Brand identity and web design for a Dublin skatepark built to earn it.
Client
GTF, Dublin
Role
Brand & Web Designer
Location
Dublin, Ireland
Sector
Arts & Culture
The Brief
Branding and web design for GTF (Grahams Training Facility), a Dublin skatepark tucked inside an industrial complex — produced while freelancing at Unthink. The brief was deceptively simple: make something the skate community would actually respect.
The logo mark is hand-lettered and deliberately raw — spray-paint rough, no polish. But the supporting typeface is Alpha Headline, a heavy industrial slab chosen because GTF sits inside a factory park. The tension between the loose mark and the hard type is intentional: one says skate culture, the other says this place is built to last.
Applications ran across merch, print and a live WordPress site. Photography by Richard Gilligan.
01 — Identity
Identity system — logo, colour palette and typography
Early explorations — six directions explored before the final mark
GTF — Primary mark
GTF Skatepark — Dublin industrial complex. Photography by Richard Gilligan.
02 — In Use
Sticker · T-shirt
Poster · A5 flyer
03 — Website
Website designed and developed in WordPress. Photography by Richard Gilligan.