Michael M Design

Digital and motion design for brands, agencies and startups.

I’m Michael, a Dublin-based motion and digital designer working across social motion, 3D and AI-assisted production. A background in data keeps the work tied to results.

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I’ve created work for

Laya Healthcare Fabric William Hill Pinergy Gymshark Allianz

Selected work

Cross Codes results table: 1,189,578 views and 1,380,175 reach across Instagram, TikTok, Twitter and FacebookTop performing Cross Codes posts on TikTok and Instagram, up to 118K views each
Gymshark × Fabric Social

Cross Codes

Kerry’s David Clifford and Wexford’s Lee Chin swap sports, across 10 episodes and 2 trailers.

A campaign by Fabric Social for Gymshark, where Gaelic footballer David Clifford and hurler Lee Chin took on each other’s sport through challenges like the Sideline Challenge, Bench Press and the Hang. I worked on design, editing and graphics for the Instagram and TikTok promotion of each episode. The series reached 1.38 million people with nearly 1.19 million views across Instagram, TikTok, Twitter and Facebook, plus 68,000 likes and shares. The top TikTok episode alone passed 118K views.

Design, video editing, social graphics

Laya Healthcare competition graphic: win a Johnny Sexton signed shirt and boots
Laya Healthcare

Johnny Sexton giveaway

A competition graphic to win a signed shirt and boots.

Bold type, the Leinster blue palette and a real signature, built to stop the scroll and drive entries.

Social media design

Confidential
Allianz Ireland

Pet Portal Introduction

Motion design for onboarding brokers and vets onto the new Allianz Ireland pet service platform. The full project was made for internal use and remains confidential.

This clip is all I can share publicly. Request a review and I’ll walk you through the full project on a call.

Motion design

Sussed: The Sustainability Show vertical cover for Pinergy, renewables episodeSussed vertical cover: Ireland’s Most Sustainable Shopping CentreSussed vertical cover: Pure CampingSussed vertical cover: A New Way of LivingPinergy #PoweringTheDifference poster: Thomond Park at night, official energy partner of Munster Rugby
Pinergy

Sussed and Munster Rugby

A six-part sustainability series, plus graphics for Pinergy’s Munster Rugby partnership.

Sussed is Pinergy’s six-episode online series on how Irish businesses can cut their energy use, covering food and drink, renewables, micromobility, hotels and more. I designed the cover artwork and edited the series, carrying photography, clear typography and Pinergy’s identity across YouTube and social. Alongside it, I created still graphics supporting Pinergy’s role as official energy partner of Munster Rugby, including the #PoweringTheDifference artwork.

Cover design, video editing, campaign graphics

William Hill Football quote graphic: Kylian Mbappé on Evan Ferguson
William Hill

William Hill Football

Quote graphics for William Hill’s football social channels.

A repeatable template for player quotes, pairing big condensed type with layered match photography.

Social media design

Concept
Greggs

Crumble

A dating-app concept for Greggs’ 2025 Christmas campaign.

Festive drinks became potential matches, each with its own profile tags and “Looking for” bio, letting people swipe right on their seasonal favourite.

2025 · Creative strategy, motion design, social media design

Concept
Food & drink

New Menu

A short, looping launch spot for a new burger.

A phone screen spins through the menu before landing on the Deluxe Cheese Burger, which breaks out of the frame onto a bold red field of repeating prices. Built as a quick, loopable vertical for Stories, Reels and TikTok.

Motion design, social media design

ConceptTom Ford wordmark on blackTom Ford Oud Wood bottle in 3D, surrounded by motion-blurred rows of bottlesSilhouette of the Oud Wood bottle against a soft white lightRendered Oud Wood bottle floating, with close-up details of glass and petalsFrames: a drop of oud falling from a wire, label close-up and motion-blur shotsFrames: macro shots of the Tom Ford cap, liquid on a wire and a falling dropMoodboard: Philippe Petit’s 1974 high-wire walk between the Twin TowersComfyUI node workflow generating seamless wood textures with depth and normal maps
Tom Ford

Let the Great World Spin

Experimental 3D for Tom Ford’s Oud Wood, inspired by a high-wire walk.

A self-initiated 3D study. The idea came from Philippe Petit’s 1974 walk between the Twin Towers, the story behind Let the Great World Spin: the bottle balanced on a wire, and a single drop of oud falling. It’s shot as moody black-and-white macro frames with motion blur and soft, sculpted light. The wood textures were generated in ComfyUI as seamless maps (diffuse, depth and normal) and brought into the 3D scene.

3D, lighting, look development, AI texture generation

ConceptYETI logo through sunlit leaves against a blue sky“Wherever you decide to go…” concept board for YETIYETI Rambler bottle in desert sand, before and after a sand burstMotion-blurred ring of orange YETI bottles with chug capsMountain scene render with shadows, specular and diffuse passesThree YETI bottles in green, purple and black with soft glowMacro of the YETI chug cap against warm orangeClose-up of the YETI badge on a navy bottle against limeMacro of the embossed YETI logo on seafoam green
YETI

Wherever you decide to go

Experimental 3D for YETI’s Rambler bottle, set across different landscapes.

A self-initiated 3D study built around one line: “Wherever you decide to go…”. The same bottle moves through a mountain meadow, desert sand and sunlit forest, with colourways shown in macro product shots. The mountain scene was built and lit in 3D, then composited from separate shadow, specular and diffuse passes, and the sand burst was a particle simulation. Soft glows, grain and shallow depth of field keep it warm and tactile.

3D, lighting, simulation, compositing

All Irish Sport graphic: Brad Johnson’s top 10 Irish AFL players of all time, led by Jim StynesAll Irish Sport graphic celebrating a Troy Parrott goal, in green and yellow spray-paint styleBallcarrier Performer of the Week graphic for Mack Hansen, powered by TNT SportsIreland v England Six Nations gameday poster featuring Conor Murray at the Aviva StadiumBlues Super Rugby collage poster with the Auckland Sky Tower and city skylineMichael Jordan tribute poster with Chicago skyline, basketball and Air Jordan 1All Irish Sport graphic: 2-5 for Oisin Mullin in club GAA returnAll Irish Sport graphic: Kilkenny goalkeeper Eoin Murphy announces retirement
@allirishsport · @ballcarrier

Sports content

Rankings, player features and match graphics.

Social content for @allirishsport and @ballcarrier, covering national-level Irish and international sport: all-time rankings like the top 10 Irish AFL players, goal celebrations like Troy Parrott’s, and recurring formats like Ballcarrier’s Performer of the Week, powered by TNT Sports, plus gameday posters, player tributes and breaking news graphics. Each format gets its own look, from spray-paint textures to clean editorial layouts, built to hold up in a fast-moving feed.

Ongoing · Social media design

ConceptVOYA concept post: Slow down. Soak it in. Two seaweed baths either side of a candlelit stool with VOYA productsVOYA concept post: Ireland’s original wellness ritual, a woman relaxing in a seaweed bathVOYA concept post: Bring the Atlantic home, over a stormy west-coast seaVOYA concept post: Run it hot. Let the sea do the rest, the ritual in three steps
VOYA

Creative × AI

AI-assisted art direction & visual production.

A self-initiated concept for VOYA, the Irish skincare and wellness brand rooted in Atlantic seaweed. It explores how generative AI and traditional design can work together to produce premium, brand-consistent campaign imagery, faster and more flexibly, without compromising on quality.

Art direction, AI-assisted design, digital design

What I do

From concept to final frame.

  1. Motion Design

    Bringing brands, products and ideas to life through purposeful animation.

    Deliverables
    • 2D explainer videos
    • Kinetic typography
    • Logo animation
    • Social motion
    • UI animation
  2. Campaign & Content Production

    Creating cohesive visual campaigns and adaptable content for brands and agencies, from concept through delivery.

    Deliverables
    • Content packs
    • Campaign assets
    • Social cutdowns
    • Digital ads
    • Branded content
  3. AI-Assisted Creative

    Combining generative AI with design, art direction and post-production to develop distinctive visual content.

    Capabilities
    • AI imagery
    • Visual concepts
    • Creative exploration
    • Compositing
    • Asset variations

Currently

Last Man Standing team card: Aston Villa, 17th, next fixture Arsenal at home, last five results L D W W L
Work in progress

Last Man Standing

A Premier League prediction competition app, prototyped in Figma. View prototype →

Tools Adobe Creative Cloud
  • PhotoshopRetouching, compositing
  • IllustratorVector and type
  • After EffectsMotion graphics
  • Premiere ProEditing
Design and 3D
  • FigmaUI and prototyping
  • Cinema 4D3D
  • RedshiftRendering
AI
  • ClaudePrototype building
  • ChatGPT (Codex)Concepts, image generation
  • ElevenLabsVoiceovers
Current favourite typeface

Timeless Sans

Current favourite colour

#FF692E

RGB 255 105 46 · HSL 17° 100% 59%

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Emailhello@michaelm.design
About Michael
Based in Dublin, Ireland
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