IDA Awards Winner 2021

Excited to hear I will be receiving an Honourable Mention Award in the International Design Awards for several of my recent Brand Identity and Packaging Design projects, including Katie’s Kombucha, A Good Mood Food, Saltrock Dairy and Oat in the City. A great start to the New Year!

The IDA awards celebrate and promote creative talent and expertise in graphic design and other areas such as architecture, fashion and product design so it is a great achievement to recognised as an award winner in these awards.

See more here:

Katie’s Kombucha
https://www.idesignawards.com/winners/zoom.php?eid=9-41218-21

A Good Mood Food
https://www.idesignawards.com/winners/zoom.php?eid=9-41221-21

Saltrock Dairy
https://www.idesignawards.com/winners/zoom.php?eid=9-41217-21

Oat in the City
https://www.idesignawards.com/winners/zoom.php?eid=9-41213-21



January 7, 2022 /  

MIE Strategic Report 2021-26 Launch

Marino Institute of Education ‘Education Transforming Lives’

Great to attend the launch event of the MIE Strategic Report 2021-26 ‘Education Transforming Lives’ at the Marino Institute of Education yesterday.

The event was hosted by politician, TD and Minister for Further and Higher Education, SimonHarris. The report’s focus is on how ‘Education Transforms Lives’. Simon further emphasised the value in this, speaking about the need to broaden the conversation around pathways in to education, so that there is not just one direct ‘hit-or-miss’ route to higher education and training, but multiple avenues towards brighter futures for people from all backgrounds with different and varying types of skills-sets – enabling access to education for all.

We co-created the report in collaboration with Laura Macaulay at Navigate by Design.

The printing of this report is FSC Certified, supporting sustainability and the environment by using paper when printing that is FSC approved.

November 11, 2021 /  

B4B Feature

A big thank you to the B4B network for such a lovely feature about Clare Lynch Creative and our design work. It’s always good to get nice mentions like this as it helps other businesses who are interested in getting Brand Identity, Packaging and Design work to be aware of our services and encourages them to get in touch to enquire about their own projects. Thanks again B4B! You can read the article here…

Clare Lynch Creative
October 7, 2021 /  

‘Oat in the City’ in the Media

Our latest brand to launch ‘Oat in the City’ Irish oatmeal drinks were featured on RTE radio on 3rd July 2021, where Kilbeggan-based farm owner Liam Lynam tells the story of how the character Eoin the Oat came to market, featured on his range of healthy and sustainable oat-milk drinks, and the story about how we came up with the the brand name. They are off to a successful start so far and are available to purchase in Aldi stores throughout Ireland, Donnybrook Fair stores in Malahide and Donnybrook in Dublin, Nolans in Clontarf and selected Super Valu’s.

Have a listen to the interview here and keep an eye out for Eoin the Oat, the brand character, on the front of the brand packaging on the range of Oat in the City oatmeal drinks:

https://www.rte.ie/radio/radio1/countrywide/programmes/2021/0703/1232829-countrywide-saturday-3-july-2021/

July 14, 2021 /  

Clare Lynch Creative in the Media

We are delighted to be featured in a number of design publications.

These features included the German design magazine ‘Creativ Verpacken’ and Favourite Design Book 2021. Being featured in design publications is a real kudos to the work designed by Clare Lynch Creative. It has many benefits, such as:

  • It helps our clients grow in terms of brand recognition and customer base
  • It, in turn, helps new companies and clients to find us by coming across our work
  • It is an honour when reputable design publications recognise the work enough to showcase it as exemplary branding

The latest features we have received were for the Packaging Design of ‘Flying Squirrel’ vegan plant-based cheese. In the German Packaging Design publication ‘Creativ Verpacken‘, it was featured in January edition (page 38) and March edition (page 10) of the magazine in 2021. It has also been selected to be featured in the 2021 edition of ‘Favourite Design‘ book, a book which features the ‘best of’ design around the world for that year. This book will soon be available to be purchased on their website and is a useful reference point to explore the latest successful graphic design and packaging design brands.

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July 6, 2021 /  

Client Success – Flying Squirrel Vegan Cheese

I love to see my client’s do well, it’s a sign that their brand packaging has worked well and communicates the ethos and values of their product and brand to consumers.

Some successes of Flying Squirrel, a vegan plant-based cheese range are as follows:

The Happy Pear Stockist

Getting stocked and featured with ‘The Happy Pear‘, a successful health food brand and cafe in Greystones in County Wicklow, run by the two handsome twin brothers Stephen & David Flynn.

The Irish Times News Feature

A feature of the lovely Colm Farrell with ‘Flying Squirrel’ vegan cheese in the Irish Times News by Olive Keogh in July 2020 along with some other Irish food entrepreneurs, speaking about their success stories and how they are pushing boundaries with their products. Read the full article here.

Blas na hÉireann Irish Food Awards 2020 Finalist

Flying Squirrel has also been shortlisted for this year’s Blas na hÉireann Awards #blas2020. Blas na hÉireann is The Irish Food Awards – they recognise and reward the very best of Irish Food & Drinks and the passionate people who are behind making them. You can view more about there awards below:

Colm Farrell, the owner of Flying Squirrel is extremely passionate about what he does – creating delicious plant-based vegan cheese, free from any harm to animals and good to the environment. His passion, genuine nature and friendly, fun spirit translate across everything he does and I think this has helped his success. I love to see clients like Colm shine and reach their goals.

Flying Squirrel vegan cheese is currently stocked in a number of locations including Super Valu Deansgrange, @supervaluchurchtown #supervaluastonquay @thecarrotstail @its_a__trap_ and @thehappypear

August 26, 2020 /  

Design Awards Interview Feature

After winning Gold in the Muse Awards 2020, their linked marketing company ‘MuseDotWorld’ requested an interview with me on my thoughts on design, my experiences in the design industry, working with clients on their brand packaging. You can read more about it here.

August 7, 2020 /  
Creatives Against Covid-19 Exhibition at Guinness Storehouse

Creatives Against Covid Exhibition – Guinness Storehouse, Dublin

Creatives Against Covid-19 called on the creative industry to design and donate inspiring posters to raise funds for vulnerable women and children during the current crisis.

I was honoured to take part in this initiative. The organisers went on to create an exhibition in the Guinness Storehouse, displaying over 1,000 posters of all of the graphic designers, illustrators and creatives from over 30 countries who took part. Tickets for the exhibition can be bought here.

The posters can be purchased here at A3 size, with all proceeds being donated equally between ISPCC Childline and Women’s Aid.

My submission ‘Clear Vision Ahead‘, was a play on an optician’s eye chart and offering optimism towards what we can envision ahead post quarantine. It can be purchased in the ‘Typography’ section of their website here.

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July 17, 2020 /  

Packaging Design Checklist

So you have decided to go ahead and work with a designer to create some beautiful new packaging design for your products. After meeting with your designer and working on preparing the brief for the design together, what’s the next step? What assets and information do you need to have ready to supply to your designer to ensure a smooth and easy process towards developing and launching your new brand’s visual identity and product range?

This handy, free guide will make it easy for you to ensure that you have all your ducks in a row towards completing your packaging design process with ease. You can find a PDF version here to check off or a Word version here, which you can download and fill in and return to your designer or keep as a useful reference.


Another useful source for guidelines regarding food and drink label information is the FSAI (Food Safety Authority of Ireland) – see more information here.

June 25, 2020 /  

MUSE Packaging Design Award Winner 2020

I’m delighted to announce that I’ve won Gold in the Muse Design Awards 2020 for the Branding and Packaging Design of Flying Squirrel vegan cheese! Brilliant news and results!

I’m so pleased to see my work has been recognised in these prestigious awards. It was an enjoyable and innovative product to work on, the client was easy to work with and passionate about his product range – this made for a collaborative and inspiring process from concept to completion in creating this successful packaging brand.

Out of 3820 submissions from 50 countries, Clare Lynch Creative has been awarded the prestigious Gold award in Packaging Design of the Year for the 2020 MUSE Design Awards competition. The winning piece was created by Clare Lynch Creative for Flying Squirrel Vegan Cheese.

The MUSE Creative and MUSE Design Awards are global competitions, which seek to commemorate the exemplary creative and design professionals of various industries. “These individuals truly embody the spirit of innovation” said Kenjo Ong, CEO of both competitions. “It is a privilege to award Clare Lynch Creative for their monumental work! It is always a humbling experience to witness what these creatives are capable of.”

MUSE Design Awards Team

See more on the MUSE Awards Website or in the project portfolio section of this website.

Flying Squirrel Vegan Cheese on Instagram: @flyingsquirrel.ie
Photography by Brendan Ryan, see Instagram: @brendanryanphoto


April 28, 2020 /  

Creatives Against Covid-19 Campaign

Creatives Against Covid-19 called on the creative industry to design and donate inspiring posters to raise funds for vulnerable women and children during the current crisis.

The result was over 1,000 posters from over 30 countries, were designed and submitted. The great selection of posters from graphic designers, illustrators and creatives are currently on sale on their website here at A3 size, with all proceeds being donated equally between ISPCC Childline and Women’s Aid.

Here is my poster submission, ‘Clear Vision Ahead‘, playing on an optician’s eye chart and offering optimism towards what we can envision ahead post quarantine. It can be purchased in the ‘Typography’ section of their website here.

April 26, 2020 /