The Dublin Blog

The Chester Beatty library is a marvelous place full of ancient prints, books and artefacts from Asia, Islam and the West based in Dublin. The collection was given to Ireland by the New York born millionaire, Chester Beatty.

Beatty was made an honorary citizen of Ireland in 1957, and on his death in 1968, he was given a state funeral – the only private citizen in Irish history to receive such an honour. He is buried in Glasnevin Cemetery.

The Chester Beatty library is a wonderful resource that is much underused. Make sure you visit it next time you’re in Dublin.Click here to view the site ››

Second part of the interview with Sol Sender discussing the launch of the Barack Obama identity.

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Part one of the Sol Sender interview about the design of the Barack Obama logo.

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Czech photographer who has some interesting photo essays on his site highlighting serious issues from around the world.  Click here to go to the site ››

Google has given itself another makeover, take a look at their new Favicon which you may have noticed in the search engine over the last few weeks. Condisdering Google get 1,200 million searches a day it should reasonable enough exposure. Interesting article from the BBC on this. You can also have a go at designing a Favicon for BBC’s ‘The Magazine’. Click here to read an article on this ››

Another blog to add to your favourites. This one is all about packaging and like most of these sites is worth scrolling through for hidden gems. Click here to go to the site ››

This gorgeous book, titled ‘Wicklow Photographs’ , is by Peter Evans who was a fashion photographer for 10 years, when one day he took a picture in Wicklow with the sun coming through leaves. He loved it so much that he dicided to take a further 3,500 pictures over the next 2 years.

Wicklow Photographs is available from Huxley Press, priced €45. Alternatively you can pick it up online at www.wicklowphotographs.com or from all good book stores.

All for the childrens museum I believe, very beautiful.