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We will be collaborating with Peter Gordan on a photography book featuring images which were shot in 2011 at the Burning Man Festival in Nevada. Peter was recently awarded European and Irish Professional Photographer of the Year with the FEP and IPPA respectively. A Kickstarter Campaign has been launched, you can get involved either by backing the project or sharing it wherever possible.

We are currently working with our favourite Irish festival, body&soul. Last week we soft-launched their new website which features word play crowd sourced from the festivals lovers. Nice & Bold. Awake & Dreaming. Furious & Belong. Lost & Found. Wild & Free. Yin & Yang. First & Always. Visit their site here and more importantly grab your tickets here.

We are delighted to welcome Naël Monfray from Lyon who will be working with us for the next 4 months. The first person to unlock the French mans code on the left will receive a free screenprint (answers via e-mail please) We will only be speaking French on Fridays. C’est parti!

Rosie O’ Reilly is always a busy lady, a sustainable fashionista. Her latest venture ‘We Are Islanders’ celebrates the unexpected; it marries old world traditions with new design to create a clothing collection that is uniquely inspired. Captivated by the new, the old and drawn to qualities intrinsic in ‘made by hand’. We are islanders is driven by process and not by plan. We created this natural mark for their collection using the humble potato and black ink.

We are delighted to be listed as one of the Founding Pledges of the 100 Design Archive. The 100 is an important new project conceived by David Smith that intends to record and capture the rich diversity of current Irish graphic design practice in a National Archive. The project has been developed in consultancy with historians and archivists from the Dutch Graphic Design Archive (NAGO) and has the support of The National Archive in Ireland. To donate click here

We have been working recently on a Cook Book for the wonderful Ard Bia Restaurant in Galway, featuring beautiful photography by Cian McConn and James Fennell. Its being printed as we speak so pop back to see photos of the finished article in the coming weeks.

Last week we were invited by our old college tutor Dave Smith to talk to the 2nd, 3rd and 4th year design students at iadt. The talk formed part of the Design Professional Practice Programme which gives students an insight into how graduates at various stages have moved from college to professional life. We talked to the students about our personal experiences since leaving college and since setting up our studio practice in 2010.

On the 14th december we hosted a Christmas Dinner Party for a collection of small companies based in Dublin. Inputout, Scale, This Greedy Pig, Design Goat, Synth Eastwood, Hang Tough Framing and jamesmakeart all joined us on the night. The tasty meal was cooked by Tom and Hugh from Sett Food Club. Click here to see some photos of the night.

We have just collaborated with Hanna Hats of Donegal, to reinterpret the traditional paddy cap for BLUEFINGERS. This tailored cap features a screenprinted illustration by James Kirwan on the hats silk lining which also features on a vintage herringbone cap. Limited edition of 100 available to buy here.

We are delighted to find ourselves featured by the ever amazing Underware Type Foundry. Underware was set up in 1999 and has produced an inspiring collection of beautifully drawn type families. They also co-founded typeradio in 2004, run regular type workshops, commissioned their mothers to design their letterheads and are obsessed with Saunas among other things. Click here to find our featured project.

Starting next Monday morning our studio is taking a week away from computers. For one week we will emulate a design studio from 1981; pre Apple Macintosh and the internet.
Stay tuned to see how we get on, or call in if your passing by.

11 Teams, including Team 4 (alan mee & me&him&you) spent Saturday and Sunday taking part in a competition organised by the IDI & PIVOT Dublin to select a design team to represent Dublin in the Helsinki WDC 2012 co-ordinated and produced by Design Forum Finland. The exhibition concept and themes are created by Imu Design, a group of 3 young Finnish designers. It was an extremely enjoyable weekend and regardless of who wins, Dublin will be very well represented.

New Irish inspired textile product, 100% wool with silk lining. One of a number of new clothing products we’re working on for BLUEFINGERS stay tuned…

New Limited Edition Dublin Screenprint. Available right here and from INDUSTRY design shop in Smock Alley, Essex St. West, just at the bottom of Cow’s Lane in Temple Bar. Printed with solvent free, water based ink and a small drop of Guinness using traditional screenprinting techniques. To see the full print and additional info click here

We have just launched an online shop for our good friends This Greedy Pig. TGP started out blogging about music, art, film & design. They now stock young independent street wear labels from across the globe and importantly, from right here in Ireland. Click here to have a look.

Listen in to the Mooney show on RTE Radio One tomorrow to hear our interview on ‘Public Art’. Dublin Architect, Alan Mee will be discussing the topic of Art in Public space. The interview will reference our outdoor community projects aswell as those of Aoife Desmond.

Keep an eye out on these streets over the next couple of weeks to catch our interactive community project ‘I am afraid’ with ABSOLUT Fringe. Fade St/Drury St, Lower Leeson St, Lower Hatch St, Parnell Street, Townsend St, Temple Lane South, Crow St & O’Connell Street.

Once again me&him&you are joining forces with ABSOLUT Fringe to produce a project, I am afraid… in Dublin City Centre this September 10–25. Large scale murals around the city centre will provide an interactive outlet for the Irish public to voice their fears. Forget past mistakes. Forget failures. Forget about everything except what you’re going to do now and do it. This is therapy on a City scale. Check back here for the exact locations.

Happy to see our Laneway project was featured in the Pivot Dublin Document bid book designed by red&grey design studio. Cities that value and apply good design in the way they think, plan and act are better cities. Dublin is one of just three cities worldwide to be shortlisted to become World Design Capital 2014. Pivot Dublin for more information

REMAKE challenged 50 designers to disassemble 100 old chairs to create brand new furniture designs in Moxie Studios off Baggot Street. The chairs will be exhibited in the Ballymun Civic Offices – Rediscovery Centre until 20th July. On 21st July Pivot Dublin will be using the chairs as part of the events organized for the visiting international judges of the World Design Capital 2014. See our little creations here

Our studio has undertaken an open ended creative process to see what can be achieved in 58 Thursday evenings after work. Through collaborative brain-storming, ideas and skill sharing we hope to bring about positive change. You can follow this projects progress here or drop us an email if you’d like to get involved.

We are working with Bluefingers, a new Irish company, creating their brand identity, website, online store and art directing their clothing collection. Follow them here, www.bluefingers.ie

We were invited in to inspire the Designing Dublin group with insights from our recent Laneway project. They were curious as to our design process and how we engaged with the community in executing this project. Thanks guys we had a great time. More information here

me&him&you have been invited by a group of furniture designers, ‘Cream of Irish Design’ to take part in their exhibition ‘Imagined / Reimagined’ as part of Design Week 2010. The exhibition hosted by Duff Tisdall opens on Tuesday 2nd November at 6pm and the show runs until Sunday 7th November. More information here

Last saturday we were delighted to be featured in The Irish Times Magazine. We were interviewed during the week by Sara Keating about a project we created with the ABSOLUT Fringe Festival this September. If you missed her article it can be read here on the Irish Times website.

The Academy of Urbanism brings together a group of thinkers and practitioners involved in the social, cultural, economic, political and physical development of our villages, towns and cities, across Great Britain and Ireland. It was great to see our laneway project used as part of this months Academy of Urbanism newsletter.

It was great to be invited to the launch of Pivot Dublin. We will be doing all we can in supporting the bid. It is really positive to see that there is a belief that the goal of design capital is within our reach and we are willing to embrace and strive towards this.