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The Institute of Designers in Ireland (IDI) is the professional body representing the interests of Irish designers throughout Ireland. Their function is to promote high standards of design, to foster professionalism and to emphasise designers’ responsibility to society, to the … Continue reading
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The International Society of Typographic Designers, ISTD, is a professional body run by and for typographers, graphic designers and educators. Membership is awarded to practicing designers, educators and students who demonstrate, through the quality of their work, their commitment to … Continue reading
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After graduating with a first class BA in Visual Communications from Limerick School of Art & Design, Ciara spent 9 successful years as a Graphic Designer / Design Director in Dublin City developing identity programmes and publications for some of … Continue reading
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Scott is Creative Director at Studio Aad and based in Dublin. As they say themselves: ‘We work with clients of all sizes and from a wide range of different areas, using design to solve problems and build tools that help … Continue reading
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international award winners “The most recent YCN Student Awards resulted in the biggest response to date, with inspiring creative submissions received from all over the world.” YCN online Six Year 3 students of the Visual Communications Course at the Limerick … Continue reading
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hem/home Finding home and knowing what home is, are not always easy things. For many people, including myself, in order to appreciate and love the place you are from, you need to move away from it and get some distance. … Continue reading
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tori “Tori” is an experimental publication with non-linear triple parallel narrative and a number of graphic elements and illustrations. Format: case-bound book, 180×230 mm, French-folded with die-cuts and tip-ins on several spreads. The fantasy novel applies Qualia perception theory to … Continue reading
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a fairy scary story The title of this brief was “Engage” and I could interperate this word in anyway I wished. My approach was to research how people have engaged with fairytales through the ages. Unless your childhood was devoid … Continue reading
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nature v nurture The nature versus nurture debate concerns the relative importance of an individual’s innate qualities (“nature,” i.e. nativism, or innatism) versus personal experiences (“nurture,” i.e. empiricism or behaviorism) in determining or causing individual differences in physical and behavioral … Continue reading
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think, perceive, engage. My concept for my final year show is based on the theory of moral development. When faced with moral dilemma we differ in response to that situation. How do we think, perceive and engage? Using Kohlberg’s theory … Continue reading
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astray Astray is an animation based on the medieval Gaelic poem Buile Suibhne (Frenzy of Sweeney), later known as Sweeney Astray. It follows the adventures of King Sweeney as a madman in rural Ireland after he is cursed into a … Continue reading
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After four years of conceptualising, brainstorming and pencil chewing, thirty-six Visual Communications students from the Limerick School of Art & Design (LSAD) are ready to probe the alluring world of the design profession. During the OFFSET festival the Year 4 … Continue reading