Creating a magazine has always been an ambition of mine since I first shifted my career from being a technical illustrator into the graphic design world. I finally achieved that ambition in 2009 when the Cork & County Advertiser were looking for a freelance graphic designer to create an upmarket magazine that reflected the interests and contemporary lifestyles of those living in coastal and country areas. The concept was to start off small and distribute the magazine freely, organically building up the advertising clientele, before going national and adding a cover charge.
I wanted the magazine to have an instant “wow” factor impact and set about creating the right look and feel for such a magazine, drawing influences from established lifestyle publications whilst adding my own style, keeping it modern and simple.
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This was an intensive and rewarding freelance design project that allowed me to utilise my full range of skills and, of course, my creative capabilities.
The initial part of this rebranding exercise was produced in conjunction with Aspire Marketing. The brief being to create a new name and corporate identity for APCS and CBS Ltd – two sister companies that wanted to bring their laboratory cleanroom and contamination specialist services together under one banner. A collaborative brainstorm between myself and Aspire eventually conjured the name ‘ClearSphere’ and subsequently the strapline ‘Integrated Solutions for Controlled Environments’ to define the nature of their business.
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The Irish Subaru Drivers Club is one of the largest car enthusiasts clubs in Ireland (if not, THE largest). From humble beginnings in 1999, the club now has over 300 paying members and an online community of over 1000 members.
My involvement with the club began in 2003 when I became a member and I somehow got elected to the club’s committee as Webmaster in 2005. So I began to take on the website and liven it up as well as producing all the other related artwork for the club like membership stickers, members yearbooks, club clothing designs and anything else that needs some creative work.
As it has been an unpaid project, I’ve used it to further my knowledge in web design, particularly where it comes to running a forum (which I co-moderate). In February 2010 I’ll be handing the site over to the next webmaster who’ll take the project in a new direction, hopefully!
www.isdc.ie
Ballywire Media are digital content specialists, their unique and syndicated video news is delivered daily to Ireland’s leading web destinations. Having recently undergone a rebranding exercise, the company specifically sought a freelance graphic designer to “pick up the baton” and take the new look Ballywire forward.
Having successfully offered three different design concepts, my ‘grunge’ style was enthusiastically selected as “the way to go!”
With Ballywire being at the forefront of Ireland’s digital media provision service, their corporate style will develop and embrace the vibrancy of the social media community, continually evolving to stay ahead of the crowd.
As a designer, it’s great to have such an exciting and open creative brief. Love it :))
www.ballywire.ie
I was delighted to be commissioned by award-winning writer and historian, Turtle Bunbury, for his new “Your History in a Book” series. This series is, in his own words, “an innovative concept in family history and will make a fascinating and uplifting present for anyone interested in the past. Have you ever wondered what life was really like for your ancestors? How did your grandparents live? What was going on in their world? Imagine reaching for a book written exclusively about your family. A book filled with stories of your bloodline’s voyage through history, complete with family photographs and iconic images of world history.”
From a design perspective, it is also a pleasure to work on such finely focused and lovingly crafted works. Knowing that each book published in this series has the most limited of runs makes this a truly unique project and refreshingly different.
www.turtlebunbury.com
Creating a magazine has always been an ambition of mine since I first shifted my career from being a technical illustrator into the graphic design world. I finally achieved that ambition in 2009 when the Cork & County Advertiser were looking for a freelance graphic designer to create an upmarket magazine that reflected the interests and contemporary lifestyles of those living in coastal and country areas. The concept was to start off small and distribute the magazine freely, organically building up the advertising clientele, before going national and adding a cover charge.
