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letter writing Languages form an important part of a country’s identity. With the numbers of fluent Irish-speakers decreasing each year in Ireland, are we losing a distinct part of our identity as a nation? I set out to explore this … Continue reading
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tír gan teanga? Languages form an important part of a country’s identity. With the numbers of fluent Irish-speakers decreasing each year in Ireland, are we losing a distinct part of our identity as a nation? I set out to explore … Continue reading
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stephen fry on language Stephen Fry’s podcast on language is an eloquent, plea for freedom in the use of language, a reflection on the inconvenience and irrelevance of grammar and pedantry.This project visually displays this stream of conscious ans is … Continue reading
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the fourth wall This book explores the fourth wall – that is – the invisible boundary between fiction and reality – as it was employed by German theatre practitioner Bertolt Brecht. It documents through typography and iconography one particular performance … Continue reading
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language of romance Romance and romantic language are a dying art. Contrasting modern romantic imagery with classical romantic text, this book acts as a visual narrative documenting modern day romance. The artificial light provided by today’s night life helps to … Continue reading
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positive campaign This supplement documents ‘Positive’, a campaign designed to get people talking, sharing and passing on pieces of advice and wisdom from their life experiences. The campaign encourages a positive outlook on life, aims to lift people’s spirits and … Continue reading
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three films Every feature-length movie starts on paper in the form of a screenplay. With this in mind, I was interested in the process of bringing film back to a two dimensional domain, translating its language (mood, story, dialogue, lighting, … Continue reading
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swear jar Swear Jar is a humorous book that looks at our use of bad language. As a means of expressing extreme emotion, swear words undoubtedly have great power, and they can sometimes achieve effects that are hard to create … Continue reading
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keeping up with the murphys It is in our nature to want to be portrayed in a good light. Even during a recession people spend huge amounts of money, often money they do not have, in order to appear wealthy … Continue reading
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irish slang For my final year project I designed a book to show the richness of slang in Ireland. Ireland is known to linguists as having a great variance in slang from area to area, despite Ireland’s relatively small population … Continue reading
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things are better now ‘Things are Better Now’ is an exploration into the visual language of nostalgia. I tried to create a narrative in which the aesthetic did not depend on a particular style or era. From my research and … Continue reading
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english language; origin, role, future The digital age has seen the English language become increasingly important as an international language seeing it once again splinter off into variations of itself as non-native speakers introduce alternative usage. Its future therefore belongs … Continue reading