A Creative Programme to Think B!G Gillian will be a B!G Mentor this year again with The B!G iDEA – an award winning programme, run by Ireland’s top creatives, for TY students across Ireland. We’d encourage designers from all disciplines…read more »
London Design Festival is a foot so lots to enjoy if you’re heading for the city. ‘Please Be Seated’ is top of my list – a beautiful installation to be seen in Shoreditch London, one of the 11 ‘design districts’…read more »
We are very proud to support our local young entrepreneurs, Noah, Simon and Marc, and their award winning product – HURL STANDZ. Designed and Made in Ratheniska, here in Laois by the three lads, this lightweight wall-mounted stand, is a…read more »
Photo: Design Week Summer is here! We are all big fans of ice cream here at Penhouse so we were all delighted to see the refreshed rebrand of Häagen-Dazs. In a bid to appeal to a younger audience, the…read more »
Have always liked Stefan Sagmeister (co-founder of design firm Sagmeister & Walsh) and here he is with a film on designing happiness. The Happy Film is a feature-length documentary in which he undergoes a series of self-experiments outlined by popular…read more »
Another great event being hosted on May 10th, 2014, by Keith Bohanna of Biabeag fame at Highbank Orchard, Cuffesgrange, Kilkenny. This workshop ‘Outstanding by Design’ will be a real treat for anyone in the food business, to learn from some great…read more »
We’re wishing you a colourful and creative Christmas from the angels here at Penhouse! Download our origami angel template here, follow the simple instructions and make us up to sit in your tree, on your desk, or table centrepiece! Get…read more »
It’s around the corner now and a hive of activity here in the countryside. Lots of excitement locally as final preparations are in place here in Ratheniska to host the National Ploughing Championships yet again this year. Ploughers will compete…read more »
Don’t you just love these! It’s yet more cool stuff from Japan. Kokeshi: matches with faces, started as a product of pure creativity in 1994, as a part of a group exhibition. Kumi Hirasaka hand drew faces onto the heads…read more »
Istanbul’s Berrge Studio needed a new tattoo artist for their studio so they came up with this clever print ad. It’s a unique way to weed out serious potential employees from the ones who just think it’ll be a fun job….read more »
Oh what fun we have had so far! Creating this egg for Lily O’Brien’s and now its on display in a secret location in Dublin for forty days and forty nights for the Big Egg Hunt. Its all to support…read more »
As you may be aware we are fond of a box or two of chocolates here now & again. Imagine our surprise when we heard the latest in the chocolate news from Belgium. The Belgian postal service has launched…read more »
Scribbles stuck on the fridge door not enough? We recently came across a fab website called Crayon Creatures. Barcelona-based designer Bernat Cuni describes his new venture as ‘a service to turn children’s drawings into figurines; nice looking designer objects to decorate the home and office…read more »
Lots of Olympic Fun happening in London and beyond. We found this beauty and had to share! – View it here. Simple idea by Gillette in Germany and good fun. Sure doesn’t everyone love an opportunity to stand into the…read more »
We’re delighted we have just won a ‘highly commended’ award by the Institute of Designers Ireland 2011!! This is a prestigious Irish design industry award, judged by a panel of International jurors which this year included: Don Wilson John Jenkins…read more »
What a truly creative, personalised, earth-friendly cover for you ipad – we love
Crop Marks – The Ratheniska Project exhibition opened in full for Culture Night 2011 and will remain on display until October 21st in Dunamaise Arts Centre, Portlaoise, in the upstairs ‘Drawing Room’ gallery. Thanks to the brilliant contributions by the…read more »
Its the ‘Chocolate’ time of year again and we all know it induces the ‘happy’ hormone, its cheaper than therapy and you don’t need an appointment, so partake and enjoy. As we like to say here “If at first you…read more »
Really love this new identity for Peru, designed at FutureBrand. Its simple, modest, wild, vibrant, bold and beautifully captures the essence of the country. We particularly like designing identities linked with tourism or a sense of place and in our…read more »
What a super idea…combine the talents of creatives and artists with some of UK’s most talented cake makers for a delicious exhibition! www.madartiststeaparty.com
What a great idea for an interesting exhibition, no set brief, no theme, just decorate an envelope and post it. Found this on Creative Review, where they wrote about Curator Darren Di Lieto, who asked illustrators and artists to post…read more »
I found this piece on The Shortest Word which profiled exactly the sort of campaign I was looking for – it features the new brand campaign just launched by Levi’s in the States. It’s quite beautifully articulated and the sentiment…read more »
What a simple and truly lovely idea! Meet your neighbours at your local street feast – a garden party, a street bash or pals in the park – bring your community together and have some fun in the process. We’re…read more »
thanks to our junior designers, Noah and Simon, who took it upon themselves to decorate our drab winter tree trunks with colourful patterns in chalk. Don’t they look great? We have asked them to look at the orchard trees next…read more »
We have been working with The Make Believers charity, since it started as an idea last year, creating their name and rolling out their brand identity. They have now been shortlisted for the AIB Better Ireland Awards for their incredible…read more »
This signage design, found at the Surry Hills Library in Sydney Australia is just great. The design by Collider, seemlessly fuses with the architecture, integrating and moving with the building’s different materials, it is simply beautifully crafted. Love it.
This is a little game, more advanced than patience… A lot less advanced than our wii but addictive and fun. Don’t know who to credit for it, but squire posted it and I love it, thanks mark! Click HERE to…read more »
*happiness is… peace and goodwill : positive thinking : a well deserved holiday : a fresh start : thierry henry switching to basketball : rugby heroes & grand slam wins : winning 2 awards in 2009! : making clients smile…read more »
Lovin’ these teabags… This year we produced some Penhouse Peppermint Tea. We think we packaged it nicely, some of you may even have sampled it, but these designs really take the biscuit. Produced by Royal Tea, they also come as…read more »
Be creative with your pumpkin carving this Halloween, some great results from the artists with Anna Goodson Management, cast your vote for your favourites, lots to choose from, and have a very Happy Halloween Save
So Friday is our ‘bake day’ and today it was Gill’s turn. Being all creative, Gill decided to attempt the Penhouse logo in a giant eclair! We reckon Gill can improve on this (check out the photo), so next week…read more »
We’re thrilled!!! Just announced – Our packaging design for Rossmore Icecream has just been shortlisted for the Institute of Designers in Ireland Awards, 2009. We are so happy for Rebecca and Aubrey whose home business producing really delicious dairy…read more »
So every Friday is cake day here, and each of us takes a turn as the official ‘cake supplier’. These are Fiona’s buns, and they taste as good as they look! Next time you plan a visit, consider a Friday,…read more »
Sometimes something really special comes along that we are just delighted to be involved with and the Make Believers is one of those such projects. Its a brand new charity which brings the real Santa to children in need. We…read more »
This is a nice rounded typeface designed by Swedish designer Mårten Nettelbladt available for free over on his website: omkrets.se
smashingmagazine.com is a great site to keep up to date with developments in graphic and web design. It’s updated regularly with lots of helpful tips, interesting articles, links to great work and some freebies, like free fonts (below).
Great website for business card design inspiration. Below is one of the designs from the site, a wooden card designed for a gallery called Fifth Floor Gallery. www.cardobserver.com Save
So many things inspire us, but the brief we got for the ten project’s mega city hero was quite truly unique. The time zones between us all are diverse with therese in canberra, john in sau paulo and us in…read more »
While working on Michelle O’Donnells new Glasshammer brochure I spotted this cool bowl. Just looking at it makes me hungry, I want to snap bits off and eat it! Glasshammer bowl
Came across the London Arts new ID which i really like for its simplicity and ended up looking at the design company’s site…. some lovely work and smart idents too… esp. in the arts sector http://www.whynotassociates.com/