Noel Dolan Creative

08/18/2025

I completely forgot to post this! 😱😱😱 A little over a month ago, I’m proud to say I took home 3 American In-house Awards from GD USA Magazine for my work with Colorado College and the Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center. 🩷🩷

06/28/2025

A billionaire and he uses clipart and MS Word for his wedding 🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️

Wedding bells are in the air for Mr Amazon himself, Jeff Bezos, and to commemorate the event, he's sent out these... questionable invites.

I think it's safe to say there's never been more damming evidence to prove you should always hire a designer 👀

Credit: Jeff Bezos

05/20/2025

Not surprisingly, the Jaguar rebrand failed epically. Interesting article with insights as to why and how to avoid this.

It's official: Jaguar has dropped its advertising agency, Accenture Song, following huge criticism of its 2024 rebrand. So what went wrong, and what lessons can be learned? In November last year,...

04/06/2025

I’m very excited to reveal the 2025-2026 Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center theatre season designs. I love this annual project as it really gives me a chance to get really creative. The illustrations, minus the London and New York skylines, are custom by yours truly.

12/31/2024

2024 was a good one for my career. I had the opportunity to work on some really exciting projects for Colorado College and the Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center.

Highlights include CC’s 150th anniversary + Homecoming Weekend, the admitted students welcome box, the first issue of The Peak alumni magazine, the logo for CC’s & Goatpatch Brewing Co Tiger Tail Blonde Ale beer, and the 2024–25 FAC Theatre Season and FAC Dia de Mu***os branding.

I’m proud to say that The Peak, the admitted student welcome box, and the Tiger Tail logo brought home awards from Graphic Design USA American In-House Award competition, UCDA, and CASE.

Nice little bonus: we got to go to the HOW Design Conference and hang out with Aaron Draplin!

12/21/2024

Designing materials for homecoming weekend + 150th anniversary celebration was one of my favorite projects this year.

I loved blending the college’s history with a modern design. I wanted to make the design playful since the weekend was a big celebratory event.

Pictured are sample spreads of the homecoming guide and the individual class year reunion invitations.

12/14/2024

First time seeing the tap handle I designed in the wild! The collaboration with and for Tiger Tail Blonde Ale has been one of my favorite projects.

12/13/2024

The cobbler’s children have no shoes, and the graphic designer is woefully behind on sharing work.

I developed this for the Dia de Mu***os event a few months ago. I had a great time doing this project. It was especially meaningful as I had the chance to celebrate Dia in Oaxaca, Mexico years ago. It was an amazing experience, and I couldn’t wait to apply that inspiration to this project.

08/29/2024

And the hits just keep on coming…I was notified yesterday that my admitted student welcome box received an Honorable Mention from UCDA (University & College Design Association)!

08/23/2024

Oops I did it again! I'm proud to say that the Colorado College alumni magazine, The Peak, is taking home its second national award. The University & College Designers Association awarded the magazine with a 2024 Design Award of Excellence! I am so excited and so proud of the hard work that went into this amazing magazine.

08/04/2024

New Project Alert! The 2024–25 Colorado College viewbook is out in the wild. I continued the travel theme that we're applying to all of this year's admissions materials. Love the final result.

07/02/2024

EXCITING NEWS: I found out today that I won THREE InHouse Design Awards from Graphic Design USA Magazine, a national publication for designers and creative professionals. I've never won national-level awards before, so I'm pretty freaking stoked. There were over 5000 entries and only 10% were chosen.

I won for my Admitted Student Welcome Box, The Peak alumni magazine, and the Tiger Tail Ale logo for the collaboration between CC and Goat Patch Brewing Co. They will be published in their September issue highlighting the award winners.