Graphic designer and book artist based in Dublin. Interested in creating work with an analogue, nostalgic feel.

EXPERIENCE

︎︎︎ Technical Officer (NCAD, Dublin) — current
︎︎︎ Designer in Residence (NCAD, Dublin) — current
︎︎︎ The Salvage Press — current
︎︎︎ Distillers Press — current
︎︎︎ Freelance, 2020 — present
︎︎︎ Studio Airport 2019 — 2020
︎︎︎ Buro Reng 2018
︎︎︎ Post Studio 2017

COMMENDATIONS

︎︎︎ Work selected for 100 Archive (2022, 2023)
︎︎︎ Recipient of NCAD Design Student of the Year Award (2019)
︎︎︎ Awarded membership to International Society of Typographic Designers (2019)

EDUCATION

︎︎︎ 1:1 First Class Honours,
BA (Hons) Visual Communication with Critical Cultures International, National College of Art & Design (2019)
︎︎︎ Erasmus Semester, Academy Minerva, NL (2018)

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Ellen Martin –Friel





THE GREAT WALL OF CHINA



Hand bound letterpress book marking the centenary of the death of Franz Kafka. 

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BOOK DESIGN /
LETTERPRESS /
HAND-BINDING






WHITESTOWN HOUSE ESTATE



Logo, identity, website and printed collateral for 120-acre estate and cultural venue in north county Dublin.

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LOGO /
IDENTITY /
WEBSITE /
CREATIVE
DIRECTION /
PRINT DESIGN /
LETTERPRESS







THE COASTAL CRAFTSMAN


Identity design, logo, packaging, print design, copywriting & photography for woodworking business specialising in sustainable handcrafted homewares.

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LOGO /
IDENTITY /
PACKAGING /
PRINT DESIGN






(S)WORN STATE(S)



Letterpress book created in assistance to Jamie Murphy at The Salvage Press featuring poetry by Annemarie Ní Churreáin, Kimberly Campanello & Dimitra Xidous.

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LETTERPRESS






HER NAME IS ALISON



Archival publication suite telling the story of a separated mother and child and their ultimate reunion.

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PRINT DESIGN /
BOOK DESIGN /
ART DIRECTION /
INSTALLATION 






PROMINENT PEOPLE



A handbound designed memoir of analog photographs captured in Groningen, NL.

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BOOK DESIGN /
PHOTOGRAPHY






GRIEF’S BROKEN BROW



Letterpress book created in assistance to Jamie Murphy at The Salvage Press as part of UCD’s Poetry as Commemoration Decade of Centenaries project.

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LETTERPRESS







EVENT EPHEMERA



An exercise in poster, print & typographic experimentation for gigs & events. 

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PRINT DESIGN /
POSTER






LEVIATHAN FOOD



Logo, identity design & creative direction for online blog and writing platform in collaboration with photojournalist James Gabriel Martin.

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BRANDING /
IDENTITY /
CREATIVE
DIRECTION /
PRINT DESIGN








THIS IS {NOT} A PLACE



Publication dealing with the loss of culture, heritage, folklore & language in rural Ireland. Designed in submission to the International Society of Typographic Designers.

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RESEARCH /
BOOK DESIGN /
PHOTOGRAPHY /
COPYWRITING





MERVYN



Logo & identity design for supper club pop-up based in Dublin, Ireland.

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LOGO /
IDENTITY /
PRINT DESIGN






EARTH DAY AT FIFTY



Creative content for Emergence Magazine celebrating the 50th anniversary of the first Earth Day.

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CREATIVE
CONTENT /
PRINT DESIGN






CIPHER



Publication explorating  key & lock mechanisms both physical and figurative.

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RESEARCH /
BOOK DESIGN






DWELLING ON EARTH



Photography series designed as creative content for Emergence Magazine article ‘Dwelling on Earth’ by Jay Griffiths.

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CREATIVE
CONTENT /
PHOTOGRAPHY /
EDITORIAL






CROSSOVER CREATIVITY



Prop publication used in promotional video for HKU, Utrecht (NL).

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BOOK DESIGN /
CREATIVE CONTENT / VIDEOGRAPHY
(ASSISTANCE)






CRY MONSTER CRY



Publication & promotion material for Irish indie-folk band Cry Monster Cry.

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POSTER /
PRINT DESIGN /
BOOK DESIGN






WISDOM OF WOMEN



A community-driven toolkit aimed at tackling loneliness in motherhood, designed in submission to the Royal Society of Art Student Design Awards.

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IDENTITY /
SOCIAL DESIGN