Neil O'Keeffe was born in Dublin, Ireland. He attended DIT and studied Visual Communications, graduating in 1998. He received the Graduate Designer of the Year award from the Institute of Designers Ireland (IDI). The following year he won Best Packaging award from the IDI for Nude restaurant. Since setting up on his own in 2001 his work has been featured in design press in Asia, Europe and America (Best of Irish design five consecutive years in Print's European Design Annual). He offers branding/identity, packaging, interior branding, illustration, digital retouching and photography services to clients in the retail, technology and corporate sectors as well as smaller businesses. He is currently a consultant of Barlow.ie in Dublin. He works from London and can be contacted on +44(0)7946019355 or by emailing neil@nokdesign.com.