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Shine Box is the work of freelance graphic and web designer Michael Mc Coole. He has over four years experience within the graphic and web design industry.

If you are interested in any of his work and would like to contact him to discuss a project, please fill out the form on the Contact Us page and he will reply to you as soon as possible.

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Web Design




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Kids Klubs Montessori
Kids Klubs Montessori asked us to design a site that was fun, energetic, but that also reflects the educational side of child care. The website centres on a colourful combination of photography, colours and playful photography. All set against a pink background full of childrens drawings, that add's another little fun detail to the site.
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DH Ryan Architects
DH Ryan Architects are a new architects firm who wanted a contemporary site that would reflect their work and set them apart from their competitors. This was achieved by giving each page a unique colour, set against a grey background that lifts the page off the screen. This is complimented with a clean layout and black and white photography of the architects at work.
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Ryan Thomas Jewllers
Ryan Thomas Jewellers have been selling and designing wedding rings for over thirty years. Their brief was for a site that was easy to navigate and showed off their wide range of wedding and engagement rings. At Shine Box we fufilled their wishes with a clean layout and colour scheme of browns, black and beige to compliment the rings.
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Photostation
Photostation offer a wide range of photographic services both digital and print. The site had to be fun, dynamic and encourage customers to visit their stores. The colour scheme was taken from their corporate identity, while also meeting the brief to be fun and lively. Each page is full of photos but we avoided stock photography and instead used real family and travel shots that give the site a more personal feel.
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Pat McCoole Photography
For Pat we designed a crisp, modern site with Pat's photography taking centre stage. The site layout is clear and easy to navigate. We also created a client login in page where the bride, groom, family and friends could go onto the day after their weddding and view the photos from the previous day.
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Clonmel Oil
Clonmel Oil asked us for a complete redesign of their old site. As one of South Tipperary's leading Topaz Oil distributors they wanted a bright, fresh easily to navigate site that commuincated their business with clean, modern graphics. The site also had to incorporate Topaz brand guidelines.
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Fade In : Student Film-Makers Competition
Fade In is a competition created to discover young, talented film makers and give them a platform to showcase their work. Shine Box created a website that made it possible for students to upload their entries and also to watch and comment on the videos of their fellow contempory film-makers.
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Mitchel House Restaurant
Mitchel House is a stylish new restaurant located in Thurles, Co.Tipperary. They wanted the website to be bright, contemporary and visually showcase their great new premises. This was done with the photos to the right of each page acting as a window into the restaurant, this was then complimented by the wood panel and purple banner mimicking the interior design of the restaurant.

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KWS Plant Hire
Along with being the largest Independently owned plant hire company in Ireland KWS are also one of the leading welding suppliers and home interiors retailers. So the challenge was to incorporate three sites into one.
The whole site is linked together under a universal colour scheme of red and grey, with a clean, sharp layout. Each area of the business is given its own section but can be easily accessed from the other sections at anytime.

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Fethard Rugby Club
Fethard Rugby Club has been in existence now for a little over seven years. They felt it was time they had an online presence. With all their teams under 18's, they wanted a current, youthful site that would appeal to their players. We wanted the site to show the power of the game of rugby, with the players appearing to be crash through the web page, bringing a sense of movement and energy to the site.
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M & S Machinery
M & S Machinery are Ireland's premier purveyor of New Holland Machinery. So we showed this machinery in action as much as possible while at the same time keeping the layout clean, uncomplicated and easy to navigate. The site was also given a customised content management system that enables the client full access to their site to upload photos and information on the second hand machinery as it comes in.
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The Hangout - Gazebo Clothesline
For The Hangout's website, I used naturals colours along with the timber banner to emphasise its environmentally friendly use's. As The Hangout is a totally new product that most people woud be unaware of I created a gallery page using Lightbox that would enable the user to navigate through the photos of the The Hangout in different settings to get a better understanding of how the product works.
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Edmond Maher Photography
For Edmonds site we made his photography the main focus of his site, with large photos on each page. For the colour scheme we went for cool greys that compliment the photography. We also created a content management system for Edmond so he could upload his new photography himself.
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Web Business Ireland
Web Business Ireland website was updated with a completely new corporate identity which is reflexed in the clean layout that show cases their work on every page. A flash movie was created for the opening page to give the vistor an instant idea of the work done by Web Business Ireland.


Branding




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Kids Klubs Montessori & Full Day Care
Shine Box designed a full stationary set for Kids Klubs Montessori that was striking, fun and energetic. This was achieved with a combination of shocking pink, strong red, blue, orange and childrens drawings on the back of the business cards.
Pat McCoole Photography corporate identity
Pat McCoole Photography
Pat asked for a full corporate identity that was clean, contemporary and showed off his photography. This was achieved with a simple type face set inside a clear rectangle box that compliments his photography when placed above it.
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DH Ryan Architects
DH Ryan Architects are a young architects firm who asked for a modern, confident branding that would reflect their firms architectual approach. This was achieved with a contemporary typeface that is complimented by the slick, clean lines of the DH logo set against a bright red background.
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Web Business Ireland
Web Business Ireland needed to update their old branding with a whole new brand identity across all media. This was done with simple, clean typeface, then compliment with a subtle colour palette and logo.
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Sarah Devlin Boutique Clothing
Sarah Devlin asked Shine Box to design a logo, label and retail bag for her new Boutique Clothing Store. The branding needed to be elegant, contemporary and appeal to a target audience of young professional women.
The Hangout, Gazebo Clothesline
The Hangout is both a clothesline and an innovative piece of garden furniture. Shine Box designed a clean, vector based logo of The Hangout with earthy greens and browns to reflect it's environmental friendly uses. We then used a strong, bold typeface to demonstrate its strudy, solid structure.
Thurles Kickboxing Club logo
Thurles Kick-Boxing Club
Thurles Kick boxing club needed a logo that could be used across a broad range of clothing, like hoodies, t-shirts, shorts, sport bags and other boxing equipment. Their logo is very adaptable and works on red, black and grey material.
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Toon Train Online Toy Store
Toon Train is an online toy store who looked for a fun, cheerful logo that would be used on their website and stationary. This was attained with playful type and bright colours.
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Tipperary Designs
Tipperary Designs are a small traditional craft business, that specialise in bronze statues. They needed a corporate identity that reflected this time honoured industry, but in a modern way. This was accomplished with a confident , classic typeface and subtle circular logo that incorporates a celtic design.
Korova Bar
The Korova Bar is a live music venue that gets it name and inspiration from the Korova Milk Bar in Stanely Kubricks film ' A Clockwork Orange ' . Shine Box recreated then incorpated imagery from the film into their branding and across all printed material.
Channel Zero
Channel Zero is a digital rock music channel. The branding needed to be fresh, bold, and look as good on a t.v. screen as on printed material. The logo is simple, confident and gives the channel an established look. The use of the old t.v. colour test screen will resonate with the channels target audience of people in late twenties, early thirties.
Eat Healthy- Government Health Campaign
This Government Health campaign hoped to combat child obesity and encouraged parents to buy healthy food with the incentive of increased child allowance. By giving parents points on their eat healthy purchase cards when they bought approved goods, which would later be scanned at their local Post Office when receiving their child allowance.
Tefl Company.com
Tefl Company.com are an online service that finds teaching jobs for young people throughout Asia. They looked for a branding that was current, clear and attracted their target audience. This was realized with contemporary typefaces and strong colours.
Kaths Handmade Cards
Logo and stationery for small business that specialise in designing and making personalised handmade cards for all occasions from wedding invites to birthday cards.



Advertising




tiger english poster campaign
Tiger English Poster and Banner Up Display
Tiger English is an Irish company that provides a placement service to young teachers who wish to teach in Asia. They asked Shine Box to design a banner up display that could be used a trade shows, colleges and schools around the country. We also designed a poster to compliment the banner up display.
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thumbnail image of national boxing championships poster campaign, click to enlarge
National Boxing Championship Promotional Campaign
Print campaign for the National Boxing Championship to attract old and new boxing fans back to live boxing, with a more modern, visually aware promotional campaign. This was achieved with vivid, in your face black and white photography and a bold, powerful typeface.
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thumbnail image of korova bar promotional poster, click to enlarge
Korova Bar Promotional Posters
Posters and leaflets to promote the opening of the Korova Bar and live music venue, and also advertise the band line up for that month. The promotional material remains consistant with the bars branding.
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thumbnail image of Fade In, student film makers competition poster, click to enlarge
thumbnail image of Fade In, student film makers competition poster, click to enlarge
Fade In, Student Film-Makers Competition
Fade In is a competition created to discover young, talented film makers and give them a platform to showcase their work. Shine Box created a leaflet, billbroad and series of posters, that are contemporary, vibrant and appeal to the target audience's cinematic sensibilities.
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Kids Klubs Childcare Posters & Leaflets
Kids Klubs asked for a range of seasonal posters and leaflets to advertise the varying camps they run throughout the year. The printed material had to remain consistant with their branding while attracting parents and children alike.
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Ryan Thomas Jewellers
Poster, Interlocking folder and leaflet insert for Ryan Thomas Jewellers to celebrate their thirtieth year in business and advertise the chance for customers to win a €5,000 prize towards their wedding or honeymoon.
Thurles Kickboxing Club Fight Night Poster
Series of posters to advertise Thurles Kickboxing annual full contact Fight Night. Each year Shine Box tries to design a unique poster for the club that sets it apart from the year before, with diiferent colour schemes and the use of illustration and photography.


Photography
Videos




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Daz Viral Video Campaign
Online viral video campaign for Daz washing powder that targets young males who live away from home and are buying washing powder for the first time. This viral campaign is also supported by a printed poster campaign.
National Boxing Championship Promotional Campaign
TV for the National Boxing Championship to attract old and new boxing fans back to live boxing, with a more modern, visually aware promotional campaign. This was achieved with vivid, in your face black and white photography and a bold, powerful typeface.