Simply Design

Teachers across Ireland are commissioning custom card games for their classrooms — and the results speak for themselves.

A card game does something a worksheet simply cannot. It puts students in the middle of the action. They handle the cards, make decisions, compete, cooperate, and remember.

Here are the types of educational card games Irish schools are using right now:

🃏 Question and answer — history, geography, Irish language, science
🔄 Matching and sorting — vocabulary, habitats, timelines, number bonds
🧠 Memory games — bilingual English/Irish pairs, facts, images and labels
🁢 Domino-style — fractions, sequencing, vocabulary chains
💬 Storytelling cards — SPHE, CSPE, creative writing, discussion prompts

The best part? These games can be produced in small runs — enough for one classroom, one school, or a wider distribution if you need it.

We design and print custom educational card games for teachers, schools, educational publishers, SEN specialists, heritage organisations, and charities across Ireland.

https://simplydesign.ie/educational-card-games-for-schools-ireland/

Are you a teacher who has ever wished you had a card game built around your specific curriculum? Tell us what subject — we'd love to hear it.

Most Irish businesses that end up with a website they hate say the same thing — they didn't ask the right questions before they hired someone.

After 12 years building websites for Irish businesses, here's what we've learned:

The problems are almost never technical. They're process problems.

❌ A designer who takes on too many clients at once
❌ A project that starts well then goes quiet for weeks
❌ A finished site that looks nothing like what was agreed
❌ A designer who disappears after launch

Here are 10 questions to ask any web designer before you hand over a deposit — including one most people never think to ask (hint: it's about what happens when YOU edit the site yourself).

We also cover:
✅ What platform your site should be built on and why
✅ What a quote should actually include
✅ Red flags to walk away from immediately
✅ Why a small studio often beats a large agency

Full guide - https://simplydesign.ie/how-to-choose-a-web-designer-ireland/

Have you had a bad web design experience? Tell us what went wrong.

Most authors ask "how much does book design cost?" before they understand what they're actually paying for.

The honest answer? Every book is different. A slim poetry collection and a 300-page illustrated history book are both books — the same way a bicycle and a lorry are both vehicles.

What actually drives the price up:
✏️ Custom illustrations
🎨 Cover complexity
📐 Interior layout and typesetting
🔄 How many revisions you need

What doesn't necessarily cost more to design? A thicker book. (It costs more to print — but that's a separate budget entirely.)

We recently designed Snappin' Twine for Mullingar author Ursula Kane Cafferty — shortlisted for the CAP Awards 2025. Professional design doesn't guarantee an award. But a bad cover will almost certainly prevent one.

Full breakdown in our latest blog post — https://simplydesign.ie/book-design-cost-ireland/

Are you working on a book? Drop a comment — we'd love to hear about it.