Ómós Digest #124: To put your ideas out on a table
By Cúán Greene
Dear readers,
It’s been a sensational couple of weeks. My sincerest thank you to all our subscribers, both old and new. We have grown substantially this week, which has come as an enormous sign of encouragement. Let it not be forgotten that subscribers make this writing possible, and without your support, well, we would not be here today.
It was a nervy moment pressing send on ‘that’ last newsletter, let me tell you. At the touch of a button, 3 years of work, somewhat confined to the ears of a very small cohort, was all of a sudden released to the public domain. That ‘safe place’ to protect and contain was in an instant, exasperated. But, to my great relief, our announcement was met with excitement, and for that reason, I am extremely grateful. And so, thank you, thank you, thank you.
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That’s it for now.
Le meas,
Cúán and the Ómós team
On Building a Website
I have been contemplating what could serve as an appropriate follow-up to our announcement. I concluded that perhaps our readers would find a contextual breakdown of how and why we built our website the way we did, valuable or at the very least, entertaining. This is perhaps a little ironic, seeing as the link I provided in our announcement newsletter didn’t work… leading quite rightly to a flurry of emails from our thoughtful readers, informing me of my blunder. Well, it was a shame, as I was excited to unveil our latest piece of work, which hopefully this time displays a little more than the original Error 404.
I mentioned previously that a sparse few knew about the project preceding our launch (or at least that ought to have been the case). One of those was Danielle Morgan-Smyth, fondly known by her friends as Dee. Dee came into my life almost four years ago and from day one, we had an instant connection: Arsenal Football Club (this may come as a surprise). We are both avid fans - Dee more so when things are looking up for the Gooners. While the trials and tribulations of football may have been our initiating point, our passion for craft, design, food and our innate appreciation for Ireland was the true genesis of our friendship. Taking these common interests and applying them to a whole host of collaborations (such as this one for High Minds), as a result, Dee has worked with Ómós since day one, in roles that are conducive to, but not limited to creative lead, graphic design work, brand research, identity, and generally an out-of-the-box thinker. She knows and understands Ómós more than most, capable of reminding me of who and what we are, at the most sensitive of times…
Following our final design meeting, when we realised it was time to put a press release together, I would love to have told you that our new website was ready and waiting. This wasn’t the case, and alas, we knew an improvement on the previous landing page was necessary to reflect what Ómós now represented as opposed to the Ómós of 2 years ago. We believe we are in a constant state of adaption and progression. At that moment, Dee and I both knew we had a race on our hands. This is what we did…