IDI Bread & Butter  

Bringing together creatives to talk about their love for sketching and how they use it within the design process for both client projects and personal work.

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In an increasingly digital world we focus on why the pencil holds such a cherished place in so many creatives lives and in doing so we hope to provide inspiration for lapsed drawers to dust off their sketchbooks and love the pencil.

On the night we will have an exciting range of speakers!

 

DECLAN SHALVEY

Declan Shalvey is best known from his work on the critically acclaimed graphic novel series INJECTION with writer Warren Ellis for Image Comics.

Other projects include MOON KNIGHT, DEADPOOL and ALL STAR BATMAN with writer Scott Snyder. More recently he wrote/drew a NICK FURY: POST PROLOGUE serial for Marvel Comics and later this year will release SAVAGE TOWN, an Irish crime graphic novel written by Shalvey and illustrated by Phillip Barret, to be released from Image Comics."
 

HEATHER GRIFFIN

Heather Griffin is a Dublin based information designer. Her work features illustrative infographics, motion graphics and complex data visualisations with a mix of static and interactive outputs for both print and digital formats.

Jill & Gill

Jill & Gill is a Dublin based collaborative studio, made up of illustrator Jill Deering and printmaker Gillian Henderson. Established in April 2016 while collaborating on a commission piece together, the two creatives business has grown organically, with collaborative projects and commissions for James Vincent McMorrow, Smirnoff, and Repeal project. The way in which they work is a truly collaborative process, with Jill creating elegant hand drawn images which they, in turn, produce into screen-prints in Gillian’s Dublin-based studio.

STEVE SIMPSON

With over 30 years experience, Steve Simpson is renowned for his hand lettered packaging design, whimsical characters and illustrated barcodes. His distinctive style, inspired by the arts & crafts movement, 50s advertising and folk art, has appeared on everything from a 1" postage stamp to a 200ft screen in Times Square. His work has adorned whiskey bottles and cough bottles, boardgames and board rooms, hot sauces and ceramic saucers:)

Since 2008 Steve has won over 50 awards for both packaging design and illustration including Gold awards from the Association of Illustrators, Illustrators Guild of Ireland, the IDI and ICAD. 
He's been an awards judge for Adobe, 3x3 and the Hong Kong Society of Illustrators and is also a founding member of the Illustrators Guild of Ireland and OFFSKETCH. 

Steve has been a main stage speaker at OFFSET, OFFF and ICON as well as giving many talks and workshops worldwide.

Originally from Manchester, UK, Steve has lived in Dublin for the last 25+ years