Greasy Fringe is the portfolio website of Gary Quinn, a forward thinking graphic designer, who specializes in clean minimalist designs. Gary has experience in different disciplines including websites, print, video, audio and fashion. He has a strong motivational drive which he applies to everything he does. Gary loves life and he loves design.
Gary has always had an interest in design and has many memories of late nights making cartoons on his trusted Amiga with Deluxe paint. Things have moved on considerable since then, both for Gary and in the world of computer paint programs. Gary has a keen interest in all things visual from movies, books, magazines, posters, fashion, advertising and art right down to the little club flyers he collects on his journeys. If Gary isn't giving himself conjunctivitis by the long hours in front of a computer screen, he can usually be found involved in some sort of musical activity.
Gary Quinn has been collecting records and DJ'ing for over 15 years and has played at various locations here and there around the world. However this is not a site dedicated to Gary's music obsessions, as that is a whole other story indeed. Gary's ambitions in life are to produce a music album, visit south America and work for an amazing magazine. Though he secretly still holds his childhood ambition of becoming an astronaut. One day he plans on disappearing into the wilderness for an indeterminate but unnervingly lengthy amount of time, only to reappear with a new sound.
Gary Quinn has been on his curren career path for the last 6 years, having went to night school to get into university. During this time he has gained experience with many different programs as listed below.
Gary has also worked for Edge training and development, a company spealising in radical forward thinking and training. Edge has offices based in Amsterdam, Austrailia, America and Belfast where Gary was based for a year. Working with Edge was a very exciteting time and Gary produced material for some major brands including Coca-Cola, Reuters, HP, Eircom and ABB
During the summer of 2007 Gary Quinn went and worked in Stamford, America for BoatTest.com, one of the biggest online boating sites in the world. This was a dream come true for Gary working and living in America and fishing on a regular basis. Gary's time here was mostly spent on promotional material and video work.
In 2008 Gary completed a four year degree course in Interactive Multimedia Design.
Download Gary Quinn's CV here.