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 /  

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 /