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CLARE McNALLY
WRITER / EDITOR /
GRAPHIC DESIGNER
2012©
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ABOUT / CV / AWARDS / NEWS .

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Clare McNally is a South African writer and graphic designer living in Amsterdam.
After completeing an English and Journalism degree, as well as a post-graduate
copywriting course, she worked full-time as an advertising copywriter for a couple of
years at TBWA Hunt Lascaris Johannesburg and 180 Amsterdam. It was good
fun while it lasted. But, after one-too-many of ‘those’ kind of meetings got a bit fed-up
and went back to school to study graphic design at the Gerrit Rietveld Academy.

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1992 / BA degree (English & Journalism), Rhodes University, Grahamstown, SA
1993 / Post-graduate Copywriting Course, AAA School of Advertising, Cape Town, SA
1993 - 2001 ...
Copywriter at Bates Cape Town; Hunt Lascaris TBWA Johannesburg; 180 Amsterdam
2001 / Concept Class teacher for Miami Ad School Quarter Away Programme (until 2008)
2002 / Began studying art at the Gerrit Rietveld Academy, Amsterdam ...
2004 / VJ at Breaking down the walls, Club Paradiso, Amsterdam
2005 / Concept & Design for EU’s 70c for Culture Campaign
2005 / New Beatle Death Clues lecture, De Waag, Amsterdam
2006 / Group exhibition Four Corners, Gallery Veemvloer, Amsterdam
2006 / Editor & Designer of Rietveld Academy’s GRAy Magazine #2, Craftsmanship
* Collaboration with Lane Gry & Risto Kalmre
2006 / BDes degree (Graphic Design), Gerrit Rietveld Academy, Amsterdam
2006 / Self-published Character© (for sale at www.markunread.org)
2006 / Graphic Design teacher for Miami Ad School Quarter Away Programme (until 2007)
2007 / A&P logo for David Johnston, www.acceptandproceed.com
2007 / Graduation Show Invite, Rietveld Architectural Design Dept.
2007 / End Exam postcards for Celine Joudrier and Eleanora Petrova, Architectural Designers
2007 / Work featured in 100@360: Graphic design’s new global generation
* Published by Laurence King Publishers, London
2008 / Writer & Designer of Portfolio Class with Clare :-)
* Published by BIS Publishers, Amsterdam
2008 / Writer & Designer of Ten Top Text Tips for Graphic Designers
* Self-published & presented to graduating Rietveld students
2008 / Design & Text for www.wornrelics.com (collaboration with Lane Gry)
* A project by Ruby Hoette to collect & archive the history and future of clothing
2008 / Head of print jury for 2008 Irish Advertising Awards (ICAD), Dublin
2008 / Master at Streetlab Portfolio Night, Pakhuis de Zwijger, Amsterdam
2009 / Graphic design for SWAPSHOP (a WORN_RELICS© event)
2009 / Lecture about Portfolios, Pakhuis de Zwijger, Amsterdam
* Part of BNO (Association of Dutch Designers) Career Day for Designers
2009 / Lecture with Ruby Hoette about WORN_RELICS©, Akademie der Künste, Berlin
2009 / Guest on Businesscase talkshow about Portfolios, Pakhuis de Zwijger, Amsterdam
2009 / Master at Streetlab Portfolio Night, Pakhuis de Zwijger, Amsterdam
2010 - 2012 ...
Guest lecturer at Danish School of Media and Journalism, Copenhagen www.dmjx.dk
Freelance writer for étapes magazine (French & international / www.etapes.com)
Overall design, programming & strategic positioning for Visual Merchandising Central /
www.vm-central.com (Olive Studio; o.live stores; Mark Bench and Butterfly Works coming up ...)
Always working on Clare McNally Projects / 2012©+

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Since graduating, she’s worked independently on everything from books to clothing tags to movie
titles and is always eager to rock 'n roll on something new. If you have some nice text & image work
for a writer/designer, please mail planetclare@planet.nl or call +31(0)648270455. She’s ready ...

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