Just gone live with another website design. This one is for the Irish Medical Herbalists Organisation, integral to the site are an attractive homepage highlighting the six latest articles, a live journal/blog, a directory of practitioners which it is hoped will grow and grow, an events listing and a page for upcoming courses.
This site is an example of “designing on a budget” showing that you don’t have to pay a fortune to get a good quality interactive website for your business or organisation. As long as you come to the right place :))
View the site here: Irish Medical Herbalists Organisation
One of the most satisfying elements of being a freelance designer is the feedback you get for your efforts. Rushing to meet a deadline before last Christmas, there were times (at 3 in the morning!) when you ask yourself whether it is worth it. The second of Turtle Bunbury’s “Your History in a Book” series proved to be very rewarding indeed. When the subject for the book is one of Ireland’s most prominent public figures, it is very satisfying to read his fine testimonial.
“Turtle Bunbury was commissioned to write the history of the O’Leary family eight weeks before Christmas 2009. The book was thoroughly researched, well written and beautifully produced. For anyone who would like to have their family history researched and written, I whole-heartedly recommend Turtle Bunbury’s ‘Your History in a Book’.”
Michael O’Leary, CEO, Ryanair
www.turtlebunbury.com | www.historyinabook.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.
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
Just gone live with another website design. This one is for the Irish Medical Herbalists Organisation, integral to the site are an attractive homepage highlighting the six latest articles, a live journal/blog, a directory of practitioners which it is hoped will grow and grow, an events listing and a page for upcoming courses.
