Landscape Design in Eighteenth-Century Ireland · Finola O’Kane, Cork University Press 2004 Awarded the J. B. Jackson Book Prize 2007 by the American Foundation for Landscape Studies, New York
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CRIMMINS VISUAL COMMUNICATIONS is a low scale, high skill team of professionals with extensive experience in concept generation, design, production and project management. We provide imaginative, functional and sophisticated solutions for cultural and commercial clients in Ireland and abroad. In order to ensure that our creative and technical expertise is not diluted, first hand professional input is provided every stage of the design process. With an inventive and practical approach to design, a strong emphasis is placed on research, attention to detail and strong concepts which go beyond the limitations of any single visual aesthetic. Applying the appropriate rhetoric to clearly defined content is essential in effectively conveying the relevant information. In addition to acquiring a clear understanding of the brief, dialogue with the client enables visual and verbal nuances specific to particular fields to be realised. The scale of work we produce is not limited, with experience working for individuals, companies and large organisations on projects ranging from single images to large publications, multimedia, comprehensive house styles and exhibitions.
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logotype house style cultural and commercial identity
signage stationery
information and promotional literature posters exhibition installations
livery
books reports and directories
multimedia web design
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photography
digital publishing
illustration
data systems
typography
graphic animation
copywriting
movie graphics
Educational and Cultural Bodies
Retailers
Publishers and Media Producers
Manufacturers
State and Professional Institutions
Service Providers
Charities
catalogues and brochures magazines packaging advertising
MICAM Limited · identity / house style / branding / imagery / literature the company produces engineering components at an early stage of the manufacturing process the functional and minimal nature of the logo emulates this
Horizon · branding and literature for Micam Limited
SlickFit · branding and literature for Micam Limited
photograph : Joe Jennings
Current Visual Communications · identity / house style / imagery the logo merges a natural freestyle “moving” typographic solution with a rigid grid imagery on the back of the letterheads followed the “moving” theme
Royal Institute of the Architects of Ireland · directories / brochures / promotional literature
MARK MADE ¡ logotypes / illustration / printed literature / packaging / movie graphics and DVD menu
teams.ie was a website for sports teams or organisations
teams.ie · identity / house style / imagery / photography / literature / advertisements / website
otis / HOT CHICKEN · house style / photography/ promotional literature
IAPC
· identity / house style / illustration / literatiure / publication design
Dermot Cleary Productions · identities / promotional literature / packaging
Hungryman Productions specialises in food travel programmes the Western type is given an Eastern edge the North Star is common to travelers worldwide
Hungryman Productions · identity / house style / branding / imagery
Tourette Syndrome Association of Ireland · house style / stationery natural and unpredictable, a wave is used as the core image for the association
European Society For Paediatric Neurosurgery · house style / literature / photography / illustration
health™ · identity / house style / imagery / photography / literature / advertisements / website Protectas Health collects and cryogenically stores cord blood stem cells and white blood cells from horses the clinical logo reflects the high standards of Protectas Health.
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Nova Publishing · publications / house styles / advertising
Sky Publishing · publications / house styles
UCD · conference house styles / illustration / literature ‘Portrait of The City’ is lithographically printed in two colours [gold and cyan]
ValetLine · identity / house style / imagery / promotional literature / signage / website
The Annual Piggery Event ¡
organised and designed by Crimmins
photography / literature / packaging
Mark Collins · logotype (type design) / modelmaking /
( proposed ‘Heads’ covers )
Grouse · logotype (type design) / photography / literature / packaging
Research and Markets ¡ online book covers
BERA IRELAND · identity / house style / imagery / literature / website the company assessments the energy rating for residential & commercial buildings. the primary logo represents the company, and the secondary represents the certification.
the document freatured imagery and text submitted by students from St Conleth’s College. Twenty years after they finish school part of the brief required each of the students living abroad (including North and South America, East Asia, Australia, the UK and mainland Europe) to submit a photograph of their street or area. The texts submitted ranged from remeniss, to self promotion to articles about life, art economics and polotics
1990 + 20 · produced, edited aqnd designed by Charles Crimmins,
the project represented Dublin at the UIA Berlin 21st World Congress of Architecture
the environment and its nuances from the mundane to the fascinating were documented in order to put cited buildings and infrastructure in context
Arts Council / Dublin City Council / RIAI · installation supporting “The Reflecting City”, a multimedia project exploring development in Dublin City
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Cork Corporation Vision Centre ¡ abstract installations and documentative panels for permanent exhibition
Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Enterprise Board · event identities / illustration / literature / signage
Old Bawn Shopping Centre
identity / house style / illustration / signage Newcomen’s Survey 1657–>
New Dheli 1995
http://www.paperbird.ie
Paper Bird · identity / web design / illustration / photography
[in progress]
CATHAL CRIMMINS ARCHITECT · identity / web design
http://www.espncourse2011.com
The European Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery
ESPN Course 2012 · identity / web design / photography / illustration
Tkiyet Um Ali · illustration / web design Tkiyet Um Ali is a Jordanian charity. The website is in Arabic and English with
http://www.dlrjewellerydesigners.ie
Text in six languages (home page photograph)
DLR Jewellery Designers · web design / photography
http//:www.micam.ie
MICAM Limited · identity / web design
McConnells · web design The website showcases the work of the advertising agency with
http//:www.sosa.ie
SOSA · identity / web design Text in six languages (home page photograph)
with
EBB / http//:www.4to12maths.com · identity / illustration / web design
http://www.theopticalshop.ie
THE OPTICAL SHOP · identity / web design
http://www.crimmins.ie/futuracommunications.ie
FUTURA COMMUNICATIONS · identity / web design
Professional Development Service for Teachers with
PDST · web design / house style and identity proposal
JCSP · web design The Junior Certificate School Programme with
http://www.crimmins.ie/dublinorthodontist.ie
Dublin Orthodontist · identity / web design The European Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery
Charles Crimmins
Visual communications, including typography, illustration, photography, graphic design for print, graphic installations and digital media are among Charles’ areas of expertise. He has extensive experience in producing and managing commercial and cultural projects for a wide range of clients in Ireland, the UK, Sweden, Germany and the Netherlands.
After graduating from Visual Communications in Dublin, Charles was invited to participate in a Masters Degree course at Academie voor Beeldende Kunst en Vormgeving, St. Joost in The Netherlands. Superb craftsmanship, advanced technological capabilities, a rich visual history and a forward looking mind-set makes for what is considered by many to be the most sophisticated graphic design in the world.
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CLIENTS / PROJECTS
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Royal Institute of the Architects of Ireland (RIAI) · directories/promotional literature/installations : 1999 - present ; Irish Association for Palliative Care (IAPC) · illustration/stationery/directories/research papers/promotional literature/magazine design : 2010 - present ; Mark Made · identity/motion picture graphics/website/packaging/promotional literature : in progress ; Vidatum Technologies · web design/literature : 2007 - present ; MICAM · identity/stationery/literature/website : 1999 - present ; ESPN Advanced Course in Pediatric Neurosurgery · website/literature : 2011 ; Robin Mandal Architects · identity/signage : 2012 ; University College Dublin (UCD) · promotional literature : 2006/2010 ; Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Enterprise Board · promotional literature : 2011 ; Paper Bird · website : 2011 ; Educational Building Blocks (EBB) · website design/ promotional literature : 2011 - 2012 ; Tkiyet Um Ali [Jordan] · website design : 2011 ; The Optical Shop · website/promotional literature/packaging : 2012 ; Sterrin O’Shea Architects · website : 2011 ; DLR Jewellery Designers · website : 2010 ; Futura Communucations · identities/stationery/magazine design/websites : 2000 - 2009 ; Sky Publishing · identities/stationery/ magazine design/website : 2003 - 2009 ; teams.ie · identity/promotional literature/website consultancy : 2009 ; Cathal Crimmins Architect · stationery/website : 2009 ; Aughey O’Flaherty Architects · stationery/promotional literature : 2009 - present ; ValetLine · identity/stationery/signage/promotional literature/website : 2007 ; BERA Ireland · identity/stationery/website : 2007 ; Protectas Health™ · identity/stationery/packaging/manuals/promotional literature/advertising/website : 2007 ; IMBEX · identity/ stationery /advertisments : 2006 ; Niall Montgomery & Partners Architects · signage : 2005 ; Cork University Press · book design : 2004 ; cdtomp3.com · identity/stationery : 2004 ; Current Visual Communications · identity/stationery ; Mediolanum International Funds · annual reports/financial documentation/promotional literature : 1999 - 2001 ; Hungryman Productions · identity/stationery/publications/photography : 2000 ; Tourette Syndrome Association of Ireland · identity/stationery : 1999 ; ASTI · book design : 1997 ; Thomas Montgomery & Sons Solicitors · signage/promotional literature : 1998 ; Expo Ireland · promotional literature : 1998 ; Art direction, design and concept generation for third parties … Houses of The Oireachtas · report : 2003 ; Irish Horseracing Authority (IHA) · annual reports : 1999 - 2001 ; Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland · annual report : 2001 ; Ivernia · annual report : 1998 ; Grafton Group · annual report : 1998 ; Smurfit Paribas · annual report : 1997 * Finola O’Kane, Landscape Design in Eighteenth-Century Ireland, Cork 2005. Awarded the J. B. Jackson Book Prize 2007 by the American Foundation for Landscape Studies, New York.
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RIAI / Dublin City Council / The Arts Council / Dublin Docklands Development Authority · installation to support “The Reflecting City” (a multimedia project) which explored the proposed west/east access and development in Dublin City. The Exhibit represented Dublin at the UIA Berlin 2002, XXI World Congress of Architecture) : 2002 Cork City Council / Cork Civic Trust · permanent exhibition and installation for The Vision Centre which was aimed at promoting an understanding of the Cork City’s heritage and its urban rejuvenation : 1998
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Identity (October 1995 - February 1996) Series of internal and external lectures from different groups (eg. sociologists, archaeologists and police departments), and self orientated research. End Product : “Identity and Social Classes”, 700mm x 500mm poster printed on a proof printer to sent to colleges and design bureaus in Eur ope.
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Built Environment (January 1996 - June 1996) Research on six sites : Rotterdam Haven, Rotterdam Europort, The Noord-Oostpolder (reclaimed land), Paris, Euralille, EuroDisney. End Product : “The Nord Oost-polders in 5m2”, A 180m x 27.777m image. Produced for exhibition and in book format.
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Homes [cultural distances and rhetoric of the image] (June 1996 - June 1997) Requested lectures and Self orientated research. End Product : “Homes”, 9 images investigating local to global topics, using a range of techniques to illustrate differing interpretations. Produced for exhibition and in book format.
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QUALIFICATIONS / AWARDS / CONTRIBUTIONS
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Masters Degree in Fine Art Visual Communication : 1995 - 1997 – 9 Academie voor Beeldende Kunsten St Joost, Beukenlaan 1, Breda, The Netherlands
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Advanced Diploma in Design Visual Communication : 1991 - 1995 – 2/1 Dublin Institute of Technology, Mountjoy Square, Dublin 1, Ireland
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Lecturis 26 · ‘The Street Scenes of Dublin, Amsterdam and Berlin’, Eindhoven : 2000 – Contribution Spectrum · Work by graduates and staff of the DIT, RHA Gallery, Dublin : 1997 – Exhibited
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IDI National Graphic Design Student of the Year Award : 1995 – Winner Icograda European Student Awards : 1995 – Shortlisted
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