Joe Phelan is an irish designer and researcher based in London.
Working across branding, digital design, editorial and visual identity, alongside an independent practice that moves between design, writing, research and moving image.
A curious observer of film, literature, futures thinking, and the currents that shape society and politics.
Ultimately, interested in ideas and the forms they inhabit.
Experience
Previously working with SOOT, NYC, he designed and prototyped interfaces for a self-organising file system. At IADT, Dún Laoghaire, he was a UX/UI designer and researcher on Mythcloud.eu, an EU-funded project documenting and exploring European mythologies.
Currently freelancing with Bullet Creative on a variety of projects.
Bullet Creative
Designer
(Contract)
2026 -
SOOT, NYC
Digital designer
(Contract)
2025 - 2026
Freelance Designer
Collaborators include: Netflix, Peroni, Paramount+, Service95, The Royal Irish Academy of Music, The Hive Agency, Started Marketing & PR, Institute of Art Design & Technology Dun Laoghaire, Aalto University
2023 -
Institute of Art, Design and
Technology, Dún Laoghaire
UX/UI designer & researcher with the Digital Mythologies Project, led by Aalto University and funded by the EU
2024 - 2025
Red&Grey, Dublin
Junior designer
2023 - 2024
Bad Apple Creative
Design intern (Part-Time)
2021 - 2022
Recent Education
BA (Hons) in Design & Visual Communications,
Institute of Art, Design and Technology, Dún Laoghaire
First Class Honours
2019 - 2023
Art & Design QQI Level 5
Bray Institute of Further Education
Distinction
2018 - 2019
Workshops & Affiliations
Member of the International Society of Typographic Designers
Student Assessment Scheme
2023
Young AGRAFA Conference, Katowice, Poland
Participant/ speaker
2022