A true story

Brendán was born and raised in Dublin, Ireland. He has 3 sisters, 1 brother and a million cousins. His dad drove a taxi while listening to Roy Orbison and The Strawbs. His mom is a mom, she prefers Charles Aznavour. Brendán had many jobs growing up, including milk boy, bar boy, darkroom boy, and after graduation from high school, dole boy. However, his most important job growing up was to push his dads car down the hill at side of his house at five o'clock every morning to kick start the car engine.

After high school, thanks to his coach Liam, he got a track scholarship to Pittsburg, Kansas, where he studied commercial printing. While there, he met many wonderful people including the Hays family who taught him to drive on their tractor. Brendán's wife Catherine thinks that's the only thing I should be allowed to drive.

After graduation, he returned to Dublin to learn the fundamentals of design, illustration and communications with Jim Doolan, who in his infinite wisdom took a chance on him. With his encouragement he also took night classes in painting at the National College of Art and Design.

After a few years of work experience, Brendán came back to the U.S. to get a masters degree in design at the University of Cincinnati. While there, he envisioned and designed a new wheelchair accessibility symbol. The symbol has since inspired many similar designs that have been adopted by cities and organizations including New York, San Antonio and Moma.

Brendán first came to New York for a very prestigious job offer, which never materialized, and to add insult to injury, they mislaid his portfolio (Murphy's law). But accidents have a way of turning out for the best, and after many twists and turns, he found a home at Lippincott, where he works with lots of amazing people.

Brendán lives in New York with Catherine, and their two boys, Aran and Rowan, who give him all their ideas.