bite design

Background

bite! is a 19 year-old independent graphic design consultancy run by John Foley and Lisa Sheridan. From our city-centre studio in Cork on the south coast of Ireland we strive to produce characteristically solid, no-nonsense, commercially effective design work to a high standard for a select list of couthy customers.

What we do

If its job is to promote, sell, engage or inform then bite! can do it—brochures, direct mail, point-of-sale, catalogues, advertisements, book jackets, books, cd packaging, logos and identity programmes, packaging, posters, flyers, web sites, programme books, liveries, signage, presentations, menus, manuals, forms, exhibition stands.

With nearly 20 years experience behind us, you name it, from your url on a 2HB pencil to your brand on a Boeing 737 fuselage, we’ve done it!

Ethos and style

Our business style is reflected in our work—friendly, smart, focussed, direct, uncomplicated and practical. Professional seriousness tempered with a sharp edge of wit. We work best when in direct contact with like-minded people operating at executive level.

We’re not for everyone—but that’s a good thing.

Clients

Bite has worked with numerous clients including Cork City Council, Cork Midsummer Festival, Druid Theatre Company, Hertz Ireland, Cafe Paradiso (inc. art direction and design for two best-selling cook books), Wexford County Library Service, Cork Film Festival, The Cat Laughs Comedy Festival, Sony UK, Lisa Richards Agency (inc. work for Des Bishop, Neil Delamere, PJ Gallagher and Apres Match), Cork Butter Museum, Wexford Festival Opera, The Abbey Theatre, The Southern Soul and Disco Festival, Diageo, Murphys Brewery, Cork University Press, Atrium Press, Attic Press, Cork Opera House, Everyman Palace Theatre, Red Kettle Theatre Company, Bickerstaffe Theatre Company as well as with bars, restaurants and nightclubs and many individuals in retail, law, catering, event management, hospitality, arts, medicine, economics and science.

Awards and publications

• IEFA Gold Pinnacle award for best Festival Brochure (Wexford Festival Opera), 1996
• IEFA Gold Pinnacle award for best Festival Brochure (Wexford Festival Opera), 1997
• Best Vegetarian Cookbook in the World award at the 2004 Gourmand World Cookbook Awards for Paradiso Seasons (Atrium Press) designed and art directed at bite!
• Robert Horne Ion Trophy for design of DruidSynge programme Book, 2005
• Studio featured in Round Europe Publisher (Index Book, 978-84-96309-33-9)
• Work featured in The Word It Book edited by Bryony Gomez-Palacio and Armin Vit. (How Books, 978-1-58180-925-1)
• Work Featured in Symbols, Pictograms and Silhouettes by Marta Aymerich (Index Book, 978-84-96774-36-0)
• CLE Book industry Awards, Best Cover 2007 (Cool Waters, Emerald Seas)
• Winner, Best Website Category for Cork Midsummer Festival at AOIFE (Association of Irish Festivals and Events) awards, 2009
• Winner, Best Graphic Design Category for work on Cork Midsummer Festival at AOIFE (Association of Irish Festivals and Events) awards, 2010

Hire us

We are always keen to work with professional design commissioners on challenging projects—large or small—especially in the areas of arts & culture, publishing, tourism, public service, education, entertainment, motoring, food and independent retail. Contact us today for a chat and let’s see if we may bring our particular skill, talent and experience to bear on your next publishing, promotion, packaging or identity project.