Great idea ahoy. This has been round for a while but, The Burning House is an ongoing project that, due to its success, has developed into a book. Basically it asks the question, if you were confronted by instant evacuation from your home what items would you bring with you? I like it for two reasons, one, it forces me to step out of my comfort zone of indecision and two, it makes for some great personal still-life photos.... [Read more]

This weekend in the beautiful town of Schull, Co. Cork (or West Cork as people from there insist) the Corona Fastnet Short Film Festival takes place. Alongside the screening of 153 international pieces they have some great features happening this year. They have set up internet hotspots throughout the town from which everybody can search through or rewatch some of the festival content via their ... [Read more]

Fogo Island is in Newfoundland in Canada. The Shorefast Foundation and the Island's Arts Corporation have commissioned a series of dazzling arts studios to be designed and built. The Architect is Todd Saunders and the initiative is aimed to preserve the islanders' traditions through promoting arts and culture. Squish Studio (featured) is only one more can be seen here. They're placement to the coast has been causing positive and negative waves of opinion in the Architecture world. I personally love them, where do... [Read more]

A really great idea was featured today on the Pivot Dublin blog via the guys in Le Cool. The 21st of September 2012 is world Park(ing) Day an initiative started in San francisco that has captured the imagination of people in cities all over the world. In short it's a campaign urging people to pay for a city car parking space for a day and use it for something more interesting than parking a car. Last year in Ireland 16 spaces took part featuring landscaped gardens,... [Read more]

Sorca Lou McGrath is part of Dublin based band Ships. Coincidentally Ships are also one side of Synth Eastwoods first seven inch release! Wow, imagine the odds! So we asked Sorca to let us in a little way into her musical mind and to share some of the music that currently inspires and excites her. For more of what Sorca had to say about each song go to our Sets page.... [Read more]

Here's an interesting mini-documentary on the topic of opening hours in Ireland. Dublin's nightlife has it's say in this feature piece entitled "After hours" put together by As and Talamh.... [Read more]

Tonight Niall Mannion AKA Mano le Tough takes to the stage at the holy grail of the world's electronic music venues, Panorama bar in Berlin. After a year of multiple releases and bookings all over the world, plus a host of excellent guest mixes for xlr8r and others, Mano's second call-back to the legendary german club proves that the irishman is here to stay at the highest level of international electronic music. ... [Read more]

Ahead of our big launch party next week we wanted to make sure we covered the upcoming exhibition by IADT graduates. RAW25, features the diverse photographic projects of twenty-five final year students. The exhibition will be held in both Moxie Studios & the IADT Campus in Dun Laoghaire over the coming weeks. Be sure and pop along to see some new great work.... [Read more]

This is a brilliant idea from brazilian design agency dm9ddb. Saxofunny are a company who compose and treat audio for commercials. Their tag line is "every image has a sound" and this poster campaign couldn't sum up that line any better. Will Mr and Mrs dm9ddb please take a bow.... [Read more]

Dublin based photographer Mike O'Toole is someone we've long admired at Synth Eastwood HQ. Whether his projects are portraiture, landscape, food, travel or fashion, they always seem to have a warm memory-like narrative — a sort of familiar feeling that draws you further into the image. His website has a lovely balance of commercial ... [Read more]