State Design interview
We talk to Philip O' Dwyer of State Design in the UK about their recent projects and work. May 2003  

Russell Mills interview
We talk to Russell Mills-artist, designer and musician, about his recent projects and work. Mar 2003  

Four5one interview
We talk to Richard Seabrooke, Senior Designer of FOUR5ONE Design about their recent projects and design in Ireland. Feb 2003  

Oranje & Green book
We talk to Conor Clarke, Creative Director of Design Factory about his new book Oranje & Green: Holland - Ireland Design Connections 1951 - 2002. Nov 2002  

Steven Heller interview
We talked to Steven Heller, who has carved out an impressive career as the foremost authority in the United States on the history of graphic design. Aug 2002  

Language interview
We talked to David Joyce, Director of Language, about their recent client and self-initiated design projects. July 2002  

Red Dog interview
We talked to Mary Doherty, Managing Director of Red Dog Design, about their recent projects and design in Ireland. May 2002  

Profile: The Cartoon Saloon
We profile Irish animation company The Cartoon Saloon, currently developing thier first animation feature Rebel. Mar 2002  

Profile: Brown Bag Films
We profile Irish animation company Brown Bag Films whose short film 'Give Up Yer Aul Sins' is nominated for the 2002 Oscars. Jan 2002  

Graphic Artists Guild interview
We talked to Steven R. Schubert, Executive Director of the GAG, about their aims and in particular how US illustrators rights are being compromised. Dec 2001  

The Stone Twins interview
We talk to Amsterdam based graphic design agency The Stone Twins, run by twin brothers Garech and Declan Stone about their recent projects and the dutch design scene. Dec 2001  

Steve Simpson interview
We talk to illustrator and animator Steve Simpson about his days working on popular animated TV shows and his recent illustration and animation projects. Nov 2001  

Image Now interview
We spoke to Darrell Kavanagh, Commercial Director with Image Now about recent Image Now projects and design in Ireland. Sept 2001  

The Illustration Conference 2001: Effecting Change
Padhraig Nolan of the Illustrators Guild of Ireland reports for us on the recent Illustration Conference 2001 in the US. June 2001  

David Rooney interview
We talk with the successful Irish illustrator and 'scraperboard king' David Rooney about his work and inspirations. April 2001  

Blogging and the Rise of Creative Self Publishing
We look at the major growth in creative self-publishing on the internet through the popularity of the weblog and simple free web publishing solutions. February 2001  

Designers and their Curious Books
We look at the growing trend of designers as authors. From the recent publication of Bruce Mau's epic 'Life Style' to the abstract 'artists books' of Tomato, Fuel and others. January 2001  

2000
Illustrators Ireland interview
We speak to Padhraig Nolan and Kevin McSherry about the newly formed 'Illustrators Guild of Ireland', a body created to help represent the interests of Irish Illustrators. December 2000  

Peter Maybury interview
We talk with innovative Dublin graphic designer Peter Maybury about his recent design and art projects. November 2000  

Anti-Advertising goes 'Culture-Jamming'
While advertising companies have never had it better, with more and more communication channels opening for them to reach us even on an individual basis, alternative advertising groups and the phenomenon of 'Culture-Jamming' are growing at greater and greater speed. November 2000  

Archeire Interview
Archeire is the online community for Irish architecture and has recently won the Spider awards 2000 for best community or special interest website. We spoke to Paul Clerkin of Archeire about the success of the website in raising the awareness of Irish architectural design online. September 2000  

Designers designing only for themselves
With web design firm Razorfish recently finding themselves being sued by a client for producing an unusable website, cutting edge webdesigners make no excuses for the fact that they are designing for themselves. But are they also demonstrating that 'cutting edge' design does not neccesarily mean 'good design.' August 2000  

Darklight Digital Film Festival
The Darklight Digital Film Festival returned for the second year to Temple Bar in Dublin this summer. The 4 day festival highlighted the best in Irish and international digital film making. We spoke with Rachel O'Connor, press manager for the Darklight festival about the success of this years festival and the growth in digital film making. July 2000  

Anamu Animation Base
Anamu has gone from strength to strength in recent years with the growing success of the Irish Animation Festival and and the recent launch of an Irish Animation Database on the web. We spoke with Denise Mulvaney, who along with Ruth Maher co-ordinates the Irish Animation Festival and the ani-fest website. June 2000  

Designers can be Artists too
Many web designers frustrated with the limitations of commercial design have formed themselves into design communities where the only client is themselves and where anything goes. We take a look at the rising trend of designers expressing themselves in this border between 'design' and 'art'. May 2000  

Flash: the killer app thats killing the web?
We look at the rising trend of flash orientated brand websites, where ideas and content are being sacrificed for spinning logo's, marketing speak and powerpoint style presentations. April 2000  

Changing The Word, But Not The Meaning
The recently published "Letter From The Art Director" from Yoshi Sodeoka, the Art Director of Word.com gains huge feedback and reaction from the web design community.
March 2000  

No need for web designers?
Recently there has been a spate of print and radio advertising proclaiming to the business world and those who wish to put their business online that they do not need the skills of a web designer and can do it all themselves.
March 2000  

Size is Everything
An interesting new design competition is getting the web design community talking. It involves designing a webpage or a website that weighs in at less than 5k.
March 2000  

Brian Cronin interview
We talk with successful Irish illustrator Brian Cronin about his work and inspirations.
February 2000  

Enterprise Ireland
We talk with Steve Conlon of Enterprise Ireland's Design Unit on the progress of the Irish Design industry.
February 2000  

The MTV European Awards
We talk with Brian Williams about Dynamo's work on one of the most coveted design contracts of the year, the European MTV Awards.
Janauary 2000  

1999
Born with a Broken Tongue
We talk with the designer of the 'Born With A Broken Tongue' CD Rom, Martin Casey - recent winner of the AKQA/Creative Review New Media Talent Award 2000 competition.
December '99  

Jon Berkeley interview
We talk with the successful illustrator about his work and living in Barcelona.
December '99  

The Om'nium Virtual Design Studio
A look at the first global virtual design education program to be run via the internet
November '99  

Om'nium - Interview with Rick Bennet
We talk to the originator and Director of the Om'nium VDS Project.
November '99  

'Stock, Maybe; Stock House, No!'
Although designers and design agencies over the last few years have benefited from the explosion in all forms of royalty free stock resources, the same cannot be said for the struggling illustrator.
November '99  

The Changing (inter) Face of Apple
QuickTime 4.0 and the iminent demise of Apple's 'Human Interface Guidlines." Instead of a software interface we are now faced with a "product" interface.
October '99  

First Things First - Manifesto 2000
Reprinted in the autumn issue of EYE magazine, 'First Things First - Manifesto 2000' is one of the few examples of the design culture questioning itself.

The manifesto was originally published in Adbusters magazine, and is now intended for publishing in design magazines throughout Europe including AIGA Journal; Blueprint, Emigre, and many more..
October '99