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om over 5,280 entries from 82 countries for the World Illustration Awards. And we’ve unearthed some green jersey connections who are happy to wrap a flag around them for us. Back for the Future is a collaboration New Lemon Yellow CONTINUUM… Say hello to the most covetable things finally combined - a Ceadogán rug and a Shane O’Driscoll print. Launched at Cork Design Pop festival, the bold pop of colour in O’Driscoll’s compelling shapes are densely knotted into a visual treat as well as a lush experience underfoot. ceadogan.ie/continuum York-based, Spanish-Irish artist Carles G.O’D has made for Save the Med foundation. “They knew about my work with activist art projects about abortion rights and tourism and commissioned me to do one about their Foundation, which works relentlessly to abolish single-use plastics, educate the population, and protect more marine areas in my homeland, Mallorca,” he explains. As for the connection, he explains “I’m Irish on my mother’s side. My dad is Spanish and I was born and raised in Mallorca. I grew up speaking English with my mom and would either spend the summer with my cousins in Cavan or have them come to the island.” Also shortlisted is Barcelona-based Ciara Quilty-Harper for her work on Lemon Yellow, her book of sixty hand-drawn illustrations and three direct narratives on empathy and colour. “Colour is an experience and yet we often take it for granted that our experience is universal. Each narrative walks us through a different house, following a disagreement between two people on aspects of a specific colour, reminding us to think twice about what shapes our perspectives when we don’t see eye to eye.” And when it comes to the connections, Ciara tells us, “I was born in the UK and now live in Barcelona, but my mother is from Ireland – she was born near Dublin, my grandmother on The Curragh and grandfather near Limerick. The family moved to London for work, and after about 17 years my grandparents went back and my mother and her siblings stayed on. My father’s maternal side were also from Ireland but a bit further back. It’s a big part of me and my family’s identity.” theaoi.com/wia carlesgod.com ciaraquiltyharper.com ZU VERSCHENKEN OLD DEAR/LITTLE DEER… Maureen may have left the building, but the building will always be affectionately known as Maureen’s. It’s nice to see a temporary lease of life in the space with Matthew Melis’s Little Deer comics in there for a pop-up. The founder of Dublin Comic Arts started off his venture in the Stoneybatter Farmers Market back in 2019 and has a bricks and mortar presence for the autumn. littledeercomics.ie To Berlin, again, and ex-pat visual artists Hue Hale who we’ve featured before (In The Frame, 167). and George Murray. “Zu Verschenken means ‘To give away / to be given away’. This phrase is usually found written on a box of unwanted items placed on the streets of Berlin. Myself and Murray were driven by the monotony of the pandemic to come together and create something meaningful out of these unused items. After gathering up everything the items were used to make the designs of the featured clothes, used as props that the model is standing on, etc. Everything used in this collaboration was either sourced from the street or borrowed, and was shot in a makeshift home studio. The themes of Zu Verschenken were influenced by escapism, sustainability, queer culture and the clubbing culture of Berlin.” huehale.online/zu-verschenken/ @geomurr Zu Verschenken Hue Hale x George Murray 7