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.

Another video for last year’s edition of OFFSET is up online for all to enjoy. Scott Burnett from Studio AAD opened up the weekend, a formidable task which he took in his stride, with this inspiring presentation. Can’t believe we’re less than 10 weeks to this year’s event. Actually, probably best not to think about that right now. Enjoy!

Chip Kidd is a writer and graphic designer in New York City. His book jacket designs for Alfred A. Knopf (where he has worked since 1986) have helped spawn a revolution in the art of American book packaging. He spoke in his inimitable way at OFFSET 2009 about the process of book cover design.

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Chris Haughton is an Irish illustrator living between London and India who presented his work at OFFSET 2009. He illustrates regularly for The Guardian, The Times, and The Independent and many other publications. He has worked for several large national and international advertising campaigns, and created murals in London and Tokyo. He was listed in Time magazine’s ‘DESIGN 100′ 2007 for the work he has been doing for fair trade clothing company People Tree.

We are delighted to say the video for his talk is online now so enjoy. Go to our VIMEO page to see all videos now uploaded.

Sir Peter Blake’s interview at last years OFFSET conference has been released as a video in the build up to OFFSET2010. Watch out for more releases over the next few weeks. You can keep up to date with all upcoming OFFSET news by becoming a fan on Facebook and following on Twitter.

Some recent additions to OFFSET2009’s speaker Serge Seidlitz’s blog showcase some of the different treatments he worked up for ITV’s new drama. The work appeared across platforms (quite litterally in the case of these TUBE station advertisements above) and showcase his loverly hand-drawn type. Below are some unused treatments.

OFFSET2009 speaker James Jean has released some new prints and they are amazing…of course! WAVE II (above) is a 17 x 22 in Giclee on Ultrasmooth Fine Art Paper as is an open edition, all for $87.00.

Go get one!

As we look forward to the build up to OFFSET 2010, we’ve just started receiving some of the videos of OFFSET 2009. The above video is by Synth Eastwood and features portraits of our attendees and indeed a lot of our speakers taken over the weekend and used primarily at The Social. See how many of the speakers you spot and post your guesses in the comments, the person who guesses the most will get a special prize!

Also we will be updating the OFFSET website very soon so anyone who has videos, photos or comments on the conference please send them on to info@iloveoffset.com