WINNER; DESIGN FOR ALL Institute of Designers in Ireland 2009
Red Dog were delighted to be approached by An Post to help mark the bicentenary of Louis Braille’s birth. With actual Braille embossed on the stamp, spelling out ‘Eire 55c’, the design also features the same words in print, treated typographically according to clear print guidelines. The supporting imagery, with its black-and-white treatment providing sharp contrast for those with sight impairment, makes reference to Braille dots, but also plays with the notion of sight itself, with the carefully crafted ‘eye’ falling in and out of abstraction. Des Kenny, Chief Executive of the NCBI, has described the Louis Braille stamp as ‘a fitting tribute...to this remarkable man’s memory’.