A Worthy Cause has been trading in various forms since 2002, when it was opened as a niche clothing label for the Irish Mountainbiking scene. Since then the tshirt screenprinting press has fallen quiet as other work, primarily for the Irish arts and crafts scenes, has taken over.
For its first few years of existence, A Worthy Cause ran alongside my partnership in CLAW Design, as an outlet for personal projects. Since the closing of CLAW, I have maintained A Worthy Cause while working in another design studio. Currently I am starting to slowly grow this freelance business.
I graduated from NCAD in 2001 to go on to (briefly) work in the field of medical graphic design.
From there I became a partner in CLAW Design:
Magazine art direction
Custom type design
Book Design
Promotional design (poster, flyers, packaging)
Currently work includes anything in various fields of static visual media:
Web design
Annual report and tender process design
Signage design
Corporate communications
Event and promotional design
Identity design
Content Management Systems installation
You know the saying "All work and no play..." Well, this is play, of a kind.
I write, a lot. I maintain a verbose site on diverse topics such as history, art, science, society, cycling, religion and food. I also write short stories and make art
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I am in my early mid thirties, married, with two sons and live in North Dublin. I am also strikingly attractive, in addition to being painfully humble.
I am also a cyclist, disappearing for days at a time, for racing, training and generally wandering. You can see plenty about me at my personal website - Ronan McDonnell. You can also follow me on Twitter, if you are so inclined.
All my various online endeavours are to be found at Ronan McDonnell.