Seizing St. Patrick’s Day as a green-and-gold opportunity, we’ll be profiling a few Irish and Ireland-based Dribbblers over the next week.
A smart designer talking design is like a great professor delivering a lecture. Listen in on Darren Geraghty. When the UX designer at Dublin-based Boxever had the opportunity to develop an identity for the Computer and Communications Museum of Ireland, he took it.
“It’s an exciting prospect to be tasked with capturing the essence of a project through a simple mark, and also a welcome break from thinking about product-oriented problems,” Geraghty told Dribbble.
The assignment: represent not only the museum’s mission, but also its roots.
“The mark is composed using the binary elements of digital communication, namely 1 and 0, which are rotated to echo the form of a vintage computer,” he explained. “A Celtic triskele, or spiral, is set within the ‘screen’ to represent the Irish heritage of the museum itself.”
Like a seasoned professor, Geraghty moved from the up-close explanation to the big-picture summation.
“I liken the process of designing a logo to a sculpture, in that you begin with a large block of ideas and input, then gradually pare away the unnecessary until you’re left with the essential. I’m very happy with the simplicity and meaning which the design conveys, and thankfully so was the board of the museum!”
When he looks to other designers, Geraghty particularly admires those who tackle entire projects, from concept through branding and icon design, all the way to interface. Like everyone we’ve asked, he’s hesitant to pick just one–“fact is, my fav designer changes quite a lot”–but okay, Alex Penny.
“I have been admiring this guy’s work, and it’s a good example of the kind of designer I follow: logo, web, UI,” he said. “I appreciate the style and multidisciplinary approach.”
Geraghty lives in Shrule (County Mayo) in the west of Ireland, replete with picturesque mountains and lakes offering opportunities for unwinding. He’s also close enough to both Galway and Dublin to get into both on a regular basis, for everything from rugby and soccer (Go Ireland!) to concerts and art exhibitions. The day he corresponded with Dribbble, Geraghty was headed to a Galway gig by the Villagers, an Irish indie rock band that released their much-anticipated second-album Awayland a few months back.
Like Sheena Oosten, Geraghty lives in the vicinity of Ireland’s holy mountain, Croagh Patrick. Unlike Oosten, Geraghty won’t be hiking “Patrick’s Stack” this year, though he’s done it in the past. More likely, he’ll catch the parade in Galway, “always an amazing spectacle. Afterwards it’s on to listen to some traditional Irish music, catch up with old friends, enjoy a pint of Guinness or two, and soak up some of the wonderful atmosphere of the day.”
Geraghty can be found online at darrengeraghty.com and on Twitter @darrengeraghty.
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