Offset Dublin
Founding Offset was driven by a passion for the impact creativity can have on cultural, social and economic enterprise. To create a platform to showcase the best Irish creativity alongside the international best practice. With over 2,500 attendees each year, since launching in 2009, Offset fast became one of the world’s most inspirational, educational and vocational conferences for the design and creative industries.
Offset Dublin – OFFSITE
OFFSITE is the citywide fringe festival running in lead up to the main event of Offset. It is a jam-packed week of Workshops, Masterclasses, Gallery shows, Installations, Outdoor Lunchtime Talks, Panel Discussions, Book Launches, Exhibitions, Live Music Performances, Delegate Party and much more. The OFFSITE fringe festival ran to four editions (2016-2019), and is the perfect opportunity for creatives to thrive: to learn from each other, to share their ideas, to inspire and be inspired by their peers. The majority of events are free and open to public.
Offset Dublin – Title Sequence
Working with Offset 2019 main stage speakers Windmill Lane was a wonderful experience. Under the creative direction of John Kennedy and the artistic vision of director Arice, alongside animators Manus Goan and Chris McLoughlin they produced a stunning, atmospheric and otherworldly piece. The sound design by Simon Bird made seeing it in the auditorium impactful.
Becks – Seb Lester Label
Alcohol brands creating limited-edition bottles is nothing new. But the first to do it in a meaningful way, more than 25 years ago, was Beck’s. By turning over its label as a canvas to both renowned and up-and-coming artists such as Gilbert and George, Tracey Emin, Jeff Koons and Damien Hirst, their work was showcased in the process to the millions who drink Beck’s.
We worked with renowned calligrapher and illustrator Seb Lester, to bring our Art Labels vision to life. The limited-edition 6-pack bottles were unveiled during Blisters at Print Club London, one of the UK’s largest poster shows with over 3,000 illustrators, artists and designers in attendance or, in a nutshell, the target Beck’s consumer.
Offset Dublin – Title Sequence
Working with UK agency and OFFSET 2014 speakers Golden Wolf, we produced an opening title that was focused on the creative process in an agency. A little tongue in cheek.
Offset Dublin – Title Sequence
The mesmerizing titles for OFFSET Dublin 2016 that were created by the ultra talented multidisciplinary creative content studio and Dublin’s own, Piranha Bar.
Offset London – Title Sequence
Using what seems like every second of his time when he wasn’t working at The Mill+ in New York, Dublin’s Aran Quinn created our OFFSET London titles.
Offset – Design
Doing the design for a design festival is both exciting and incredibly daunting. Trying to capture the spirit of the event, convey the info needed across a very busy schedule all while trying to satisfy a design savvy audience. Here are some examples from the 10 year and 14 event history.
Absolut – VIS1ONS
We challenged 10 leading Irish and international graphic artists to come together for a week and create their design in an open workshop, using an eye catching 8ft tall replica of the iconic ABSOLUT bottle as their canvas.
The 10 artists participating in ABSOLUT VIS10NS represent a variety of creative disciplines from across the globe from painting, fashion and photography to illustration and typography.