Dublin's flagship creative festival, Offset, returns for its seventh home edition from 17-19 February at the Bord Gáis Energy Theatre. Thankfully for those of us who haven't grabbed tickets yet, early bird rates are still available, but they won't be for much longer so you've been warned!
Aside from the main event, Offset has offered a range of fringe events in advance of the conference for the past number of years. This time round a new partnership with Beck's Be Kreativ means that a host of great workshops, presentations and networking events make up Offsite, all delivered in a dedicated hub in Fumbally Exchange. Running from Sunday 12 to Thursday 16 February, Offsite offers talks on a smaller scale, opportunities to meet and get advice from a range of local and international creatives and a great programme of design and illustration workshops. Best of all, while all Offsite events require you to book a ticket in advance, all are offered for FREE. So if you fancy learning about graphic design for film with Annie Atkins, coding with IBM, film title design with Dan Perri or want to try your hand at some creative speed dating, sign up this week over on the Offset website. While some events are already fully booked, there are a few with tickets still available (or to be released later this week), but this won't last long so get booking...