Please contact me at
mail@SteveSimpson.com
or +353 87 265 9641

With over 30 years experience, Steve Simpson is renowned for his hand lettered packaging design, whimsical characters and illustrated barcodes. His distinctive style, inspired by the arts & crafts movement, 50s advertising and folk art, has appeared on everything from a 1" postage stamp to a 200ft screen in Times Square. His work has adorned whiskey bottles and cough bottles, boardgames and board rooms, hot sauces and ceramic saucers:)

Since 2008 steve has won over 50 awards for both packaging design and illustration including Gold awards from the Association of Illustrators, Illustrators Guild of Ireland, the IDI and ICAD.
He's been an awards judge for Adobe, 3x3 and the Hong Kong Society of Illustrators and is also a founding member of the Illustrators Guild of Ireland and OFFSKETCH.

Steve has been a main stage speaker at OFFSET, OFFF and ICON as well as giving many talks and workshops across Europe.

Originally from Manchester, UK, Steve now lives in Dublin, Ireland. Read Less

Clients include:
Adobe, Disney Pixar, MINI BMW, Modelo, RFU, Vodafone, Heinz, Djeco, Guinness, Heineken, Bushmills, Absolut, Three Mobile, 7up, Kellogg’s, Rowntrees, Hertz, Jameson, Aer Lingus, Dettol, Bloomsbury, Simon & Schuster NY, Scholastics NY, American Airlines, Variety, Wall Street Journal, New Scientist, Wired, National Gallery of Ireland, Affinity Serif.

Advertising Agencies:
Ogilvy & Mather, Publicis QMP, Irish International, Cawley Nea\TBWA, RMG Target, McConnell’s, McCann Erickson, DDFH&B, Tequila, Euro RSCG, Boys and Girls, Huskies. Read Less