Farmleigh Portraits Exhibition

Portraits of a Nation Exhibition

Featuring a wide range of portraits, old and new.

On a recent visit to the Farmleigh gallery in the Phoenix Park, the ‘Portraits of a Nation’ exhibition was on display and I was lucky enough to view it just before it finished up. It features 82 historic and contemporary portraits by 54 artists including paintings, photographs, original prints, sculpture and drawings.

I have always loved portraiture and the art of trying to capture the essence of someone’s character through drawing, painting or photography. This exhibition was unique in offering such a wide range of styles of portraiture between classic, traditional paintings and modern, contemporary drawings along with everything in between.

It’s amazing to see the level of detail that the artists capture, with some paintings being difficult to determine whether it’s a photograph or a painting as the quality is so good. I enjoy drawing and painting people myself, and can only aspire to someday reach even close to the talent these artists display.

Keep updated on current or future exhibitions at the Farmleigh gallery on their website.

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May 30, 2016 /

Phoenix Park Fun Run Design

Community Response Fun Run Campaign

Community Response approached Clare Lynch Creative to design posters and flyers to attract interest in their annual Fun Run. The Dublin-based charity provide help for people with substance abuse and this Fun Run helps raise awareness and funds for the charity.

The posters were designed to immediately have a feeling of energy and fun that the race itself is about. Using the lime green tone from their logo with a stampede of feet running haphazardly together across the poster, the message of the poster is clearly delivered.

The client loved the smiley face brought in to the race name lockup and went on to apply it to t-shirts, as seen below, along with other collateral to promote the run.

To sign up for the fun run on May 25th 2016 in Dublin’s Phoenix Park or read more about this charity, check out their website.

Have fun to all the runners!

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May 12, 2016 /

SocialiseDUB Highlights

SocialiseDUB Design Talks

Check out some of things that stood out at this design event, held in the Dean Dublin:

Motherland

Motherland’s passion is researching and creating films that tell a story, create interest and evoke feelings within the viewer. ‘Becoming Men’ is a short video they shared where the narrator talks about own his experiences of growing up and how children jumping in the rivers and canals of Dublin is nothing new but is steeped in the history of childhood growing up in inner-city Dublin:

Shape

Explaining Design to Children– Studio AAD were tasked with coming up with a video that explain why design is important and what it actually is to children. They were please to discover the children understood it after a Q&A session with the children after watching the final video.

Just Six Degrees

This new website launched by Michael McDermott plays on the idea that we are all within 6 degrees or 6 people away from each other – for example; how the phrase ‘small world’ is often used when discovering a close connection between two people that you know separately. The concept of the website is to get different designers and creatives to recommend 1-3 other people that are currently inspiring them, they then do a feature on these people and ask them to recommend 1-3 people who are inspiring them. And so the process continues. A great way to discover unique and possibly not well-known talent that’s currently out there.

justsixdegrees.com

Love and Robots

Using 3D technology, Irish company Love and Robots create personalised and bespoke jewellery where the customer can be involved in the design process via their website, selecting from a range of options including colour, material and shape with even being able to twist a piece to create the exact shape you would like using their software. Each piece is custom-made and feels like a collaborative project between the customer and Love and Robots. The look and feel is quite edgy and contemporary and would appeal to graphic designers, architects, fashion designers in particular due to their geometric shapes.

loveandrobots.com