DESIGN PRACTICE
Design is something I reflect upon regularly as something that changed my thinking and approach and I am excited to let it infiltrate my teaching practice. My undergraduate showed me that design is a fundamental pursuit that can enhance how we approach problems and negotiate our life. I am very passionate about involving design in the art room and used this as the focus of my research report.
TL;DR
Editorial Design
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The rate at which language is evolving in today’s world seems exponential. Much of this can be attributed to media and technology. Many would consider today’s verbal and written language as a degradation of what it used to be. However, much of this communication in text speech and abbreviation can also be seen as a more expressive and precise version of written language. What issues does this raise for our culture and what does is say about where society is headed? TL;DR is a design publication that focuses on making relevant arguments around controversial issues in contemporary culture. This issue is a photographic response to the current arguments on modern communication, specifically focusing on text speak and communication within technology.
OPERATING MANUAL FOR SPACESHIP EARTH
Editorial Design
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On it’s 50th anniversary this year, Operating Manual for Spaceship Earth is still celebrated for it’s groundbreaking insights into the future of mankind and technology. This project is an editorial design of one of the chapters from the book and focuses on one of the main themes from this publication, teamwork. The author, Richard Buckminster Fuller, was seen as an innovator of his time and pointed out in this text many of our simple flaws as humans. He talks about natural teamwork being a clear solution to the problem. This design focuses on the theme of teamwork and evidence of it in nature. The issues we face can be solved by coming together.
UNKNOWN LIMERICK
Vector Illustration
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Unknown Limerick was focused on the idea of bringing the unknown beautiful buildings of Limerick into the limelight. The project was based on The Sarsfield Credit Union and Ormston House on Patrick Street. Texture was used to emulate the detail existing in the building’s architecture. This project was exhibited in Fab Lab in May 2016 and later as part of Open House Limerick 2016.
CELTIC LAND & SEAFOOD
Website Design
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Celtic Land & Sea Food is a Field-to-fork food sourcing platform. A business that provides ‘Clean-air‘ and organic produce from both individual producers and collective producer groups.
The initial goal of the client was a website where he could send his customers to for repeat business and to make word of mouth marketing more simple for future custom. The branding and website gives this company a digital place for its customers to shop at their leisure without needing to contact anyone. The branding gives new customers a recognition that this business is refined but focused on produce that is created in an eco-friendly and natural way.
RESONATE
Branding Campaign
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LIT Music Week is an annual event held by LIT to celebrate the work of it’s students that are involved in music production. The event covers a broad range of sound and musical related events. The project Resonate, creates an exciting and contemporary brand for the event which focuses on fun surrounded by learning. The branding brings life to the broad idea of sound and the impact it has on us all.
SAVE THE OCEANS
Poster Design
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Save the Oceans is an international student poster design project set up by the GreenBauhaus Foundation to raise global awareness of plastic waste in oceans and on land. For this project we were asked to design a poster to raise awareness of this issue. This solution puts the focus on the knock-on effect of plastic pollution, a problem that comes back around and hugely impacts humans.
ST. MEL'S
Branding and packaging Design
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St. Mel’s branding was based on the Irish myths originating in Brí Leith in Longford Town. Each beer is based on one of the tales of Midhir, a mythological Fairy King. The patterning is designed with elements of each story and gives the beer a traditional and luxurious appeal. This compliments the brewery’s values of traditional style brewing using quality ingredients.
SCHOOL OF APPLIED MAKEUP
The School Of Applied Makeup were looking for a branding update that would appeal to a young local audience. The owner had a medical background and had began the business with other offerings such as nails and beauty treatments. This new venture needed an updated look in order to appeal to the very much digital generation. The content and branding created a young and fresh identity for the school, using a combination of typefaces that would contrast the artistry with the education.
