This talk is an illustrated account of the 17th century printing types prepared for use in the Irish language publications of the early Irish Franciscans working in exile in Europe and their influence on later designs.
Dermot McGuinne gained his primary degree and early experience as a graphic designer in the United States where he later held the position of Art Director of the University of Iowa Press for a number of years before returning to Ireland. He was awarded his doctorate from Trinity College Dublin for work completed on the subject of the “Irish Character in Print” and is author of Irish Type Design and various articles on this topic. He recently retired from his position as Head of Departments of Visual Communication and Fine Art at the Dublin Institute of Technology.
Until its recent move to UCD a bound manuscript (MSS A 8) rested four centuries in Franciscan care. The book’s beauty drew the attention of Reiltín Murphy in 1997 when it was exhibited in the National Gallery of Ireland while she was looking for an MA subject to follow a BA in Calligraphy and Bookbinding.
This unusual binding houses an Ulster manuscript dated 1532. It is a Life of Saint Colum Cille by Manus O’Donnell and is in the hand of scribe Eoghan Carrach O’Siaghail.
This talk, the first public airing of an MA awarded by NCAD in 2000, looks at various aspects surrounding the book: at questions surrounding the unusual binding; at the formal Irish Minuscule script written at a time when the author is reputed to have considered having his book printed; at that great book enthusiast Saint Colum Cille; and at the modern forms which Reiltín developed from the study.
Reiltín Murphy has a lifelong interest in books and lettering. Her work may be seen in the touring exhibition and publication An Leabhar Mór. She curated the 2006 international calligraphy and book arts exhibition Letter and Leaf in the National Print Museum and also had the pleasure of holding workshops in calligraphy and in bookbinding at the Museum. Reiltín lectures on the BA Hons degree in Design & Visual Communication at Waterford Institute of Technology.
This lecture will commemorate the 200th Anniversary of the Dublin Typographical Provident Society. It will reflect on the 200 year history of the Irish Print Group (SIPTU) from the DTPS, through the IGS and IPU to the present day.
Owen A. Curran was a former compositor/operator, and served as General Secretary of the Irish Print Group for twenty-four years.
The lettering on Nelson’s Pillar has been described as the finest 19th Century classical lettering to be found anywhere. The tradition of such lettering goes back a long time, famously to Trojans’ Column in Rome. In fact, classical inscriptions are all around us and this lecture hopes to introduce their variety quality and beauty.
Distinguished lecturer, Dr. Edward McParland from Trinity College History of Art Department will give this illustrated talk.
The establishment of Aer Lingus in 1936 was a huge infrastructural and political achievement for a newly independent country. By 1951 the Irish national airline had embarked on anambitious advertising strategy led by Dublin-based Sun Advertising. Over the next decade, Sun employed a number of Dutch designers to work on this account many of which were directly recruited through KLM, the Dutch flag-carrier and pioneer of aviation identity systems. This presentation focuses on the travel bureaux posters produced by these émigrés between 1951 and 1961 and considers their impact on both Aer Lingus’ visual identity and Irish graphic design practice at this time.
Dr. Linda King teaches Design History and Theory at IADT, Dublin. In 2007 she received her PhD for an analysis of the corporate identity and advertising strategies of Aer Lingus. She is currently co-editing a volume on Irish material and visual culture (1922-1992) for Cork University Press.
Making use of historical and contemporary examples of Artist/Illustrators as diverse as Michelangelo and Leonardo, and Picasso and Bono, Irish illustrator PJ Lynch will explore the changing definitions of Art and Illustration, and will discuss why the distinction between 'fine art' and 'commercial art' seems to be so crucial in the 21st century.
P. J. Lynch has worked as a Children’s Book Illustrator since leaving Brighton College of Art in England in 1984. He has won many awards including the Mother Goose Award, the Christopher Medal three times, and the prestigious Kate Greenaway Medal on two occasions, first for The Christmas Miracle of Jonathan Toomey by Susan Wojciechowski, and again for When Jessie Came Across the Sea by Amy Hest. The Christmas Miracle of Jonathan Toomey has sold more than a million copies in the United States alone, and has recently been made into a motion picture.