Clodagh O’Leary is a photographer documenting the Irish republican tradition of internment bonfires in Derry. This photo series focuses on the experiences of young people from the areas of the Bogside and Creggan, exploring the politics shaping their lives and identities.

The republican symbol of the Easter Lily is woven throughout the publication. Abstracted into a topographical map, the Easter Lily begins to mirror some of the physical and ideological boundaries in Derry.

Two alternative half covers were created for the publication – a tricolour and a gold version – both adorned with the Lily and a map of Creggan. The creep and bind stitching have been intentionally left untrimmed. For the publication and exhibition launch, a series of promotional posters were also created.

Riso printing by Way Bad Press, with digital printing by Plus Print. The display typeface is Medieval Edition by Elias Hanzer. It’s supported by Founders Grotesk for text.

Who Fears to Speak is available from Clodagh O’Leary / 1eurofiddy.

This is the official matchday programme cover for the UEFA Nations League fixture between the Republic of Ireland and England, held in Dublin in September 2024.

Feirste, the primary typeface, is part of the Farset + Feirste type family by MuirMcNeil,
a Belfast-based type foundry. The typeface is inspired by Belfast’s distinctive tiled bilingual street signage, which displays both Irish and English translations of street names. Feirste reflects the Gaelic version of this iconic signage. IBM Plex Mono is used for the matchday details.

Cumann Peile na hÉireann, the Irish translation of the Football Association of Ireland, is featured as a tribute to historic programmes.

The football pitch design draws inspiration from ancient Celtic patterns. The centre circle is influenced by the geometric patterns found at the Ancient Irish Passage Tomb of Newgrange, while the pitch markings take inspiration from Celtic knotwork seen in the legendary Book of Kells.

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Eichmann: His Career and Crimes is a book about Adolf Eichmann, one of the major organisers of the Holocaust. It was written by Charles Wighton (1913–?), a Scottish journalist who reported from post-war Germany, began studying Nazi war crimes, and attended the Nuremberg trials. The book was published in 1961, the year in which Eichmann was trialed in Jerusalem. Shown here is the cover of the Dutch edition, translated by A.J. Richel and published by Uitgeverij Het Spectrum in the Prisma Boeken imprint.

The haunting portrait depicts the SS officer in his uniform, with a face composed of dead bodies of Holocaust victims. The cover is signed “DOBE” or similar.

The typeface used for “Eichmann” is Mosaik. It’s the only published typeface design by Martin Kausche (1915–2007). Born in Stettin, he studied under F.H. Ernst Schneidler in Stuttgart and later in Berlin. From 1941, Kausche worked for the Organisation Todt. After the war, he settled in the Worpswede artist colony and designed book jackets for S. Fischer, among other publishers. His Mosaik was first cast in 1954, years after the Nazi regime was terminated. Stylistically the design has nothing to do with the simplified Gotischs that became popular in the 1930s. Stempel advertised it as “the latest manifestation of the uncial idea”. Why was it selected for this grim topic, then? It’s probably because Mosaik can still be commonly read as being linked to the German lettering tradition informed by blackletter, with its gnarly strokes and outmoded ductus for some glyphs. But unlike most proper broken script typefaces, it’s easily readable to a Dutch audience.

Today marks the 79th anniversary of the liberation of the Nazi concentration and extermination camp of Auschwitz-Birkenau by Soviet troops on 27 January 1945.

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Index card for Mosaik

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5 Points Coffee & Tea is a coffee shop in Cleveland, Ohio. The team seeks “to serve up top-notch local coffee, tea and baked goods to the 5 Points neighborhood all with a dollop of Irish charm and good humor.”

The identity uses Rieven Uncial (Delve Fonts) as the primary typeface. On the website, the romanized uncial by Steven Skaggs is paired with Raleway.