Irish Museum of Modern Art - Project

This was a little project I set up for myself one day when I had nothing better to do. I was browsing the IMMA website and the whole design struck me as being very un-modern. I decided then to make a new logo for the museum, and maybe try to make a quick site redesign while I was at it.

This is the old logo, the first one taken from the header of the site. I played around with the eye image, trying to make it more interesting but I really wasn't feeling it. Because I was technically the client on this one, I wrote it out of the brief :P

I decided to just use the letters "IMMA". For a bit more interest I added a wavy line to some of the applications. When I made the line, I got a little excited thinking about it being used in motion graphics. For me, it brought the whole thing together.

As for the colours, I went with green and pink. The green representing Irish-ness, the pink was from the websites favicon - which is a pink feather.

Eyes, fingerprints, feathers!? You see now why I felt they needed a redesign :P

For the logo I was largely inspired by the simplicity of the MoMA NY and San Fransisco. They were two logos I always liked.

I spent a lot of time designing the logo and a few applications, and a little less effort on the site. I realize the design may be a little restricting of the content but I feel the design is an improvment on the sites current layout. I just think theres too much there at the moment. Theres four different menus on the homepage, I tried to trim it down to two (the footer menu isn't in the above image).

My favourite part is the business card, I'm really happy with how it turned out. If it were printed I'd probably want some gloss details on the logo on the back of the card.

Let me know what you think!! Better or worse?

Trailer Park Paddies - Project

I do a lot of work for my sisters and their Mongol Rally team The Trailer Park Paddies.

This is the latest piece of work I've done for them, a poster for a Pub Quiz they've orgainized.

Click image to enlarge

Here's some work I've done recently.

This is an unused site header design...

...this is the one that's in use.

Crew tees

The back of the tee with a misspelling. I should change that :P

Dublin Bus Rebrand - Part 2

Some photos I took to expand on this post about the Dublin Bus rebrand. My photography skills are poor, and everything was so damn shiney! It seemed like I couldn't get any really good pictures.

Click images to enlarge

Prepaid Smartcard. I really like this design. Below is the old design for the prepaid tickets.

This is the ticket you get when you pay on with change.

This is the old version of the previous ticket. The machine would just spit out a random length of ticket (the one pictured is about 7 inches long, but the next time you get the bus it could be a quater of the size). The new tickets are smaller and more consistant in size.

A notice on the bus stop

Nitelink timetable

Nitelink logo.

This is the old Nitelink ticket. Fug. You can see the old bus design here, but for the sake of your eyeballs I'd recommend you don't! It's just the above ticket printed huuuuge on the side of a bus.

I don't know if they've made any changes to the bus design itself. I hope they did.

I spent all weekend looking out for these adverts on the sides of the buses, and didn't see any for long enough to get a picture. The top one was taken when I was sitting on a bus outside the Blanchardstown Shopping centre, the bottom photo was taken from my boyfriends apartment window. Obscured by the tree is the logo with the new tagline "The Bus. Do you get it yet?".

So far so good :D I'm really a big fan of this rebrand and everytime I see a new application of it I get a little bit excited.

Still on the list of pictures I'd like to record for this "project":

• Old prepaid bus tickets (I must have a ton of these lying around)
• Some more adverts/posters/notices
• Timetables
• Leaflets

What does everyone think?

Objectified screening - Dublin

In case you haven't already heard, the IFI in Dublin are hosting a special screening of Objectified on June 2. Not only that, their also having a Q&A after the show with director Gary Hustwit

I've got my tickets already! Get yours NOW! 

Check out the Objectified website for screenings near you, and for a lot more information about the movie.

http://www.objectifiedfilm.com/

http://www.irishfilm.ie/

The items on the bottom row of the above poster are all the objects they used to make the movie! Clever.

Also, the trailer features MUJI objects a few times, who I talked about in a previous post.

Planners/notebooks - it's like porn for me

I've posted my own weekly planner design before, here's my favourite planner and notebook designs from all over teh interwebs. 

Click images to enlarge

• Some seriously sexy stuff from Düller
  

http://www.idea-in.com/duller/

• Present & Correct - Retro Stationary
  

I love love LOVE Present and Corrects vintage desk accesories. They seriously blow my mind.

http://www.presentandcorrect.com/item.php?item_id=321&page=5&category_id=3

http://www.presentandcorrect.com/item.php?item_id=338&category_id=3

• Moleskine
  

You can't go wrong with Moleskine! I lust after the large red plain notebook. Om nom nom.

I own the Dublin city notebook which I'm filling with cool stuff for designers to do in Dublin. It's really handy for going to meet clients as it has pretty decent city maps in it too. (Keep an eye out for a Designers guide to Dublin for Designers! Coming soon to a blog near you...)

http://www.moleskine.com/catalogue/classic/hard_red_cover/plain_red_notebook__large.php

• Behance - not just tons of sweet portfolios!
  

I love the dot grid book, it's a great alternative to graph paper - I find it a lot less restrictive. I haven't bought the book, I just print out dotted sheets from illustrator and stick them in my folder. But that doesn't mean I wouldn't accept one as a gift. *cough*

http://www.creativesoutfitter.com/Products/Dot-Grid-Book/9

The Action pad is an all-time favourite of mine. I can't decide between the orange and blue though. I'm leaning more towards orange because it would sort of match my mug.

http://www.creativesoutfitter.com/Products/Action-Pad/3

• Ooh la la! http://www.colette.fr/ is tres magnifique!
  

Collect your notes and/or sketches on Archie Grand notebooks and their inspiring titles such as: “Art directors I met and liked”, “Artists I met and liked”, “Nobels I met and liked”... or just new for colette "Fashionistas I met and liked" and "Socialites I met and liked"

http://www.colette.fr/#/eshop/article/146365/archie-grand/56/

Day book (fighter of the night book?). The cover is very nice, and comes in three different colors. This grey one is on my wishlist.

http://www.colette.fr/#/eshop/article/27032/delfonics/56/

• A whole pile of awesome Korean planners and notbooks at MMMG
  

First, a pre-sketched planner! Really pretty designs, but I prefer to make my own sketches.

http://www.mmmg.net/shopping/shopping-detail.php?pi=135

http://www.mmmg.net/shopping/shopping-detail.php?pi=844

A cute three-pack of planners (I have no idea what the collective term for planners is). Only 5900won! I admit, I have no idea if thats cheap or a rip off. Whatever it is, I'd pay it!!!

http://www.mmmg.net/shopping/shopping-detail.php?pi=863

• I don't have an Uncle Bob, but that doesn't matter!
  

An eight day planner, Monday to Tuesday and Someday.

http://www.bobsyouruncle.com/planners-8daypad.html

Another eight day planner, but this one has a blank page on the right for doodles.

http://www.bobsyouruncle.com/planners-dodoodlejournal.html

Dublin Bus Rebrand - Part 1

I just wanted to make a little post about the Dubilin Bus rebrand which happened last year. I'm a big fan of it. My favourite part is what they've done with the Nitelink posters/signage. I couldn't find a lot of pictures (and living within walking distance of town means I never use the Nitelink anymore!) but it looks great. It's all set on a black background whereas the regular bus timetables/posters are white.

The only thing I'm not too fond of is the font. They've gone with Helvetica, which works really well - but just seems like a bit of a no brainer. It's a huge improvement over the old identity though, I don't like the CIE2000 font much at all!

I've heard that they're moving away from having a unified brand with Iarnród Éireann and Bus Éireann. Iarnród Eireann have retained their old logo (with the CIE2000 font) and Bus Éireann have jazzed up their logo.

Click images to enlarge

These are the timetables which appear on the bus stops. The old one consisted of stickers which would often be peeled off - which was a pain in the ass. The new ones (below) are placed behind clear plastic.

http://www.brenb.net/

These are the designs for the prepaid tickets. I'm going to try to get more pictures of the entire range because they come in lots of nice colors. Also, I need to add pictures of the tickets you get when you pay on the bus with change. The design of those is a lot better now.

I'll try and get more images of posters and other stuff, but right now I've only got what I was able to find on the internet. I'll get around to taking some better pictures - someday.

I give the new brand a high five on a scale of "Down with that sort of thing!" to "High Five".

The people behind the rebrand are ImageNow as far as I can tell. Their site doesn't seem to have anything about it.