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Meitheal Works

For the Meitheal Impact Report, we described the value and impact of arts, culture and theatre for young people.

Christmas stamps

Our Christmas stamp designs are here, and ready to head worldwide with An Post. Designed by Red&Grey with illustrator Tara O’Brien.

National Gallery of Ireland

Thrilled to collaborate with the National Gallery of Ireland on their latest exhibition: “Laver on Location,” running until January 2024.

ICAD Winners 2022

This is a very short intro for the ICAD win news article. This is a very short intro for the ICAD win news article.

Ancient Postal Routes

An Post issued two stamps on the theme of ‘Ancient Postal Routes as part of a Europe-wide initiative.

ICAD 2020

Delighted to have 5 commendations in the ICAD Awards 2020.

Baan Thai, Identity

Baan Thai are a family run restaurant steeped in Thai Culture, Heritage, Harmony, Family, Flavour, Tradition, Health and Home.

NCAD, Prospectus

Studying at NCAD is about learning through making, research and conceptual development.

G7 Italia, Book

Making the Digital Economy and Society Inclusive, Open & Secure was the overarching theme at the I7 multi stakeholder conference during the G7 Italia 2017.

Stamicarbon Identity system

Stamicarbon are a global chemical engineering company who design the technology to create fertiliser from the gas extract urea.

NCAD Graduate Showcase

The NCAD Graduate Showcase is an annual opportunity to discover the latest emerging talent from the art and design world.

Dublin Cookie Company Identity

The design and concept of the identity evolves around illustrating moments and memories one can have when tasting various ingredients.

BSM Identity

A space becomes a place with the introduction of people.

NCAD – Prospectus

The prospectus showcases NCAD as a energetic institution that encourages you to apply creative thinking, ask critical questions, practice inventive making, understand new methodologies, dream, seek the unknown and look for what is beautiful in the world.

NCAD Prospectus

There are four provinces in Ireland, the fifth province is one of imagination that lives at the centre of Ireland.

Branar Identity

Based in the West of Ireland since 2001, Branar is one of Ireland’s leading theatre companies making work for children.

Álla Studios

Alla Sinkevich is a sustainable fashion designer-maker born in Ukraine, schooled in Belarus.

Longford Development Plan

Economic, cultural and environmental icons were created to be used across a playful topographic map of County Longford.

Creative Arts Summer School 2023

The Creative Arts Summer School is a collaboration between nine Irish colleges, providing two weeks of free art and design workshops to individuals from low socio-economic backgrounds, and communities where there is a low progress to higher education.

NCAD Prospectus 2024/25

This year’s prospectus for the National College of Art and Design takes as its cue the college’s guiding statement: Bold and Curious Thinking, Making and Doing.

NCAD – Graduate Exhibition

The NCAD Graduate Exhibition is an annual opportunity to discover the latest emerging talent from the art and design world.

PIVOT Dublin – Bid book

The World Design Capital (WDC) is a city promotion project established to celebrate the aims and accomplishments of cities using design as a tool to reinvent themselves socially, culturally and economically.

A Place Without Walls

Limited edition book for Eoin Moylan’s personal and conceptual photographic essay, in collaboration with Stoney Road Press.

This Place

A book that journeys from East to West Galway aimed at capturing texture, landscape, nature and relaxed energy.

Chit Chat

Thanks to all the speakers and attendees at Chit Chat.

OFFSET 10+10

Taking part in a panel discussion on ambitions for Design in Ireland at OFFSET 2019.

Creative Design

At Red&Grey, we’re not just in the business of creative design; we’re in the business of creating memorable experiences.

Creative report design

At Red&Grey, we’re passionate about report design because we know it’s not just about presenting information—it’s about telling a compelling story.

Showcase 2024

We were tasked with creating a campaign that placed the buyer at the centre of the Showcase experience.

Ermacora Display Fonts

Four display typefaces based on NB Grotesk Std, and manipulated to align with the creative direction of biomimicry.

An Post – Book of Kells stamps

A new pair of stamps featuring images from the Book of Kells. The two stamps show details of interlacing lions from the medieval illuminated manuscript.

Learn to Swim, Identity Campaign

When creating the identity for Swim Ireland’s ‘Learn to Swim’ campaign we needed to consider three audiences; kids, parents and pools.

The Laudato Si Challenge, Identity

The Laudato Si’ Challenge has been established to inspire creativity worldwide and improve the lives of one billion of the most vulnerable people.

ILFD 17, Book

How many hidden characters are waiting for the time when curious eyes will find them?

Swan ELT Identity

Swan English Language Training is a Dublin based school delivering quality courses, employment opportunities and social programmes to students from all around the world.

NCAD Open Day Poster

Once a year the National College of Art and Design opens its’ large blue gates to the next generation of prospective artists and designers.

Ermacora Display Fonts

Danish-Italian urban, technology and futurist focused, Ermacora prioritise social impact design, open source thinking and the circular economy.

Bríd

Bríd is a book, a series of paintings, poems and memories.

OSI – Identity System

OSI invest in cutting edge ideas that can be formed into the next generation of world-changing organisations.

NCAD – Change Lab Book

Working closely with the School of Education in NCAD we formed a visual and aesthetic system to represent the pedagogical approach and artefacts the Professional Master in Education student teachers created in response the question: How do we mine and trace the past to make sense of the now?

ILFD 2019 Campaign

The International Literature Festival Dublin holds a series of diverse events in many unique spaces across the city.

Olann Brand Identity

Based in Cavan, Olann was born out of a desire to create a range of sophisticated colours on ethically sourced yarns.

Christmas Stamps 2023

The creation of this year’s Christmas stamps centred around family and community celebrations, the story of the nativity, and the simple joy of festive traditions.

NCAD Social Media 2023

Undergraduate social media for the National College of Art and Design in 2023 was designed in line with this year’s prospectus.

Re Think + Re Act – A PIVOT Dublin initiative

Re Think + Re Act was a open forum for discussion, an exhibition of the PIVOT Dublin bid to become World Design Capital in 2014 and a reading room filled with favourite books and visual curiosities.

Dublin Cookie Company, Packaging

The design and concept of the Dublin Cookie Company identity evolves around illustrating moments and memories one can have from tasting certain foods.

Tír

Tír makes seasonal Irish sandwiches.

NCAD Recruitment Campaign

The National College of Art and Design occupies a unique position in art and design education in Ireland, offering the widest range of art and design degrees at undergraduate and postgraduate level.

Websites and Digital

At Red&Grey, we’re not just about creating websites and digital assets  – we’re about crafting online design experiences that leave a lasting impression.

NCAD Prospectus campaign, 2017/18

Prospectus design highlighting the ambitions of NCAD students, and exploring the lives and work of highly regarded Irish artists and designers.

Art Direction

At Red&Grey, we believe that art direction is more than just crafting a visual style – it’s about collaboration, creativity, and taking your projects to new heights.

OFFSITE 2016

Portfolio Review by a host of visual and graphic designers.

Brand Strategy

We know that a strong brand strategy is more than just a catchy logo or a clever tagline.

Change Lab Book

A transformative journey with the School of Education at NCAD to design a book that encapsulated the essence of the Change Lab.

3 IDI Awards

Three wins at the IDI (Institute of Designers in Ireland) Awards this year. Read the judges comments below.

Type Trends Report 2023

Our custom typeface for the Architects’ Council of Europe has been featured in Monotype’s Trend Report.

Art Wall

Our public art project moves into its second year this January. Thanks to all of the artists who have contributed so far.

Gaiety stamps

He’s behind you! Stamps celebrating 150 years of The Gaiety.

Dóchas

Connecting, strengthening and representing a network of international development and humanitarian organisations.

KeepWell

How important is the health, wellbeing and prosperity of your employees?

NCAD, Recruitment Campaign

“NCAD is a special place, walking through the blue arch on Dublin’s Thomas Street brings you to a unique campus of studios, workshops and learning spaces where the community of students and staff are engaged creatively in exploring and understanding the world.“

Embassy of the Free Mind, Identity

“The city of Amsterdam is blessed for being a city where it is possible for merchants to be philosophers and for philosophers to be merchants.” Baruch Spinoza.

Learn to Swim, Passport

When creating the identity for Swim Ireland’s ‘Learn to Swim’ campaign we decided to include a passport as a device that would enable each kid to map their own journey.

NCAD Prospectus

The National College of Art & Design is a living environment of thinkers, makers, doers and creative voices both in the past, the present and future.

NCAD Prospectus

Our approach for the NCAD prospectus is to dedicate the prospectus to student interviews.

Safurex Identity

The collaborative partnership between Engineering company Stamicarbon in the Netherlands and Steel manufacturer Sandvik in Sweden developed a family of high pressure stainless steel solutions, named Safurex.

NCAD Access X 10 Book

Having been asked to design a book to mark ten years of the NCAD Access programme, we immediately proposed a workshop where we could discuss the past, the purpose, and the potential of the access programme.

Frontline Identity

Frontline Ventures were in need of a rebrand, an update, a fresh look for a continuously evolving and fast growing industry.

Homebeat + 34 Identity

An independent Irish music promoter moved in next door to our studio and decided to sell coffee from his workspace.

NCAD Social Media

There are four provinces in Ireland, the fifth province is one of imagination.

Creative Arts Summer School 2022

The Creative Arts Summer School is a collaboration between seven Irish colleges, providing two weeks of free art and design workshops to individuals from low socio-economic backgrounds, and communities where there is a low progress to higher education.

Laudato Si’ Challenge – Book

The Laudato Si’ Challenge has been established to inspire creativity worldwide and improve the lives of one billion of the most vulnerable people.

NCAD – Change Lab Poster

The change lab is a critical space for learning, thinking and re-imagining the possibilities of how art and design curriculum in second level can be taught through a development education lens.

E01 Process Book

E01 is the first in a series of process books documenting the development of the Recode Institute and it’s various projects.

ILFD Logo

The International Literature Festival Dublin holds a series of diverse events in many unique spaces across the city.

NCAD Prospectus 2019

The prospectus showcases NCAD as a energetic institution that encourages you to apply creative thinking, ask critical questions, practice inventive making, understand new methodologies, dream, seek the unknown and look for what is beautiful in the world.

The Consilience Project

The Consilience Project publishes novel research at the leading edges of global risk mitigation, governance design and culture.

Showcase 2024

We were tasked with creating a campaign that placed the buyer at the centre of the Showcase experience.

Maynooth University Prospectus

Our goal for NUI Maynooth is to create a culture of conversation, a space where new connections are made, new ideas are created and new knowledge is formed.

Toy Show Appeal

We were delighted when RTÉ contacted us to brand the Toy Show Appeal.

OFFSITE 2018

Glug Dublin mark their second gathering with chats with creative duos.

Exhibition Design

At Red&Grey, for exhibition design we don’t just make beautiful spaces – we create immersive experiences that leave a lasting impression.

Brand Naming

We create memorable meaningful names that have the power to directly affect your brand’s perception and ultimately its success.

Memorable Logo Design

We get that a logo is more than just a pretty picture – it’s the face of your brand, the essence of who you are distilled into a single image.