Welcome to the blog of Marla.ie, Waterford

A recently designed brand for Kite Design Studios. We heavily based the design on 3 main concepts: 1st being “The Viking triangle”, the naturally triangular shaped wall boundary of the old Viking centre. Secondly It was based on an old Viking Brooch  called the “Kite Brooch” which has a very particular kite shape, which incorporates the 3rd concept idea. The studios showcase a host of Waterford based artisan crafts, including Waterford Crystal craftsmen.

We recently designed the packaging for Wrapsu,  a new and totally innovative food product to the Irish market. It’s a tasty, healthy, low calorie snack or main meal. Since the product is oriental in theme, we used a design that reflects this whilst keeping the brand as prominent as possible.

We recently designed TV Chef Neven Maguire’s latest cookbook “Neven’s Country Living Cookbook“. Its 200+ pages of amazing recipies from one of Ireland’s favourite chefs. The design uses a country theme and palette. It’s available in all good bookshops now.

We developed a major brand and image push for our home city of Waterford in relation to tourism. The brand was Waterford City – Picture the Experience. The concept was based on the fact that most tourists take pictures of their experiences in a region / city etc. Therefore, the picture frame acts as an anchor but also as an infinitely changing brand in its own right.

We also hand illustrated a walking map of the city, original characters, fully interactive map, diverse and in depth CMS website with dynamic calendar and custom HDR photography. The sub brands have individual frames so they can represent different themes, holidays or events. The site will be officially launched July 2010.

This year the Summer City Festival in Waterford spans through July and August. Márla.ie designed a poster / programme brochure for the festival. The theme was, bright, colourful, fun and energetic.

Márla.ie were commissioned by the city council to create a promotional pack for potential sponsors of the Waterford Harvest Food Festival. We created a brand identity and brochure pack with inserts.

Márla.ie created the brand identity and packaging design for Aruna sauces, a brand which advocates only 100% natural ingredients. The product was officially launched as the new product range of Fuchsia House by Tom Doorley, food critic on Thursday 25 th February 2010. Aruna is a range of artisan sauces made by Sarajit Chanda, Fuchsia House Restaurant, Ardee. The recipes are all authentic and belong to Sarajit’s mother, Aruna. Thus they bear her name.

We recently completed the Portobello Distance Learning brochure design. This brochure ties in with the layout and feel of the original brochures, but also has distinctive individual properties.

A showcase of  last years brand identity design at Márla.ie. Ah,Nostalgia.

This month’s Construction Ireland magazine will feature a KCC Architectural advert designed by our good selves. The advert consists of a bespoke illustration which explains what KCC does in its relevant service offerings.