Once a year I make my way back to my old college (the National College of Art and Design) to have a gawk at graduate art and meet old mates. As I studied Visual Communications while attending the college, I have a keen interest in the graduates’ work in this department.

I clocked the above poster while strolling through town on my way to work yesterday. I punched in the web address on my phone and it turns out its promoting the vis com grad class in NCAD. I love the piece. Nice and punchy wood block type, with an ambiguous, interactive element to it. Smart.

On the web page there's a link to the designer of the poster, Ross Coghlan – http://cargocollective.com/rosscoghlan For a graduate – in fact, regardless of that – he has a very strong body of work. Download his portfolio, it would put plenty of Dublin designers to shame. I got in contact with him about the poster and he explained that 150 of them were printed using letterpress type. As if they weren't nice enough already.

I received the poster above during the week. 7 colour silk-screen, it is something else. Money well, well spent. Here's a few links to some great poster shops online:
http://burlesquedesign.com/storeintl.htm
http://www.blanka.co.uk/
http://www.thesmallstakes.com/

Here's a link
http://vimeo.com/15357305
to a video of a mural I completed recently in Dublin called City Links. Heineken put on a competition called Your Heineken, Your City a while back and I won the Dublin section of the competition. The video gives a background to the design that depicts my visual representation of Dublin.
Thanks to Colin in ThinkHouse PR that did a sterling job on the editing of the piece ans a big thank you to Chewy too.

Well there hasn't been much of a squeek out of me in the last ages, I am fully aware of this fact. Foot to the floor, that is what has been going on in the studio these days. Not that I'm complaining at all! I have been loving it. Lots of interesting projects on the go.
The rest of my time (weekends) have been taken up with painting with friends and I've put on an exhibition (LessBut Better see www.curateanddesign.com) since the last time I blogged. It was a success and myself and my friend Shane will defo be collaborating on more in the future.
The exhib was centred around Braun and the imfamous industrial designer, Dieter Rams. There is a limited edition poster for sale if it tickles any of your fancies. Here's the link:
http://www.curateanddesign.com/index.php?/shop/dieter-rams-print/
It's a 5 colour A2 litho limited edition print on grey tinted uncoated 270gsm stock. At €20 I think its a bargain.
Lovingly designed by the talented fellows of Conor&David, it reads LESS when you turn your head 180 degrees. Smart in concept and exicution. Bravo lads.