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 COASTAL CRAFTSMAN

2022



LOGO / IDENTITY /
PACKAGING /
CREATIVE DIRECTION / 
PHOTOGRAPHY 

The Coastal Craftsman is an identity for a woodworking business specialising in sustainably handcrafted homewares. The project included identity and logo design, social media assets, packaging solutions, copywriting, photography, artworking and creative direction.

The Coastal Craftsman project was selected for entry to the 100 Archive 2022, an annual archive representing 100 pieces that capture important and distinctive communication design and its impact on life, society, commerce and culture on the island of Ireland.