIN WALDRON
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Personal Achievement of the year?Publishing my first book ‘Achill’.
Event of the Year?Offset.
The thing that blew your mind in 2010?The snow.
Album of the year? Top Ranking. Diplo and Santogold. It was actually released in 2008, but I only discovered it this year, does that count?!
Exhibition of the year? Paris Photo.
Your favourite piece of work? From the Achill Series.
Favourite piece of work bysomeone else?Milk by Viviane Sassen.
Film of the yearThe Social Network.
Book of the year‘A Short History Of Tractors in Ukrainian’ (Again, I’m a latecomer to this!)
Find of the year‘The Hemingway’ - our new local.
Biggest DisappointmentThe Irish Government.
Thoughts for 2011Embrace the adventure!
LINDA BROWNLEE
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Personal achievement of the year?A nice solo exhibition in Manchester.A number of prints sold to private collectors in the States, and both some illustration awards and mentions at the 30th Annual of Italian Illustrators , 7th 3x3 Mag Annual, 29th American Illustrators and Aesthetica, and Creative Works Annual 2010.http://www.blankmediacollective.org/events/exhibitions/anewsenseofemptiness
Event of the year?Offset 2010.http://www.iloveoffset.com
The thing that blew your mind in 2010?The new Bristle Brushes in Adobe Illustrator CS5.
Album of the year?Lhasa De Sela, Lhasa.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lhasa_(album)
Exhibition of the year?Edward Hopper’s Retrospective Exhibition in Rome.http://www.edwardhopper.it
Your favourite piece of work;Of yours...Lemonade (2010) (right).
& of someone else...Chantal Joffe: Yellow Raincoat (2009/10)http://www.likeyou.com/en/node/15188
Film of the year? David Hockney’s Secret Knowledge.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MBNrgCaoyW8
Book of the year?Encounter by Milan Kundera(Faber & Faber 2010).
Find of the year? WikiLeaks.http://www.wikileaks.org
Biggest disappointment? Stupid consumism! (Where? Everywhere!)
Thoughts for 2011? New cameras? More pixels?A pixelate world full of pixels?
MARIO SUGHI NEROSUNERO
“IL PAPA” OF IRISH ILLUSTRATION HTTP://WWW.LEDOUXVILLE.COM
THE NET DEMOCRATISERS JULIAN ASSANGEHTTP://WWW.WIKILEAKS.ORG
MARK ZUCKERBERGHTTP://WWW.FACEBOOK.COM
Personal achievement of the year?Painting the walls of Mountjoy Prison.
Event of the year?The march last Saturday from Wood Quay, tellin the Central Banks and the IMF to stick it up their hole.
The thing that blew your mind in 2010?How much people bitch behind each others backs.
Album of the year? They Don’t Teach This Shit in School - Damien Dempsey.
Exhibition of the year? ‘They Are Us’ exhibition in Block T last October.
Your favourite piece of work;Of yours... Don’t have one
& of someone else... ‘The making of an icon’ - A sketch I saw last summer of Che Guevara from 1969 by Jim Fitzpatrick (pictured).http://tinyurl.com/2wp85hq
It inspires me so much, ended up painting it one day.http://tinyurl.com/33she4e
Film of the year? Anything that isn’t fuckin “3D”.
Book of the year?‘1984’ by George Orwell.
Find of the year?The Balscadden jumps in Howth. Some great sunny days swimming out there with Deano, Sparky, Damo, Albert, Vogue, Zoe and the kids from Ballymun.
Biggest disappointment?Our lying greedy government.
Thoughts for 2011?Do more.
MASER
URBAN OPTIMIST HTTP://WWW.MASERART.COMHTTP://WWW.THEYAREUS.IE
‘THE MAKING OF AN ICON’ARTIST: JIM FITZPATRICKHTTP://WWW.JIMFITZPATRICK.IE
‘THEY ARE US’, A COLLABORATION BETWEEN MASER & DAMIEN DEMPSEY
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‘THEY ARE US’, A COLLABORATION BETWEEN MASER & DAMIEN DEMPSEY
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Personal achievement of the year?I GOT A JOB! I’m teaching photography now at a community college in Maryland and I’m loving it!
Event of the year?If there was one, I missed it.
The thing that blew your mind in 2010?The amount of anger and fear involved in American politics. It’s scary.
Album of the year?Brothers, by The Black Keys
Exhibition of the year?I really have not seen anything too exciting this year. It’s been more of the same really.
Your favorite piece of work;Of yours...A couple of friends in Prague started a company offing limited edition prints.The work I have featured can be found here (top right).http://tinyurl.com/2647uqw
& of someone else...The piece I like the best on the site can be found here (bottom right).http://tinyurl.com/27yh9ep
Film of the year?Kick-Ass!
Book of the year?‘The Tiger: A true story of vengeance and survival’ by John Vaillant.
Find of the year?Other than a job... A flat in Baltimore for $1200. It’s above a bar but I’m diggin’ it.
Biggest disappointment?The election.
Thoughts for 2011?Let’s just hope nothing too disastrous happens.
MATTHEW MOORE
LENS US YOUR EYE HTTP://WWW.MOOREPHOTOGRAPHS.COM
‘KICK-ASS’ HTTP://WWW.KICKASS-THEMOVIE.COM
Personal achievement of the year?We’d have to say being asked to speak at the Offset Conference.
Also we finally uploaded our website which was about time.
Event of the year?Again it would have to be Offset. We came away from that weekend filled with inspiration and optimism for the future. We also got a chance to meet some old friends we haven’t seen in a long time and made a few new ones too.
The thing that blew your mind in 2010?Getting a Canon 5D Mark II. We finallyhave a camera that can achieve the detail we want. Also the fact we can shoot films in HD without relying on renting a camera has blown our minds. It’s a lot of fun too.
Album of the year?It’s really hard to pick one so here’s our top five:1st: ‘Before Today’ by Ariel Pink’sHaunted Graffiti.2nd: ‘Heartland’ by Owen Pallett.3rd: ‘Contra’ by Vampire Weekend.4th: ‘Bodytalk’ by Robyn.5th: ‘Gemini’ by Wild Nothing.
Exhibition of the year?It would have to be Hans Peter Feldmann’s exhibition in Malmö Konsthall at the start of the year. Especially theshadow play installation.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SJeonOm9RjU&feature=related
Your favourite piece of work...‘Depth Of Field’ by Somadrone.‘Zulu Sound’ by Planet Parade.‘Friendship’ by the Redneck Manifesto.
& of someone else...Hellovon’s ‘Open’.
Film of the year?Serge Gainsbourg.
Book of the year?The Boat - Nam Le.
Find of the year?Poached eggs and Grégoire Alexandre (French photographer).http://www.gregoirealexandre.com
Biggest disappointment?The Irish government, by a long shot.
Thoughts for 2011?All around us we see our friends pouring their energy into exhibitions, concerts, and various other artistic endeavors with such focus and vigor we can’t see anything but positive things happening within the creative world next year. The media is setting us up for more financial doom and gloom for next year but some things are more important than money, maybe not to your belly or back but definitely to your soul.
MATTHEW & EMELIE: M&E
OFFSET2010’S HOTTEST IRISH SWEDISH CREATIVE COMBO
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Personal achievement of the year?I’m scratching my head here! Event of the year?Now I’m scratching my beard.Oh yeah, I turned 40, I mean 14.
The thing that blew your mind in 2010?Seeing Paul McCartney play live, for me it was like a Catholic seeing the Pope.
Album of the year?Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros - ‘Up from below’, we saw them in Big Sur and it was magical, My daughters first live show!http://tinyurl.com/6x6m2vt
Exhibition of the year?Maurice Sendak at the Contemporary Jewish Museum in SF. Your favourite piece of work...I enjoyed doing this (right) because it was different to anything I’ve done before.
& of someone else...I went to this show and thought these posters (next spread)were pitch perfect. I think it’s by someone called Lil’ Tuffy.http://lil-tuffy.com
Film of the year?Now I’m sure any new dads are in a similar cinema drought with your wee one, I’m really far behind, & beholden to 2009’s dvd’s.
I really enjoyed Moon by Duncan Jones, and the Rush documentary Beyond the Lighted stage. Whether you like the music or not, you will love them as human beings by the end of the film.
Book of the year?Harvey Kurtzman: ‘The mad genius of comics’. ‘The Art of Happiness’ by the Dalai Lama. Find of the year?I started taking photos of sun motifson San Francisco buildings and itreally awakened me from sleepwalking through the thoroughfares of my daily life.So I’d say the hundreds of suns are my finds of the year.http://sfsunhouses.blogspot.com/
Biggest disappointment?Aww... what’s done is did.
Thoughts for 2011?I’m carrying on regardless.
MICHAEL GILLETTE
THE WELSH COASTER OF AMERICA HTTP://WWW.MICHAELGILLETTE.COM
MGMT @ RADIO CITY GIG POSTERILLUSTRATED BY MICHAEL GILLETTE
VAMPIRE WEEKEND @ FOX THEATRE, OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA
POSTER BY LIL TUFFYHTTP://LIL-TUFFY.COM
Personal achievement of the year?Work wise a job I still can’t talk about. Event of the year?OFFSET of course :) The thing that blew your mind in 2010?http://tinyurl.com/35pf9hp Album of the year?Arcade Fire ‘The Suburbs’ Exhibition of the year?Mine :)http://www.n8w.com/wp/2879
Your favourite piece of work;Of yours...See left.
By someone elseOlaf Hajekhttp://olafhajek.com
Film of the year?X Book of the year?X Find of the year?http://www.boredpanda.comhttp://inspire.2ia.pl Biggest disappointment?X Thoughts for 2011? Curiosity, inspiration, play, discovery.http://playnateplay.com
NATE WILLIAMS
THE BRAINSTORMIN’ BARNSTORMEROF OFFSET2010
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‘THE SUBURBS’ BY ARCADE FIREHTTP://WWW.ARCADEFIRE.COM
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‘LITTLE DEVIL INSIDE’ILLUSTRATED BY NIAMH SHARKEY
Personal achievement of the year?Winning an Irish Book Award for‘On the Road with Mavis and Marge.’http://tinyurl.com/3xzaq6w
Event of the year?Walker Books 30th Birthday Bashin London.http://tinyurl.com/2vp2s8v
The thing that blew your mind in 2010?Has to be the overdose of creativity at Offset 2010!
Album of the year?‘Marriage’ by Groom.http://tinyurl.com/3x4khjx
Exhibition of the year?IGI Laundry Show.http://tinyurl.com/2woj53a
Your favourite piece of work;Of yours...Little Devil Inside (left).
& of someone else...Chris Haughton’s Illustrated carpet.
Film of the year?Toy Story 3.
Book of the year?John Boyne’s‘Noah Barleywater Runs Away’.
Find of the year?Rory’s Story Cubes. Endless storytelling games with my kids.http://www.storycubes.com
Biggest disappointment?Not writing a novel.
Thoughts for 2011?Must write the novel.
NIAMH SHARKEY
EVERY HOME SHOULD HAVE ONE HTTP://WWW.NIAMHSHARKEY.COM
Personal achievement of the year?Getting married.
Event of the year?A wedding in a tent in a field in the pouring rain.
The thing that blew your mind in 2010?Putting in more air miles than ever before.More than double I think.
Album of the year?In Dearland by Elvis Perkins.
Exhibition of the year?‘Totally Stick Your Head Inside This Hole’ by Mac Premo in the Pavel Zoubok Gallery.http://tinyurl.com/2a5tvh9
Your favourite piece of work;Of yours... ‘World Map Print’ forYou And Me The Royal We.http://tinyurl.com/394u56e
& of someone else...‘H.M’ by Kerry Tribe, a fantastic double projection of a single 16mm film abouta guy with severe amnesia.http://www.kerrytribe.com/hm_main.html
Film of the year?Harold and Maud (does that count, seeing as I watched it for the first time this year?).
Book of the year?Roald Dahl Collected Short Stories.http://tinyurl.com/2c7ck99
Find of the year?A pre war wooden file cabinet I found on the street.
Biggest disappointment?Not winning my World Cup sweepstake.
Thoughts for 2011?More painting...
OLIVER JEFFERS
GETTING BETTER EVERY DAY HTTP://WWW.OLIVERJEFFERS.COMHTTP://WWW.YOUANDMETHEROYALWE.COM
‘H.M’ BY KERRY TRIBEHTTP://WWW.KERRYTRIBE.COM
‘PLACES ON EARTH’ SCREENPRINTED WORLD MAPILLUSTRATED BY OLIVER JEFFERS
AVAILABLE HEREHTTP://WWW.YOUANDMETHEROYALWE.COM
Personal achievement of the year?Convincing the bank to let me keep my overdraft facility. Event of the year?‘Close to a world below’ exhibition curated by French at Scion Gallery in Los Angeles. They flew everyone in the show out and looked after us so well. It was one of those out of body experiences that seemed too good to be true. I exhibited new work I have been making about Dublin and I think it really confused lots of people, in a good way. LA is a strange but fascinating place. I would love to do more work out there down the line. The thing that blew your mind in 2010?A book by German photographer, Tobias Zielony called ‘Story/No Story’ really blew me away. It’s probably not every-ones cup of tea as it basically just documents teenagers hanging around different parts of the world hanging around and doing nothing, but it is shot so beautifully and just creates this really strong atmosphere and feeling. Goes to show that sometimes the simplest ideas executed well can often work out the best. Album of the year?Cass McCombs, “Catacombs”.
Exhibition of the year?Sally Mann’s ‘The Family and the Land’in the Photographers Gallery, London. From the intimate portraits of her ‘Immediate Family’ project to the dark brooding landscapes of decomposing bodies in the ‘What Remains’ work. Mann’s vision as a photographer is what i strive to be; uncompromising and at all times true to herself. Film of the year?‘Fishtank’ directed by Andrea Arnold and shot by Irish export, Robbie Ryan. I think this was released in 2009 but I only got around to seeing it in 2010. It’s magic.
Book of the year?‘Let The Great World Spin’by Colum McCann. Your favorite piece of work;Of yours...The portrait I shot of Conor O’Brien / Villagers for Domino Records. Conor is about as humble a character you are likely to meet and seeing Villagers go from strength to strength over the course of 2010 filled me with this weird sense of hope and pride - (from a Jools Holland appearance to a Mercury prize nomination over the course of one year is pretty amazing). I have been huge fan of Domino for a long, long time so getting a chance to work with them was a bit of a dream commission.
& of someone else...Christine Redmond’s project on daily swimmers at the end of her road in Sandycove, Dublin is a serious achievement. Christine who is wrapping up her MFA in Fine Art Photography from University of Ulster had never really undertaken a photographic project before. Partly out of fear that she wasn’t a practitioner of photography, because of her background in curating and teaching. However after a few freak-outs and encouragement from all around her on a borrowed medium format camera she has created a project that is still very much a work in progress but one the most engaging and moving bodies of work I have seen this year.
Find of the year?Tess the dog. Biggest disappointment?The weather and the powers that be. Thoughts for 2011?Try not to let the madness around you became an excuse to give up or not bother, embrace failure and walk the dog. Anything is possible.
RICHARD GILLIGAN
PRO PHOTOGRAPHER, SKATEBOARDER& POSITIVE LIGHT
HTTP://WWW.RICHGILLIGAN.COM
CONOR O’BRIEN / VILLAGERSPHOTO: RICHARD GILLIGAN
‘STORY/NO STORY’ PHOTOGRAPHER: TOBIAS ZIELONY HTTP://TINYURL.COM/27GN2KL
Personal achievement of the year?Keeping it all together and still finding time to sleep. Seemed to get through a decent amount of stuff this year but next year I know we can do a lot more. Event of the year?The OFFSET speaker dinner. Don’t know how it happened but I was surrounded by George Lois, Steven Heller, Scott Dadich, Daniel Eatock, Tony Brook and more. Even topped last year when I got Massimo and Lella Vignelli. Can’t remember what I had to eat though. The thing that blew your mind in 2010?The positivity and energy of all the people who came to OFFSET and all the events that week. If we could bottle and export that we’d be in better shape for the future.
In terms of one moment that truly killed it for me it was the 5 minutes up to DJ Shadow arriving on stage at OFFSET. It was a huge coup to get him and logistically to get him there for that hour was pretty difficult. As the videos played down I was getting calls in my headset that he was in the building and as he prepared to walk, etc. and the hairs onmy neck and arms all went up. In however years of doing events I never had such an intense feeling. He also was a gent! Album of the year?It’s a toss up between Broken Bells and Underworld’s ‘Barking’. The first came out of nowhere to seduce me and being a longtime fan of Underworld it’s great to see them back as creative as ever, albeit danced up for the current crop of kids. Ewan Pearson’s ‘We are proud of our choices’ mix cd is pretty amazing too.
Exhibition of the year?In Ireland, Steve Doogan’s curated ‘Laundry’. Easily the best group show I’ve ever seen in Dublin. Internationally I only made it to London this year but I got my money’s worth seeing Van Doesberg at Tate Modern, Faile & Bast at Lazarides, Dieter Rams at The Design Museum and a tonne of other stuff, including the best of their finest ales, in just 2 days.http://www.flickr.com/photos/southstudios
Your favourite piece of work;Of yours...I did very little design work outside of my 9-5. I was really happy with our ‘Hit The Decks’ group show which was part of Kings of Concrete. Tonnes of great boards by lots of great artists all to raise funds for the festival. Also, the posters I did for Aidan Kelly’s solo portrait show. Was great to draw some nice type.
By someone elseBit obvious but, I always enjoy seeingwhat Banksy does next. The documentary was great, as was the street art that accompanied its openings around the world. His opening for The Simpsons was also fantastic, he always raises a smile. Fergal Brennan’s video for Sansro Xtro blew me away too, especially when he explained the production at OFFSHOOT.http://vimeo.com/8501824
Film of the year?‘The Social Network’ by a longshot, really enjoyed the story and the way it was told, great entertainment. Documentary wise I liked both Banksy’s ‘Exit Through The Gift Shop’ and the ‘September Issue’, detailing the relationship between Vogue US’s editor Anna Wintour and creative director Grace Coddington, a revelation.
Book of the year?I’ve never read a book :( so I’d have tosay the books I’ve enjoyed (ie, looked at the pictures, skimmed the text) most this year are the KAWS and Supreme books,both published by Rizzoli this year. I also picked up JR’s ‘Women Are Heroes’ book in London, a must buy/read.http://www.rizzoli.comhttp://tinyurl.com/653us6z
Find of the year?Darcel Disappoints by Rinzen’sCraig Redman was a revelation,the commentary, styling, visualsand optimism is fantastic.http://darceldisappoints.blogspot.com Biggest disappointment?There’s two for me, the mess the Irish people have been left to clean up by my incompetent government and creatively, a couple of huge projects not actually happening. There’s always next year :)
Actually, I was also disappointed with myself that I didn’t party more during the weekend of OFFSET, got to Monday and felt fighting fit, should have drank and danced a little more. Completely missed out there.
Thoughts for 2011? Work harder, tackle my fear of public speaking/presentation head-on, make bigger and better things with partners who want to change the world, and absolutely keep steering clear of pub chats as you end up sharing your ideas and they rarely go nowhere. Let the optimism shine through!
RICHARD SEABROOKE
CRONIC DOUBLE THINKER, OR IS HE? HTTP://WWW.ALWAYREADTHESMALLPRINT.COMHTTP://WWW.ILOVEOFFSET.COMHTTP://WWW.DYNAMO.IE
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Love Will Save The Day_Portraits By Aidan Kelly
September 30th - October 31st_South William Bar, Dublin 2
Launch Night_Thursday September 30th 8pm_Music by Aidan Kelly & Mark Kelly_Food by Coppinger RowAn OFFSET2010 Event
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Love Will Save The Day_Portraits By Aidan Kelly
September 30th - October 31st_South William Bar, Dublin 2
Launch Night_Thursday September 30th 8pm_Music by Aidan Kelly & Mark Kelly_Food by Coppinger RowAn OFFSET2010 Event
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DETAIL FROM ‘WOMEN ARE HEROES’PHOTOGRAPHY BY JR
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DETAIL FROM ‘WOMEN ARE HEROES’PHOTOGRAPHY BY JR
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JR: Winner of the2010 TED Prize
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‘SELF PORTRAIT’ BY JRAVAILABLE FROM HTTP://TINYURL.COM/6A9PKK6
SOZI & HER FRIEND FROMTHE BOOK ‘HER IDEA’WRITTEN & ILLUSTRATEDBY RILLA ALEXANDER
Personal achievement of the year?Finishing my book ‘Her Idea’ after 8 yearsof procrastination.http://www.sozi.com/my-shop/33-her-idea-book
Event of the year?Launching it at Colette with a life-size Sozihttp://tinyurl.com/35l82s8
The thing that blew your mind in 2010?All my friends and how selflessly they have helped me.
Album of the year?After witnessing the incredible Jónsi, I listened to “Go” over and over. Though honestly, all you have to do is play a xylophone and I’m sold.http://jonsi.com/ stage show http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4vrGixR7rbM
Exhibition of the year?Disoriented in the rainbow fog atOlafur Eliasson’s ‘Innen Stadt Außen’at Martin-Gropius-Bau, Berlin.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PNx-Hik4Mushttp://www.olafureliasson.net
Your favourite piece of work;Of yours... My book!
& of someone else...Nille Svensson’s Fake Chinahttp://www.fake-china.com
Film of the year?Book of the year?Find of the year?My constant companion this year has been BBC Radio 4, Radio National and NPR –so I’ve instead HEARD about the films, books and things I’ve been missing while I’ve been hard at work. I want to read the Roald Dahl biography by Donald Sturrock, and David Rakoff’s ‘Half Empty’ but I haven’t even had time to buy them yet.http://tinyurl.com/8fyy4jhttp://www.abc.net.au/rn/http://www.thisamericanlife.org/http://tinyurl.com/352fzjyhttp://tinyurl.com/32l7l8y
Biggest disappointment?Getting a black eye when a kitchen cabinet propelled itself off the wall, fell on my head and broke my porcelain.
Thoughts for 2011?As well as the “kitchen incident” I was hit by a tram, so let’s not jinx it by getting ahead of ourselves.
RILLA ALEXANDER
CUTE CUTE CUTE HTTP://WWW.SOZI.COMHTTP://WWW.RINZEN.COM
JONSI LIVEHTTP://JONSI.COM
THIS PAGE: ONE OF THE ‘LEGENDS’ SERIES BY WILL ST. LEGERHTTP://WILLSTLEGER.WORDPRESS.COM/
Personal achievement of the year?Standing up to a particularily caustic and unreasonable client, telling her she was acting loco. She was an old lady though, I thought she was gonna cry, but she didn’t and she brought her act from complete douche down to occasional douche. Worked out well in the end but could have so easily gone the other way...
Event of the year?Offset 2010 - no doubt.
The thing that blew your mind in 2010?4 days in NYC in April. My 5th visitand it just keeps getting better!Highlight was The Highline -even the driving rain couldn’t dampenmy enjoyment, amazing.
Album of the year?Janelle Monae ‘The ArchAndroid’.
Exhibition of the year?Went to the design floor in MOMA in April. Think there were 3 different exhibitions blending into one. They had the recently acquired @ symbol on display. There was so much amazing past, present and possibly future design on show, humbling.
Your favourite piece of work;Of yours... Recipe cards for Ennis Butchers(have a soft spot for the modest projects). & of someone else...There’s just too much to choose, but I’d definitely big up the Irish, to list a few: Rich Gilligan’s haunting shots of Dublin, Linda Brownlee’s Achill project, Mike O’Toole’s teenager series, Wayne Daly’s book and publication design for the Architecture Association in London, Johnny Kelly’s Guggenheim/YouTube Animation, David O’Reilly’s The External World, Renate Henschke’s Giant Glove for the Laundry exhibition, Conor and David’s website for Fabulous Beast,so much great stuff.
But I think i’m gonna plump forWill St Leger’s amazing legends series, amazing stuff.
Film of the year?Top film was ‘The Social Network’, but I found ‘This Is England 86’ way more affecting and heartfelt than any film i saw this year.
Book of the year?‘The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo’(and the other two books in the series). Like a great meal, I read them too fast and then wished I’d taken my time.
Find of the year?Armin Hofmann, His work, quest and philosophy for £30 + postage - Beautiful...
Biggest disappointment?A turkey leg from a stall in Universal Studios, Orlando. Really, truly the most God awful salty abomination i’ve ever tasted... and BOY did they look good!
Thoughts for 2011?Onwards and upwards.
SCOTT BURNETT
SCOTT, A-AH! HE’LL SAVE EVERY ONE OF US! HTTP://WWW.STUDIOAAD.COM
ENNIS BUTCHERS (RIALIO) RECIPE CARDSDESIGN: STUDIO AADHTTP://WWW.STUDIOAAD.COM
‘THIS IS ENGLAND ‘86’, DIRECTED BY SHANE MEADOWS HTTP://WARP.NET/FILMS/THIS-IS-ENGLAND-86 HTTP://WWW.SHANEMEADOWS.CO.UK
Personal achievement of the year?Learning to drive. Event of the year?Obviously Offset! The thing that blew your mind in 2010?St. Peters in the Vatican made me weak at the knees.
Album of the year?The Fall - ‘Your future, Our clutter’. Exhibition of the year?I saw an exhibition called Die Dada Die in Cabaret Voltaire in Zurich that consisted of one painting by the Chapman brothers, it was one of the Bruegals they’ve been ‘defacing’ - I’m not sure if I really loved it or thought it was a really bad thing to do. http://www.e-flux.com/shows/view/8354
Your favourite piece of work;Of yours...Of mine - it has to be the chair thatI’m working on now with a friend - we bought an old wing back chair on eBay and are re upholstering it with a repeat pattern textile print I designed especially (something I want to do alot more of).I won’t have any pictures for a while but will send them when its ready, in the meantime I’ve tumbled a few work in progress shots.http://sergeseidlitz.tumblr.com
Of someone else...Anything by Grayson Perry. Film of the year?Toy Story 3 . Book of the year?‘Boxer Beetle’ by Ned Beuman. Also, ‘World War II’ by Winston Churchill but Ihave a feeling that didn’t come out in 2010.
Find of the year?The hard-to-find place in the middle of a mangrove that I’m typing this from on the Thai-Cambodian border that surprisingly has wifi. Biggest disappointment?Not being able to speak at Offshoot due to volcanic ash (nudge nudge, hint hint). Thoughts for 2011?In 2011 I’ll be having my first ever solo show in a gallery in London. I’ll be thinking about it lots and making lots of new work for the exhibition which will be on for two weeks in October. Yikes!
SERGE SEIDLITZ
VOLCANO WIMP! HTTP://WWW.SERGESEIDLITZ.COM
ST. PETER’S @ THE VATICAN, ROME
ICELANDIC VOLCANO EYJAFJALLAJOKULL ERUPTED EARLIER THIS YEAR CAUSING HUGE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES, INCLUDING SERGE SEIDLITZ NOT BEING ABLE TO MAKE A APPEARANCE AT OFFSHOOT IN DUBLIN.
Personal achievement of the year?Seeing the studio through its first full year and getting Danes addicted to Barry’s Tea and Ballymaloe Relish.
Event of the year?The Roskilde Festival weekend. Again.
The thing that blew your mind in 2010?Jonsi’s live show.http://jonsi.com
Album of the year?Beach House - Teen Dream.
Exhibition of the year?Perhaps the most exciting exhibition was finally putting all my old Star Wars figures on display in my apartment in a vintage case I found.
Your favourite piece of work;Of yours... The Radio Post #2, which is at the printers right now. It’ll be beautiful andI’ll send a copy to anyone who writesand asks for one.http://www.theradiopost.com
& of someone else...Jop van Bennekom’s art direction of Fantastic Man magazine continues to be an almost perfect example of understated editorial design.http://www.fantasticman.com
Film of the year?Not a feature film but Myles O’Reilly’s mini-live film of James McMorrow in the Button Factory for state.ie was a thing of great beauty. It not only made the live show look amazing, it made being in Dublin seem so desirable. http://tinyurl.com/34o64q8http://www.arbutusyarns.com
Book of the year?Didn’t read any books published this year but I did finally get to read the massively fascinating ‘Dream Maker: The Rise And Fall of John Z. Delorean’.
Find of the year?Rediscovering the genius of I Am Kloot by chancing upon a gig of theirs in Berlin.
Biggest disappointment?Not getting hired for a job that requires me to spend some time in both New York and Tuscany, as well as at home in Copenhagen of course.
Thoughts for 2011?Everything is going to be alright.
SIMON ROCHE
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Personal achievement of the year?Launching my own label.
Event of the year?My debut S/S11 Collection at London Fashion Weekhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M2r_Kzj54pI
The thing that blew your mind in 2010?Friends and family.
Album of the year?The Villagers.
Exhibition of the year?Lucian Freud at the Pompidou Center, Paris, France.
Your favourite piece of work;Of yours...The Skeleton Shirt.
& of someone else...Louise Bourgeois.
Film of the year?A Prophet.
Book of the year?Into the Wild - Jon Krakauer(I only read it this year).
Find of the year?Alan my assistant.
Biggest disappointment?Irish Government.
Thoughts for 2011? Heating for the studio (right).
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Personal achievement of the year?Organising two shows, Drawers and Laundry, at South Studios in Dublin, under the auspices of Illustrators Ireland. Getting over 70 illustrators, designers and photographers to take part in Laundry was demanding but well worth it. The space was crying out to be used as a venue, and with the wealth of talent and energy to draw on at South Studios (ABGC architects and Swollen Design, to name but two), it really showed what could be done on a minimal budget. It’s become a cliche to talk of the upsurge in collaborative DIY activity and venues as the recession pulls the carpets from under us, but it’s true nonetheless.
Event of the year?Offset. You can’t overstate how important it is that this event exists. Genuinely inspirational. You can read all the internets you like, but there’s nothing like meeting the people behind the work to really join up the dots and remove those creative obstacles.
The thing that blew your mind in 2010?Realising that because I became a dad and therefore don’t have a tenth of the free time I used to have, I need to give all of my energy to the work I can do. I’m a very hard person to buy a present for: I only want time now. I’m trying to consume less and make more. If I buy one more sketchbook that goes untouched I’ll shoot myself. The other thing that tends to blow my mind is my beautiful daughter, but you’d expect me to say that.
Album of the year?A year late, but Two Dancers by Wild Beasts. I’m a sucker for a sleazy falsetto. And I’ve rediscovered the Fall this year: search online for Blindness on Jools Holland and the video for Bury Pts. 1 + 3. It’s got under my skin like nothing else.
Exhibition of the year?Laundry at South Studios!
Your favourite piece of work;Of yours... Burning Dog (left).
& of someone else...Al Murphy’s ‘Watership Down print.It’s just very funny.http://tinyurl.com/2ullwab
Film of the year?Inception.
Book of the year?Again, 2 years later, Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell. It’s all about work, not waiting for lightning to strike.
Find of the year?Wood carving tools I intend to make good use of in the new year. And Berlin.
Biggest disappointment?The return of 3D cinema.
Thoughts for 2011?I intend to steer clear of blogging and Facebooking every little piece of throwaway tat I do. It’s unhealthy. It’s too tempting to show everyone what you’re up to in the studio, but getting a few thumbs up from virtual strangers is no substitute for rigorous self criticism and being able to distinguish a trashy first effort from a considered development.I’ll be keeping my own counsel for a while, work-wise, and concentrating on making something I can still stand over in ten years time.
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Personal achievement of the year?Surviving the interview I did withGary Baseman at OFFSET was a tremendous relief :)
Event of the year?Close run between ICON in LA and OFFSET in the Docklands. Think those shiny blue lights outside the the Grand Canal Theatre might just shave it.http://www.theillustrationconference.orghttp://www.iloveoffset.com
The thing that blew your mind in 2010?Mic’s Chilli’s Inferno extreme sauce - bloody hot!!http://www.micschilli.ie
Album of the year?I Am Kloot ‘Sky at Night’. Northern Skies is an amazing track. Also The National’s ‘High Violet’ & The Black Keys’ ‘Brothers’.
Exhibition of the year?Has to be Steve Doogan’s ‘Drawers’ exhibition in South Studios. Group exhibition pimping IKEA flat pack drawers... Brilliant!
Your favourite piece of work;Mic’s Chili sauces.
& of someone else...BRENB’s illustration work forAbsolut Fringe.
Film of the year?Alice In Wonderland was much better than I expected... Wish I’d seenPiranha 3D.
Book of the year?Really liked Oliver Jeffers’‘Heart and the Bottle’.
Find of the year?Sweet leather jacket I found in theSVP shop.
Biggest disappointment?No disappointments this year, everything was perfect.
Thoughts for 2011? I have a children’s books lined up for January. Looking forward to starting that.
STEVE SIMPSON
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Personal achievement of the year?Growing our own vegetables this summer! We’ve spent the past 12 months settling into our new place on the edge of Sheffield and we’ve really enjoyed putting our garden to good use. We grew gigantic lettuces, tomatoes, bok choy, salads, (slightly retarded)carrots, and beans amongst others and we found it very rewarding and delicious! We’re already making plans for spring and setting up our anti-slug defence systems!
Event of the year?The Non-Stop Freedom Tour 2010. In October we flew over to New York to meet up with our friends Nichole and Carlos East to set off on a roadtrip around the wonderful underbelly of america. We spent the next 2 weeks driving deeper and deeper south through 18 different states and visiting some really crazy stuff. Highlights of the trip included the Eastern State Penn, piglet racing at Dollywood, the world’s biggest haunted house, bruce weiners micro-car museum, washington zoo, and a funeral home with an arcade and mini golf set up in its basement. We eventually finished in Chicago where we held our ‘The Wrong-Un’s’ exhibition at the Rotofugi gallery.
The thing that blew your mind in 2010?Walking along the ridge of the schilthorn in switzerland and seeing the panorama of the alps on all sides of us. It was utterly breathtaking! We visited the Lauterbrunnen Valley in July for a super-relaxing break and lots of hiking.
Album of the year?Shonen Knife - Supergroup!
Exhibition of the year?We didn’t attend any really to be honest! This year has been such a busy one with work that we’ve not been able to spend as much time as we’d have liked visiting shows. However we would have given our right arms to be able to visit the Sanrio 50th celebrations in the US or Japan!
Your favourite piece of work;Of yours...One of our favourite book projects this year has been a big book we illustrated for Dorling Kindersley. We completed 130-something illustrated pages in under two months and loved every minute of it! The team we worked with were some of the nicest people we’ve had the pleasure of working with as well. Sadly we can’t show any pics of it yet as its not released until March, so we’ll have to make do with a picture of our second favourite project of the year... our snow panda!
& of someone else...It’s an oldie but a mind-blowingly goodie from 1983. How can you go wrong with flying daikons, bunny girls, ELO and the magic of Gainax. Produced by a group of amateurs calling themselves DAICON Film the team created an intro animation for the Daicon 3 con in 1981. In 1983 they re-visited it for the Daicon IV intro and blew the world away. The group would to on to form the legendary Gainax Studio.
We don’t know how many times we’ve watched this (and the Train-Man TV series version) this year, but its been an amazing inspiration to us. Gainax, Daicon 4 opening sequence:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=40keiiFDE Film of the year?4 Lions! Rubber Dinghy Rapids and Sheffield innit bro.
Book of the year?Rilla Alexander’s ‘Her Idea’. It’s lovely!!!
Find of the year?Our 1993 Autozam Carol! We bought this little car in April as a friend for our Honda Beat and the next restoration project for us. As most of our friends know we’re nuts about japanese Kei cars (tiny cars with tiny engines!). As far as we know Carol is the only Carol in the country and we’ve really enjoyed driving her round and working on her this year.
Biggest disappointment?The realisation that there’s simply not been enough days in this year to do all the things we wanted to!
MIKE & KATIE:TADO
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Personal achievement of the year?Releasing Kormac’s album and following the show around major festivals was a lifetime box ticked, no question. Not really a personal achievement mind , was a family affair.
Event of the year?Glastonbury.
The thing that blew your mind in 2010?Plastikman Live Show.
Album of the year?Caribou ‘Swim’.
Exhibition of the year?Maser & Co’s Keith Haring Exhibition - the Bernard Shaw. Best event we ran all year by a mile.
Your favourite piece of work;Of yours... Liam O’Shea.
& of someone else...Fernando Torres.
Film of the year?Only saw one - The Social Network.Was good.
Book of the year?Ronnie Drew’s biog was great. I read it this year at least, dunno when it was written. Find of the year?The Chilean miners. Biggest disappointment?Nothing really, kept the head down,and the heart high... Thoughts for 2011?Keep her lit.
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Personal achievement of the year?Pecha Kucha (managing to say a little).
Event of the year?Offset.
The thing that blew your mind in 2010?George ‘Go F*ck Yourself’ Lois, OFFSET2010 Conference.
Album of the year?‘This is Happening’ - LCD Soundsystem.
Exhibition of the year?‘At Sea’ Gary Coyle. RHA.
Your favourite piece of work;Of yours... Irish Architecture Foundation -‘A Space For Learning’ exhibitionand book (top right).
& of someone else...Studio Aad’s Skateboard! (bottom right)
Film of the year?Kickass. Nicolas Cage in a good movie?!
Book of the year?‘Information is Beautiful’ -David McCandless.
Find of the year?Aweditorium http://www.aweditorium.com Biggest disappointment?Missing M&E’s Offset presentation (whilst trying to settle our own pre-talk nerves) Thoughts for 2011?More snow please.
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Personal achievement of the year?Covering 17 windows of Selfridges on Oxford Street with my work as part of the Nike Stadium for the World Cup.
Event of the year?For me turning the dreaded 30.
The thing that blew your mind in 2010?Lance Wyman & George Lois at OFFSET in Dublin.
Album of the year?Grizzly Bear - Veckatimest /Sufjan Stevens - Age of Adz /Joanna Newsom - Have One on Me Exhibition of the year?There’s been a few really good shows I’ve been lucky enough to catch but, because of work, I really don’t get to see anywhere near enough. To try and correct that, and actually make the most of living in London for a change, I’m taking the whole day off tomorrow to go round some galleries in town which I’m really excited about.
Having said all that, the one show that I’d highlight for such a unique personal experience, and apologies for picking one I was in, is the “ING Discerning Eye” exhibition recently on at the Mall Galleries. I had been invited to exhibit by a newspaper Art Critic and so naturally was quite excited about the show and worked hard on the new pieces. We all turned up for the launch, found where my work was and discovered I was nowhere to be seen in the catalogue and that my work was credited as being done by an older lady (I think Patricia or Dorothy) whose real piece was a painting of some plums which sat gleefully next to my two originals. It was a surreal combination of anticipation, disappointment, lots of free wine and laughter hitting me at once. If it all goes wrong at least I know I have a back up alter ego I can assume now.
Your favourite piece of work;Of yours... Semblance 12. & of someone else...I’m not sure of the tile but its by the incredibly talented Jesse Auersalo. (Pictured right)
Film of the year?I don’t get to the cinema as often asI should so my choice isn’t particularly cool but it WAS f***ing amazing -Toy Story 3.
Book of the year?I don’t think any of the books I’ve been reading came out this year.
Find of the year?The surprisingly strong mulled wine serve in half pint tankards next to a giant open fire in the Mermaid Inn, Rye, East Sussex.
Biggest disappointment?The government.
Thoughts for 2011?It’s going to be ace.
VON
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