Nick Irwin is not a trapeze artist, hair stylist or related to the croc-hunter—
only a designer, ocassional doodler and
mild-to-dangerously obsessed with
typography, the foundation in which
great design is laid upon.

design statement

I function on idea driven design, starting from a synapse in my brain to the lead in my pencil. That spark or idea is the core of every great design. A core formed of talent, inspiration and sometimes a little—lot—of coffee to get the gears going. I strive to be in the crossroads of client expectations and personal ambitions. This appetite for accomplishment is fostered through the success of my employer, colleagues and clients.

inspiration (in no particular order)

Paul Rand, Joe Duffy, Roy Lichtenstein, Frank Gehry, Stefan Sagmeister, Saul Bass, TypeTogether, Dan Pink's article in the Harvard Business Review, David Ogilvy, The folks at Aesthetic Apparatus, H&FJ, Jim Krause, Ivan Chermayeff and Tom Geismar, Herman Miller's Embody chair, My Goodness My Guiness, Henrik Fisker, Bob Greenberg, The design maestro of Apple Jonathan Ive, Valerie Casey, Tim Brown and basically all of IDEO, My friends and family, Layer Tennis, Nature, Music (see Humming)...