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.

We are proud as punch to announce we have just secured a rare live onstage interview with one of the great pop artists of all time. Sir Peter Blake has been added to the lineup of OFFSET2009 and will be part of our Saturday afternoon programming (time TBC) with one of our speakers that day moving to Sunday where we’ll be running 30 minutes later to 6.30 (TBC).

For those of you who don’t know, here’s a brief overview of Sir Peter and his incredible work.

His appearance is in collaboration with Genesis Publications who have recently published a box set of a project he did with Beach Boy Brian Wilson which will be on view at the Leinster Gallery around OFFSET time (dates TBC)

More updates in the coming days, only 4 weeks to go.

Have a great weekend.

Speaking of great gig posters it’s great to see the peeps at Tiny Little Horse creating and printing quality prints slap bang here in Dublin. We caught up with the guys to talk shop in the latest in our 10 Questions series. Enjoy!

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