Today we’re announcing that WONDR are joining forces with the global Irish success story that is GRANITE.

The deal will see WONDR become part of GRANITE and bring its globally recognised expertise in design, branding and digital innovation to all client partners. By joining forces, we are poised to offer an even wider range of services and deliver enhanced value to our clients across the globe.

GRANITE, founded in Ireland in 2009, have delivered over a thousand large digital projects for some of the biggest companies and institutions in Ireland, US, UK and beyond. WONDR now joins a team of over 140 experts who provide award winning services in Web Development, Data, Cloud, Digital Marketing & eCommerce.

The heart of GRANITE’s success has been their commitment to client excellence that has led to them becoming Ireland’s largest independent digital agency, with significant plans for further growth in the US.

GRANITE has been on the path of notable growth expanding its client base of over 1200 organisations, some of these include Enterprise Ireland, Red Bull, Audi, Medtronic, Pfizer, Workvivo, Nissan, Dublin Bus, Davy, Pepsi and Intel to name but a few.

In the past few years GRANITE has grown and expanded their offering though brands such as; Armour (web engineering), Continuum (Kentico experts), Willows (eCommerce), Connector (Digital Marketing), MediaOne (Web Development) and New York-based LCM Granite.

Dermot O’Shea added…

“WONDR being part of GRANITE will enable us to further elevate our capabilities and provide our client partners with an expanded range of innovative services & solutions.”

WP Engine has released a global case study benchmarking the new brand and website for MedTech Innovators LUMA Vision.

LUMA Vision came to WONDR to craft an innovative brand and website, to enhance its global reach and showcase their breakthroughs in medical technology.

WONDR has been an official partner of WP Engine for over 9+ years, delivering award-winning, secure & fast-performing websites that deliver tangible business results for our client partners, the case of LUMA Vision is no different.

Powered by WP Engine, the new site achieved an impressive 94% Performance score, with load speeds of 205 ms to first byte. Its new look and high performance attracted 13,000 new visitors within a year of the new site launch, with 11k of those visitors finding the site through organic search.

LUMA Vision was selected as an honouree in ‘best website and mobile sites’ at the 28th annual Webby Awards in the very competitive health and wellness category, including Women’s Health, Amazon, Microsoft, Google + Reflex AI, and Inevitable Tech.

WP Engine has released a global case study benchmarking the new website for The Design and Crafts Council of Ireland (DCCI).

DCCI commissioned WONDR to consolidate its wide variety of  separate websites into a unified content hub.

Powered by WP Engine, the project went beyond a digital facelift and ultimately resulted in a strategic overhaul of DCCI’s site, which enhanced user engagement, strengthened DCCI’s brand reputation, and positioned the Council as a champion of Irish design and craft on a global stage.

The new site for DCCI features ‘campaign mode‘,  a unique feature that enables the team to have more bespoke campaign sites within their main site for key programmes like Design Week & Future Makers.

DCCI’s digital transformation, led by WONDR in partnership with WP Engine, marked a significant milestone for the organization.

The project wasn’t only about creating a new website, but crafting a digital experience that mirrored the depth and richness of Irish design and crafts.

It’s official, we’re finalists for three awards at the 27th annual Spider Awards.

Our partnerships with LUMA Vision and Org have been named finalists, as well as WONDR in the Best Small Agency category.

The Spider Awards recognise excellence in website design and development, so it’s an honour to be recognised among the top contenders in our field.

This is Org.

We’re finalists in the category of ‘Best Website – Large Company‘ for our recent collaboration with Org, part of Morgan McKinley Group.

The new website was one of the key outputs from a more comprehensive strategic brand review exercise done in collaboration with Ringers, resulting in a new positioning and brand identity.

We delivered a new website to support their plans to humanise their brand, echoing the mantra “More. Human. Please.“

LUMA Vision.

We’re finalists in the category of ‘Best Brand‘ for our recent collaboration with LUMA Vision, formerly One Projects.

We are proud to have collaborated on the creation & launch of LUMA Vision – the future of cardiac imaging. The re-brand included an updated website that aligns with LUMA Vision’s mission, engages stakeholders and improves user experience.

The future has never looked brighter for LUMA Vision armed with a new and captivating brand identity that sets them apart in the market and propels them towards a future of unprecedented success.

WONDR – A Digital Product Practice

We’re finalists in the ‘Best Small Agency‘ category. This award recognises the top agencies that have consistently delivered outstanding work across a variety of projects and clients.

At WONDR, we pride ourselves on our ability to work with a diverse range of clients and deliver results that matter for digital business owners.

We look forward to March 1st when the winners will be revealed at a gala awards ceremony, at the Mansion House in Dublin.

We have been selected as finalists in 2 categories at this year’s Digital Media Awards (DMAs).

We’re finalists for Best Website & Best Small Agency for the second consecutive year.

The Digital Media Awards are now in their 20th year and one of the most well-established award programmes in Ireland.

They recognise the outstanding work of Ireland’s top digital media professionals recognising their creativity and innovation across digital content creation, advertising, marketing, mobile media, social networking, app development, web design and development.

We look forward to The Digital Media Award Gala on Friday the 29th of September in the Clayton Hotel, where the winners will be announced.

Our collaboration with travel retailer ARI has won a global digital award for excellence.

Formerly known as Aer Rianta, ARI operates in 14 countries across 5 continents, boasting a team of over 3,500 dedicated professionals. Following a global rebrand, ARI teamed up with WONDR to design a new website which would enhance their digital branding experience thus marking a fresh chapter for the company.

The Vega Awards honour digital creators, who pioneer new horizons in an ever-changing landscape, celebrating digital excellence worldwide. Out of 1,200 entries, from 22 countries ARI captured the Gold award for ‘Best Travel/Tourism Website’.

ARI‘s upgraded digital home showcases a modern and user-friendly design, featuring enhanced navigation and functionality. The digital expression of the brand perfectly embodies the company’s new identity and their commitment to providing joy in all they do.

ARI’s guiding principle, “Joy On Your Way,” serves as their north star, and drives them to create a journey filled with joy and discovery for every passenger, whether it’s shopping in their stores or engaging with partners in the boardroom.

About the Vega Digital Awards

Organised by the International Awards Associate (IAA), the Vega Digital Awards recognise excellence in various categories, including Websites, Video, Mobile, Social, Animation, Marketing, and Podcasts, while honouring outstanding digital achievements worldwide.

The judging panel was comprised of over 25 industry experts from around the globe who choose WONDR for a total of 5 awards as part of this years programme. As a result WONDR were also selected in the Top 10 Agency list for the second year in a row.

WONDR has continued its winning streak with 2 more prestigious prizes at the 2022 Annual Digital Media Awards.

From over 400 entrants, WONDR were finalists in 3 categories for Best Small Agency, Best Website and Best in Financial Services.

On the night we took home one of the top prizes, a GOLD award for Best Small Agency, whilst we also collected a Silver Award for Best Website.

The Digital Media Awards are now in their 19th year and are one of the most well-established and well-known award programmes in Ireland.

The awards recognise creativity and innovation across digital media, including digital content creation, advertising and marketing, mobile media, social networking, app development, web design and development.

Continuous Recognition for Ireland’s No.1

These awards follow on our recent wins at the Global Digital Vega Awards where we also collected 3 awards.

Previous to these recent award wins, WONDR also collected 22 awards in 12-months from some of the world’s most prestigious design programmes, including the Webbys (USA), UX Design Awards (Germany) & the Lau Awards (Spain).

WONDR continues its winning streak by collecting 3 international design awards at the 2022 Vega Global Digital Awards.

We collected 3 awards in the categories for Best Financial Services App, Best Insurance Website & Best Services & Utilities App.

This year the awards programmes had over 1,000 submissions from 20 countries worldwide. The International Awards Associate (IAA) organised the Vega Digital Awards to celebrate digital excellence worldwide, recognising the very best in Websites, Video, Mobile, Social, Animation, Marketing, and Podcasts.

The judging panel was comprised of 22 highly respected and experienced professional experts from 10 countries, who selected three of our entries as winners.

The winners were…

Continued Success

These awards follow on from WONDR’s incredible run of success that saw us collect 22 awards in 12 months from some of the world’s most prestigious programmes. Hopefully, these awards are the start of another successful year for us as we celebrate our 9th year in business.

Dermot added….

“These awards are important as they recognise how WONDR as a team transcends boundaries by using the latest in tech to enable rapid digital transformation.”

For the second year in a row, WONDR has been named as the Best Digital Product Agency Ireland 🇮🇪 by the Global Prestige Awards 22/23.

The Prestige Awards recognise small and medium-sized businesses that have proven to be the best in their market over the past 12 months.

The judging panel selects the winners from over 1,448 entrants based on the businesses that demonstrate the most in the areas of service excellence, quality of the service provided, innovative practices, ethical or sustainable methods of working, as well as consistency in performance.

A better brush doesn’t make you a better artist. After all it’s simply a tool. And as with all tools and innovations, what’s more important than the technology itself, is knowing how and when to use it.

Ensuring that the innovation augments and supports your creative process. Employing it with purpose and precision to refine, but not dictate, your vision. And so it is with AI.

For the last year, WONDR have been practicing design with AI technology embedded directly into our flows and processes. We now predict, with up to 95% accuracy, how real users are going to perceive and interact with our designs and our technology choices.

This allows us to challenge and validate the instinctive decisions all designers bring to products. Though these choices are borne from experience and intuition, they are not beyond question, or improvement. In this way AI acts as a sense-check. An impartial, data-rich challenger providing us with accurate feedback and clear opportunities to refine our work.

We’ve always relied on user testing to validate our approach. This will continue. AI is not quite human, yet. However by harnessing it we have sped up our design process, reduced risk and reduced cost for our clients. Not bad for a new brush.