February Poster

Vero Reshto is the fantastic designer behind our February Poster.
Check out what else she's been creating at www.verareshto.com

"The idea behind the poster is to show the flea market as a kind of maze. You enter the market and develop your own path through the area, trying to explore as much as you can. At the same time you remember places where you have been so that you can find your way back in order to buy things that you like."

January Poster - Mark Nally

We asked Mark Nally for a few words on the thinking behind his January poster and he sent us his progression sketches instead saying that they were the best way to show what direction he was going in. "Everything is drawn in pencil first, then redrawn in pen. Then they're scanned, placed and coloured in photoshop."

Beautiful type and illustration, thanks Mark.

http://www.behance.net/nallym

Roll on 2013

What a great weekend in Block B....thanks so much to all the traders for taking part and making it such a lovely market. Its an absolute pleasure to do your christmas shopping in such a nice environment (if we may say so ourselves).

So that was the last of the markets for 2012. Next market will take place back in The Co-op on Newmarket on January 27th. Applications will open for that on January 1st through the website as usual. Til then, enjoy the rest of the holidays.


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It's going to be EPIC....

Christmas Cracker 2012 from dublin flea on Vimeo.


video by the wonderful mr paul mahon www.geppetto.ie

Christmas Cracker Market Dec 14th, 15th, 16th, Smithfield

The Biggest Christmas Flea Market in Ireland is back for 2012!

This year we have upped the ante again with a BLOCKbuster of an indoor Christmas Flea Market in Block B, SMITHFIELD SQUARE.

To bring Dublin a whopping 120 stalls of bric-a-brac, clothes, vintage, retro, vinyl, furniture and hidden gems with added Christmas cheer in the form of clever crafts, creative thinking and affordable art. The SCOOP Foundation will also be there spreading some goodwill.
 

The Dublin Flea & BLOCK T Christmas Cracker is about supporting local artists, producers and small businesses and giving Dublin a truly amazing Christmas Market in a wonderful underutilised space in the city.

 Brilliant bargains and stocking fillers for adults and kids will be in abundance so you will definitely not leave empty handed. Whatever it is you are looking for, even if you are not sure what that is, you will find it here.

Delicious food, cracking coffee, music and Christmas cheer will be in abundance so if you need a break from your shopping spree there will be space to sit down and soak it all up.

 
Where : Block B is located on Haymarket, Smithfield square, D7.
When : Friday the 14th, Saturday the 15th and Sunday the 16th of December.
Opening hours : Friday 12-7pm Saturday & Sunday 11am-6pm
 

How to get there : Smithfield is a 15 minute walk from O’Connell Street.
The Red line of the Luas stops at Smithfield Square.
There are two Dublin Bikes ranks (60 bicycles) on Smithfield Square.
Dublin Buses that will leave you close by are: 25, 25A, 25B, 25X, 26, 37, 39, 39A, 51D, 51X, 66, 66A, 66B, 66X, 67, 67X, 69, 69X, 70, 79, 79A, 83, 90, 145. There is a 3 storey underground car park on Smithfield Square (access on Queen St.)

See you there!!!!

Kathy Burke does Christmas

Kathy Burke is fatti burke (we have no idea if she is fat or not)

But she makes great posters and does fantastic illustration. Really fantastic. Thanks for our Christmas Poster Kathy!

www.fattiburke.com

Aiden Grenelle Poster

A really amazing poster from Aiden Grennelle this month. An honour, thanks Aiden!

"I normally keep an eye out for vintage vinyl, classic cult albums like Velvet Underground "Andy Warhol" for instance.

So I took that as a staring point and thought I would reference it in a Lo-Fi way in keeping with the spirit of flea markets."

www.imagenow.ie