Design: Sticks and Hones – Jonny Boyle
Jonny Boyle is testing out Sticks, his Omakase concept, through a series of acclaimed pop-ups.
Hemlines: The Future of Dublin Fashion [Week]
After a plethora of started-and-scrapped formats, does the optimal “fashion week” model lie in spotlighting creativity over commerciality?
ADIFF: Up Close and Personal
Compelling studies of major contemporary issues on the island of Ireland: Feargal Ward’s The Lonely Battle of Thomas Reid and Sinead O’Shea’s A Mother Brings Her Son To Be Shot
A Conversation with Sally Rooney
In conversation with Donal Scannell, Sally Rooney discusses the privileges of private education and why she considers herself a socialist, Marxist and communist.
October Audio: Jenny Hval, El Perro del Mar, Norah Jones + More
We’re listening to albums ranging from the avant-garde, to Nora Jones, to a beautiful, immersive bath of six-string explorations that never outstay their welcome.
Restaurant Review: Over The Moon at Luna
The waiters, all young men as it would have been in the ’60s, wear red jackets with black suede lapels, tailored by Louis Copeland. A more senior waiter, dressed entirely in black, even looks like a bonafide mobster. I’m downstairs in Luna, eating dinner like a boss.
Celluloid Stories: The History of Dublin Cinema Design
Whether it’s the cloud of adolescent pheromones or the compounded nostalgia, there is a magnetic force in cinema’s ether.
From the Flames: Phoenix Rising Exhibition at Hugh Lane
On its centenary, the 1914 Civic Exhibition has come back to our attention as the jump-off point for Phoenix Rising: Art and Civic Imagination at Hugh Lane
Making The Scene
Making the Scene is a series of lunchtime and afternoon talks taking place as part of PhotoIreland 2014 at Gallery of Photography.
Top of the Pops: Decoding the SS14
We decoded our favourite spring/summer collections and wrangled out the references behind them.
Totally Dublin Weekender | 6 – 9 March
Dark rooms, fancy dress and Elvis …this could be interesting.
Gleaming The Cube: Dork tricks are back
Faced with the unstoppable force of Californian skatepark babies with unbeatable technical skills, pros are turning to the dorky tricks of the past to stay ahead.
Gleaming The Cube: Static, Josh Stewart and a sense of place
The last part of the Static series heralds some patented Danny Wilson thought on whether the ‘where’ and ‘when’ count as much as the ‘what’ in skating.
Dublin’s 25 Best Independent Retailers
We’ve decided to help you support some of Dublin’s best indies with a handy guide to the city’s finest.
Interview: Paula Scher
Offset chats with design doyen and cartophile.