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Welcome to Heartmaps by Ann Kelly – Where Your Story Finds Its Place
Hello! My name is Ann Kelly, an award-winning artist and designer, and I create bespoke, custom Heartmaps that tell your unique story. Each piece is a handcrafted original, blending a vibrant, textural colour palette with high-quality art stock to transform your meaningful locations into a beautiful work of art.
What is a Heartmap? A Heartmap is a personalised map illustration that connects any number of places special to you—be it the winding roads of an Irish county, a transcontinental journey, or the treasured locations that spell home. Whether it’s a celebration of heritage, a wedding gift, or a memory of travels, your story guides the design.
The Art of Personal Connection: With a lifetime of global perspective—from art direction in Japan to my studio in the Blackstairs Mountains of Wexford—I channel a love for connection and place into every map. Using rich paints and inks, I build layers of texture and colour, ensuring each personalised map is as unique as the story it holds.
For Your Home or as the Perfect Gift: Choose from elegantly card-mounted or ready-to-hang framed finished pieces. A Heartmap is more than décor; it’s a legacy of your moments, relationships, and adventures.
My work has been honoured as official merchandise for the Wexford Festival Opera and exhibited at prestigious venues like Ballymaloe Grainstore in Cork and Gifted Contemporary Design at the RDS Dublin. You can also visit me at the Duncannon Beach craft market most summer weekends.
Ready to begin? Explore the gallery for inspiration, and let’s create a bespoke Heartmap that captures the places your heart holds dear.
Graphic Design and Social Media content
Why we Shine...
creativity & Innovation
We stay on top of the latest marketing and design trends to discover innovative ways to develop outstanding visuals. Experience to make your crestive design and print shine!
integrity & trust
Omotenashi is something Ann brings with her from her extensive time in Japan. “Omote” means public face – an image you wish to present to outsiders. “Nashi” means nothing. Combining them means every service is from the bottom of the heart – honest, no hiding, no pretending.
brand-first Approach
Throughout her career, Ann has worked with companies to build brands that form lasting impacts on their audiences. Design Notions has a long list of high-profile clients with 5-star reviews.
Love what you do
Graphic design, social media content design, logo design, web design, Illustration, photography, video, online, offline. We love trying new techniques and learning new skills to pass on to our clients.
going the extra mile
Design Notions is always there to support clients. We put customer service at the forefront of what we do – and that means seeing every project through and beyond delivery.
Collaboration
Effectively collaborating with cross-functional teams to deliver creative print and design projects and initiatives on time, on budget and with high-quality results.
Design Notions Ireland
Creative design, Wexford
Ann Kelly
Designed, printed, and...
Made In Ireland
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