May Games: Dark Souls III: The Ringed City + More!
The Challenge stays with you because its images are burned in to your retinas.
Ultimology: How to Make Sloke
Kate Strain and Fiona Hallinan are spearheading the concept of ultimology to discover, track and record what what is dead or dying in a process.
Rattling for Our Attention: Emer Roberts
The sculpture and jewellery designer, Emer Roberts, is ready to release her rodent inspired collection.
What if Dublin… had a Tahrir Square?
The delivery of our protest performance is highly diffuse. Sometimes, O’Connell St will host the parade. On occasion College Green is the favoured space. Mostly we settle for a terribly cramped and claustrophobic space before the Dail.
Garb: Fashioning the Collection – Sinead Roberts
Statement structures, artisan forms and details in the design that allow each piece an individuality. The Collection is saturated with personality.
Into The Forest: The Anatomy of Without Name
Getting under the skin of the chilling new Irish horror.
Barfly: Street 66
Street 66 is divided into two distinct areas; a wholly unremarkable, leather booth lined hindquarters functioning as a “Disco Lounge” and a more laid back “Dive Bar” up at the front
Cinema Review: Elle
A profoundly challenging exploration of consent, female empowerment, misogyny, voyeurism and role-playing.
Reflections at 150 – Michael John Gorman
We featured a slightly fresher-faced Michael John Gorman in issue #10 in July 2005 around his Save The Robots exhibition in The Ark. He reflects on that time and his life course since then.
Barfly: A Cut Above – The Barbers
A cosy single room, featuring a side area with a barber’s chair for those wishing to indulge the crossover, the crowd mixes auld lads, suits, and a healthy smattering of Stoneybatter and (Grangegorman) transplants.
Soundbite: Raymond Gogan – Listoke Gin School
The country’s first ever gin school recently opened at Listoke Estate outside Drogheda. Co-founder Raymond Gogan tells us about the unique experience on offer and the family’s longstanding connection with the world of Irish distilling.
What If Dublin… Loved Its Little Parks?
I envision a role, even a destiny for the parks, not as discrete bounded entities but as active hubs enlivening wide arcs of urban green.
Letter Love: Holly Pereira – Hyper Pictures
We caught up with illustrator, animator and signwriter Holly Pereira ahead of her appearance at RHA Hennessy Lost Fridays to discuss illustration, her love of big letters and the creatives that most inspire her.
Garb: Kiki Na Art
With artistic origins, six years in Vietnam and the solo establishment of an independent business under her belt, when it comes to Dublin’s creative scene, Kiki Na Art has arrived.
Feb Bitesize: The Fat Fox | Valentine Dining | Lily’s Café
Feb Bitesize: Deli takeaway Fat Fox, Valentine dining at the Dylan, Dine in Dublin food fest and pre-demo sustenance at Lily’s Café.
Cinema Review: Fifty Shades Darker
Fifty Shades Darker trades the excitement of bondage for the everyday bindings of domesticity.
New Model Army: Changing the face of the Irish model industry
Dean McDaid, of 9 crows and Not Another tells us how a few pints with Emma Fraser progressed into remodelling the Irish fashion industry.
What if Dublin… Banned Your Phone?
In 2004 the smoking ban was enforced with a hefty on the spot fine. Could similar laws towards smart devices benefit the city and its inhabitants?