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

EXPERIENCE

︎︎︎ Technical Officer (NCAD, Dublin) — current
︎︎︎ Visiting Lecturer (NCAD, Dublin) — current
︎︎︎ Designer in Residence (NCAD, Dublin) — 2023-25
︎︎︎ The Salvage Press — current
︎︎︎ Distillers Press — current
︎︎︎ Freelance, 2020 — present
︎︎︎ Studio Airport 2019 — 2020
︎︎︎ Buro Reng 2018
︎︎︎ Post Studio 2017

COMMENDATIONS

︎︎︎ Commendation – IDI Awards in Typography & Lettering Category
︎︎︎ Work selected for 100 Archive (2022, 23, 24)
︎︎︎ 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)

︎︎︎ Email
︎︎︎ Instagram
︎︎︎ 100 Archive

Ellen Martin –Friel


LETTERPRESS EPHEMERA


2023+



GRAPHIC DESIGN / 
LETTERPRESS /
TYPOGRAPHY /
CHAPBOOKS

A collection of small letterpress pieces, printed for various purposes over the past three years. From greeting cards to prospectuses, broadsides, posters and chapbooks, these ephemeral pieces offer glimpses into specific times and places, marking the everyday events that can easily get lost in the pursuit of ‘finished work’.