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A colourful poster for a creative festival featuring bold, overlapping typography that reads “OFFSET 2014”. Translucent, bubble-like shapes in pink, yellow and blue float across the composition. Text on the right reads “Dublin’s creative festival returns”. The bottom of the poster lists the dates “March 21–22–23” and the venue “Bord Gáis Energy Theatre, Dublin, Ireland”.

Offset 2014: On three terrific days at Dublin's creative conference

Words
Rob Alderson
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Date
24 March 2014

Last weekend we were honoured to be invited to speak at Dublin’s OFFSET festival; a three-day feast of creative insight and inspiration. More than 2,000 people flocked to the Irish capital for talks, panel discussions and live interviews and it was amazing to be part of a line-up that included the likes of Jessica Walsh, Marian Bantjes, Marina Willer, Richard Turley, Mike Perry, Richard Mosse and Jon Burgerman.

The OFFSET team manage to strike the perfect balance between seriously talented creatives like those mentioned above and a warm, laid-back and collaborative atmosphere which is a special thing to be a part of. It was great to meet so many people and a big thanks to everyone who came to our talk on Saturday!

There’s plenty of good in-depth coverage around by the likes of Creative Review and Creative Bloq but here’s just a few examples of the work shown on stage that tickled our fancy, and look out for dedicated posts on a couple of the speakers coming up tomorrow…

A wide landscape of rolling hills and mountains under a pale, overcast sky. The terrain is rendered in surreal shades of magenta, purple and deep blue.
A person looks directly at the camera with their face covered in bright pink polka dots. Large yellow letters with blue outlines are painted over the dots to read “GO GO GO GO”.
A person looks directly at the camera with bold red and teal makeup painted across their face. The makeup forms a graphic pattern with the words “MAKE YOUR LUCK” stacked in three blocks.
A person looks directly at the camera with bold, colourful makeup covering their face and neck. The makeup forms a graphic design in red, blue and purple, with the words “PLAY HARD” written across the face in orange.
A person looks directly at the camera with bold makeup covering their face. A pink circle over the centre of the face contains the words “SO IT GOES” in yellow. Teal and white diagonal stripes wrap around the forehead and neck against a black background.
A glass-fronted building features a large pink sign that reads “BIORHYTHM” and “MUSIC AND THE BODY”. A row of bicycles is parked along the pavement in front of the entrance.
A white booklet with bold pink typography reads “BIO RHY”. A black cable is coiled across the cover and tied with thin wire.
An open magazine spread featuring a bold layout in pink, black and white. The left page displays the title “BIO-RHYTHM” in large, vertical pink type, while the right page is titled “MUSIC AND THE BODY” and contains an article with large numerals “02:07” and “01:10”.
An open magazine spread titled “Biorhythm: Music and the Body”. The pages feature a grid of pink and white text blocks above a series of black bar charts of varying heights.
A diptych of two images. On the left, a pair of white headphones is mounted on a white wall, with a coiled cable forming a smile. A blurred figure walks past. On the right, a pink graphic of a soundwave is set against a dark grey background. A pink label reads “Steve Reich” and “00:04:42”, while white text at the bottom reads “Soul–Frederick Delius”.

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About the Author

Rob Alderson

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Rob Alderson is a freelance writer, editor and strategist. He was previously editor-in-chief of It’s Nice That and WePresent, and editor of Design Week. He publishes the newsletter Undo, which tries to make sense of how AI is changing design work, the design process and the design industry.

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