About me

Visual Communication graduate from the National College of Art and Design, with additional Studio + year. Primarily interested in design for Moving image, Design for Print and Illustration. The work I like to create is lead by research and draws attention to objects or stories that have been overlooked or undervalued. I like to mix digital elements with scanned hand-drawn textures. My work has been awarded by the ISTD, Adobe Awards and shortlisted by the RSA. You can see some of my work on my website katedennehy.com

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Projects

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  Recent Print / Gif work2019
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  Showreel 2019
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  In but not ofIn but not of is a publication that explores the Direct Provision system in Ireland. Direct Provision is the accommodation provided by the Irish state, to those seeking asylum while they wait for their application to be processed. This system was first established in the 1990s, when Ireland suddenly receive a large influx of people seeking asylum. The intent was that those seeking asylum would live in these accommodation centres for 6 months while their application was processe and that this pro
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  LapsAnimation 2019
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  Like the Confines of a SonnetNewsprint 289mm x 380mm 2019
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  WhitewashedPublication 200mm x 100mm 2019

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Work history

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Lead Graphic DesignerFingal County Council
May 2020 - Jul 2020Dublin, IrelandFreelance
I was commissioned by Fingal County Council to design a workbook for those cocooning in the Dublin 15 area during the Corona virus pandemic. Together we created an activity book containing puzzles, recipes and poems, that was distributed to those who were vulnerable in the area. It was an enjoyable and worthwhile project. After this project I created a second Workbook for older people to archive their memories that was stored in the Irish National Archive
YAP Summer Camp Design ConsultantNational College of Art and Design, Dublin.
May 2019 - Jun 2019Dublin, IrelandPart Time

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Skills

• Print Design
• Animation
• Illustration
• Conceptual Thinking
• Motion Design
• Typesetting

Education

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BA (Hons) Visual CommunicationNational College of Art and Design
Sep 2015 - Nov 2019Dublin, Ireland

Awards

Adobe Top Talent AwardAdobe
My animation 'To share is to halve' received an Adobe Top Talent Award in the motion graphics category in 2019.
ISTD membershipInternational Society of Typographic Designers (ISTD)
My publication 'In but not of' received a pass grade and membership to the International Society of Typographic Designers.

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