OFFSET2010 are beyond thrilled to announce that Jim Carroll (The Irish Times, OTR) will be conducting a very special interview with DJ SHADOW in our second room on Friday 1st of October at 5PM before he takes the stage at Tripod that evening for his amazing live show.

The interview will range from his creative ‘cut & paste’ music style, his collaborations with photographers, designers and film makers like Ben Drury, Will Bankhead, Paul Insect, B+, Marc Singer and Kar Wai Wong to his current visual rich live stage show. We really feel privileged as while Shadow’s profile has never been higher, he has increasingly shied away from music press and traditional forms of social networking.

OFFSET2010 are delighted to announce an in-depth conversation between Lance Wyman and Linda King in our second room on Saturday October 2nd at 1300hrs.

In a distinguished career spanning four decades, Lance Wyman has received countless awards, runs a prominent design office and is credited with helping to define the field of environmental graphic design. He is a specialist in branding/wayfinding systems for public environments. Wyman’s logo for the Mexico 68 Olympics remains one of the most enduring icons of 20th century graphic design.

Linda King teaches Design History and Theory at IADT.

Lance Wyman main stage presentation takes place Sunday October 3rd at 1100hrs.

OFFSET2010 in association with ICAD present George Lois in a special Q&A session in our second room Sunday October 3rd at 1600hrs.. Moderated by Fionn Davenport (Culture Shock, Newstalk) with an introduction from Pearse McCaughey (ICAD President) it promises to be an engaging occasion with a true legend and a great character.

Lois has a reputation of being among the greatest innovators in advertising: he put MTV on the map with the ‘I want my MTV’ campaign; brought the Tommy Hilfiger brand to international attention; and renamed Stouffer’s frozen foods products, Lean Cuisine and of course his iconic covers for Esquire remain icons in publishing.

George Lois’s main stage presentation takes place Saturday October 2nd at 1800hrs.

A short video profile of Tom Matthews, the Dublin cartoonist by Paddy Cahill. His ‘Art Toons’ work regularly appears in The Irish Times with wry contributions to both the Sunday Independent and Hot Press. He is a regular in our favourite pub Grogans where he is part of a huge cast of potential subjects for documentaries.

The full Main Stage schedule for OFFSET2010 is now online. There is an intensive programme of presentations planned for the Main Room Stage as well as daily screenings of short films and animations curated by Darklight. They are also delighted to be showing a screening of I’m Here, a creative collaboration between Spike Jonze and ABSOLUT Vodka.

Programming for the second room at the conference is ongoing but will feature breakout sessions, Q&A’s, workshops, smaller presentations and more we’re still working on. Details in the next couple of days.

No doubt if you live in Dublin you will have noticed some rather nice and thought provoking ‘messages’ painted on the walls and buildings of our fair city. This has been a collaborative effort between graffiti artist Maser and singer/songwriter Damien Dempsey. A website www.theyareus.ie has gone live outlining the project and documenting the sites. Go visit now!

When we drew up the inaugural wish list of speakers for OFFSET I knew the first person I wanted to invite was Dave McKean. So it was a great thrill and honour when he said ‘YES’. We have uploaded the video of his presentation which is available for your enjoyment. So…enjoy.

Dave McKean has illustrated many award winning comics and books, including The Big Fat Duck Cookbook (Heston Blumenthal), What’s Welsh For Zen (John Cale), Varjak Paw (SF Said), The Savage (David Almond), Arkham Asylum (Grant Morrison), The Homecoming (Ray Bradbury), Wizard and Glass (Stephen King), The Graveyard Book, Wolves in the Walls, Coraline, Mr. Punch, Signal to Noise and Crazy Hair (all by Neil Gaiman). He also created the incredible covers for the entire award winning Sandman comic series.

Oliver Jeffers makes art. From figurative painting and installation to  illustration and picture-book making, his work has been exhibited and  published in New York, Dublin, London, Sydney, Washington DC, Belfast  and elsewhere. His picture books, including Lost and Found, The Incredible Book Eating  Boy, and most recently, The Great Paper Caper. Oliver was brought up in  Northern Ireland and now lives and works in Brooklyn (hence the mustache!).

Enjoy this talk from OFFSET last year and don’t miss out this year by getting your ticket now!

Anthony Burrill is an independent designer and illustrator who works in a broad range of activities, including print, film and internet. His talk was much anticipated and he was a great presence throughout the weekend… especially at the OFFSET party, who knew he could dance as well as he can design!?

You can check out his talk online here. Unfortunately there is no video of his dance floor exploits.

There are two great filmmaking competitions at Darklight this year. ‘Free Your Film’ is a commission to make a short film for a budget of 3k and ‘My Environment, My Film’ is a viral competition and the prize is a HD camera.

Both are linked off the main Darklight website.