These were a series of risograph greeting cards done in December 2019 for Queen Bee.
This is the identity for Brigit2022/23, an exciting new programme of events to acknowledge the contributions of Irish women through the ages and welcome the beginning of Spring. This festival draws inspiration from the Celtic goddess Brigit, associated with creativity and wisdom, and the traditional Gaelic festival of Imbolc.
B/W image courtesy of Olga Kuzmenko
‘Inception Horizon’ was a wonderful multi-disciplinary event celebrating karst cave systems held in Trinity College Dublin in early March 2020. I was commissioned to design a series of projections, a poster and a programme for the occasion.
As Avoca's graphic designer, I worked on a huge variety of projects. These ranged from textile design to food packaging and everything in between. I would liaise with the fashion and display departments as well as the food/restaurant sections to create new and innovative design appropriate to their needs.
Meet the new identity for the wonderful emporium of all things chocolatey that is NearyNógs. They ethically source sustainable cacao beans, supporting the rainforest alliance and practice direct trade where possible. They pay above market value for cacao beans, to ensure that the Cacao farmers get a living wage, ensuring survival of the cacao industry and the farmers’ livelihoods.
Shane and Dot were an absolute pleasure to work with. For the logo and 'Irish collection' bar packaging, we were inspired by their location which is nestled between the Mourne Mountains and the sea in the lovely Co. Down.
Watch this space for lots more chocolate packaging. Design and art direction by Queenbee and gorgeous illustration by Steve Doogan.
I enjoyed creating this new identity for DYDC; Dublin Youth Dance Company. I also produced their second 4 year strategy.
The Deaf Wife, the story of a woman's descent into deafness, is a limited edition hard-back book written by Andrew Kelly with illustrations by Christine Ellison.
As designer, I sought to reflect the woman's experience through the use of expressive typography and layout.
Music Network makes high quality live music accessible to communities throughout Ireland, while helping musicians to develop fulfilling careers. I have worked as their designer for 3 years now on a range of interesting projects including branding, posters, brochures and digital content.
The Dawson is a high-end restaurant and bar. The client wanted to create a sophisticated yet simple identity which was to be applied to the menu suite and signage. The use of monoprint illustrations and kraft stock perfectly reflected the restaurant's understated elegance.
This is an identity for a University College Dublin (UCD/iCRAG) programme which aims to engage young people (mainly between the ages of 14-18) with the geosciences, and is particularly aimed at engaging them with the environmental aspects of geoscience.
Fallon & Byrne are a slow-food inspired brasserie with grocer and wine bar. Working alongside Illustrator Steve Doogan, a new look was created for elements of the look and feel of this well-known Dublin establishment.
This is the second album design I have done for Colm, a wonderful musician I have known for a long time. It was a pleasure to work with Steve Doogan on this project.
This identity and book were commissioned to celebrate IMMA's 10 year anniversary.
The identity was foil-blocked onto a large format hard-backed cloth book. A belly band was added to give this collection of work an extra sense of occasion.
This project was created while I was a designer in Red Dog.
This 140 page publication, known as the Shadow Report, employed unconventional sizing, embossing and vivid use of colour and typography to help it stand out in an arena often prone to overly conservative design.
The Word 2010 annual conference identity was designed with Clare Bell for ATypI.
Our aim was to capture the typographic heritage of Ireland without using jaded Irish typographic tropes.
A flourescent ink was used to further subvert any further preconceived notions of Irishness.
The identity is based on apostrophes from the typeface Nib by Tom Foley.
This is an artist's book designed for Ciara Healy.
A true collaboration between artist and designer, I introduced a variety of found imagery and ephemera which complemented the artist's work. I used a perfect bound cloth cover with foil blocking on the front and back.
This project was awarded a silver bell in 2007 by ICAD, the Institute of Creative Advertising and Design.
Frock is a clothes shop in Co. Wexford specialising in designer womenswear. The identity was designed to be simple yet playful and was applied to signage, stationary and gift vouchers.
The business card and gift vouchers employed a perforated tear-off mechanism which ensured each detached card was unique.
This project was commended in 2008 by ICAD, the Institute of Creative Advertising and Design.
The Roaming Writer in Residency programme is an Irish Writers Centre initiative.
Travelling from north to south on our railway lines, the Roaming WIR listened to voices and conversations of people on the trains, accumulating stories and building a treasure chest of potential workshops or essay ideas.
These 6 postcards were designed based on these ideas.
I was asked to design CD packaging for the internationally renowned Rodrigo y Gabriela.
They had some existing imagery of both themselves and of their home that they wanted to work with. The entire text of the inner 16 page booklet was handwritten to evoke a hand-crafted feel.
The Mellow Tonics are a mixed voice choir formed in Dublin city centre in 2015.
I have designed a number of posters and programmes for them over the last eight years, most recently for their performances 'Northern Lights' and ‘We catch our breath’.
I was also requested to design an identity for the choir which has been used on various applications including their website.
This is an annual report entitled 'Making a Real Difference'. It was designed to be simple and legible and to appeal to a large and varied audience.
This project was created while I was a designer in Red Dog.
Hostelworld are the leading provider of online reservations to the budget, independent and youth travel market.
For this annual report, I aimed to reflect the vitality and dynamism of both the company and it's target audience using eye-catching photography and simple yet bold typography.
This project was created while I was a designer for EBCD.
Kíla are a long-established Irish traditional band. Having worked with them on many occasions, I was asked to design the CD packaging for a collaborative project between themselves and Oki, a Japanese musician from the indigenous Ainu people in the far north of the country.
Following that project, I designed the packaging for 'Suas Síos', the band's tenth album.
This was a series of leaflets given to school-children on the subject of poverty.
The look and content were designed to appeal to children of that age in terms of colour, layout and readability.
This project was created while I was a designer in Red Dog.
This is a new Identity that completed for The Irish Council for Social Housing (ICSH), which is the national representative federation for approved housing bodies in Ireland.
Misean Cara is an international and Irish faith-based missionary movement working with some of the most marginalised and vulnerable communities in developing countries.
I have designed their annual reports and other materials since 2012.
This is an artist's book designed for Ciara Healy.
This was a collaboration between the artist and designer. The aim was to showcase the artist's work in the most appealing way using design embellishments, typography and layout. The cover was perfect-bound and foil-blocked on both the front and back.
I was asked to design an identity and roll-out for a new women's boutique in Dublin's city centre, specialising in designer clothes.
I worked with the owners and photographer Nicola Webster to create an understated look and feel for the brand.
This annual report was designed in 2008 for Airtricity, an Irish provider of 100% green energy.
The theme of the report was 'when I grow up' and the report featured staff members from all departments.
The board of directors' photos even featured a fold out set of images of the directors as babies.
This report was awarded the overall design prize from the Chartered Accountants Published Accounts Awards 2009.
This project was created while I was a designer for EBCD.
Mainstream deliver large-scale wind and solar power plants to the world’s emerging economies.
I have designed many publications for them over the years including a number of their annual reports.
This project was created while I was a designer for EBCD.
This publicity material was produced for 'Our Tunes' a music festival for 5 to 10 year olds hosted by the Contemporary Music Centre, Ireland's archive and resource centre for new music.
The brief was to design an eye-catching suite of material that would appeal to both the target audience and their parents.
These pieces were designed to promote the Abbey Theatre's Spring programme of events.
The theme of 'countdown' was decided upon and it was executed in a playful 1950s style.
This project was created while I was a designer in Red Dog.
Play and Learn Childcare & Education is an Irish owned early years’ service which is owned and operated by Allison Farrell. It was a real pleasure to work on this identity and applications with her.
Children's Rights Alliance are an organisation that change the lives of all children in Ireland by making sure that their rights are respected and protected in our laws, policies and services.
I have worked with them for many years on their annual reports and other major publications.
The Golden Mean is an album of music by traditional musicians Eoin Dillon, Steve Larkin, Desmond Cahalan and Frank Tate.
I worked closely with them to design the CD packaging and create what is hopefully an intriguing and unusual look for this genre of music.
Cuas na bhFáinleog / The Hollow of the Swallows is the debut album from Dublin fiddle player and RTÉ producer Aoife Nic Cormaic.
The cover image is a detail of an artwork by Yoko Akino.
Formidion Aviation are an Irish based aircraft leasing company working closely with global airline operators and lessors.
The brief was to design a strong identity which would stand out in a highly competitive arena.
This project was created while I was a designer for EBCD.
I designed this annual report for Focus Ireland, a nonprofit organisation based in Dublin that provides services for homeless people.
Using evocative and atmospheric photography alongside minimal and restrained typography, I endeavoured to create a sense of place, nostalgia and belonging and to evoke the sense of loss many of their clients would feel.
This project was created while I was a designer in Red Dog.
This identity was designed for a Gastropub in Julianstown, Co. Meath. The restaurant/pub was named after a local lime kiln on the banks of the River Boyne.
Lime kilns are structures in which limestone rock was burnt at a high temperature to produce lime dust. This dust was then used to spread on grass land or used to make bricks.
The identity was used on signage, menus, stationary and a range of artisan food products.
This metallic foiled annual report was commissioned to celebrate the 25th anniversary of Co-operation Ireland, an all-island peace-building charity.
This project was created while I was a designer in Red Dog.
The Third Twin is a CD by Eoin Dillon of Kíla.
The brief was to reflect the whimsical but sometimes dark nature of the album's sound.
I was invited by the OPW to design an invitation to the opening of Portumna Castle Courtyard.
Further to this, I designed a bilingual invite for the official re-launch of St. Cormac’s Chapel on the Rock of Cashel. The design was inspired by the medieval wall paintings inside the chapel.
Free-standing outdoor exhibition panels were also designed to illustrate the history and the conservation processes used for this internationally-acclaimed historical site.
