Creative Large Format Infographic Design for Mayo Dark Skies Project

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Some projects arrive with a brief. This one arrived with a story.

The Friends of Mayo Dark Skies came to Designwest with something genuinely unusual: a community-led constellation. YouthReach Ballina had worked with communities across County Mayo to create three asterisms — individual star groupings representing East, Southwest, and North Mayo. Those three asterisms had been combined into a single new constellation named Iolar, the Eagle. The task was to design a large-format display board that told that story visually, accurately, and in a way that did justice to both the science and the communities behind it.

The result is Community Constellations for Dark Skies — a 10ft x 5ft Foamex display piece unveiled at Ballycroy Visitor Centre during the Mayo Bank Holiday Weekend in May 2026.

Project Overview

Community Constellations for Dark Skies is a large-format infographic display board designed for Friends of Mayo Dark Skies, a community group working to protect and restore the night skies over County Mayo for present and future generations.

The display visualises the complete narrative journey of the project: three community asterisms, created by YouthReach Ballina from communities across Mayo, combined to form the new constellation Iolar — the Eagle — symbolic of the majesty and awe-inspiring nature of Mayo’s dark skies.

The primary output was a Foamex display board produced at 10ft x 5ft, with the design required to scale cleanly to 8ft x 4ft and A0. A secondary output — the Iolar eagle icon — was extracted from the constellation artwork for potential future use as a symbol for Mayo’s Dark Sky Reserve designation.

Designwest designer Charlene Elliott led the design work, with direction and asset support from Creative Director Declan Foley.

The Client & Context

Friends of Mayo Dark Skies is a community group based in County Mayo dedicated to protecting the county’s exceptional dark sky environment. Mayo is one of Ireland’s best locations for stargazing, with large areas of low light pollution — particularly along the Wild Atlantic Way coastline and in communities like Ballycroy, Mulranny, and Newport, which were among the original Dark Sky community partners.

The project arose from a study exploring dark sky tourism as a form of regenerative practice. Led by Friends of Mayo Dark Skies with funding from the Heritage Council to develop an interpretation plan, the broader initiative is funded by Community Foundation Ireland, with additional support from Research Ireland and Dark Source.

The Community Constellations project specifically engaged communities from three regions of Mayo:

  • North Mayo — Aghleam (Blacksod), Bangor Erris, Keenagh, Crossmolina, Ballina, Ceide Coast (Glenurla)
  • Southwest Mayo — Achill, Mulranny, Clare Island, Inisturk, Louisburgh, Aughagower, Westport
  • East Mayo — Kilmovee, Turlough, Killawalla, Clogher, Tourmakeady, Carnacon, Knock

Each community contributed its own interpretation of the night sky, drawing on local natural heritage, language, and folklore. YouthReach Ballina translated those contributions into three asterisms — named Madra Rua, Cnoc, and Croabh an Choiligh — which were then joined to form the Iolar constellation.

The Iolar constellation was officially unveiled at Ballycroy Visitor Centre during the Mayo Bank Holiday Weekend, presented by the YouthReach youth who created the original asterisms.

The Brief

The design brief was specific in its visual ambitions and demanding in its structural requirements.

The display needed to:

  • Communicate the full narrative from community input through to the final Iolar constellation
  • Feature a dark night sky background with fine star points and constellation connecting lines as the dominant visual
  • Use an infographic approach — graphics prioritised over text, with the composition feeling like a map of constellations across Mayo
  • Incorporate a prominent but subtle outline of County Mayo as the geographical anchor
  • Present each of the three asterisms with their community locations listed
  • Include the Iolar eagle constellation with labelling (The Eagle — Majestic, Awe inspiring, Connected)
  • Reference the original Dark Sky communities of Ballycroy, Mulranny, and Newport
  • Include all funder and partner logos: Community Foundation Ireland (most prominent), Heritage Council, Research Ireland, Dark Source
  • Include acknowledgement of YouthReach and Friends of Mayo Dark Skies
  • Feel subtle, realistic, and calm — not loud or decorative


The design also needed to scale reliably from the primary 10ft x 5ft Foamex board down to A0 for print distribution.

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The Challenge

Infographic design at large format requires a fundamentally different way of thinking to standard print layout. When a piece is going to be read from several metres away, every decision about scale, contrast, and visual hierarchy has different consequences.

Several specific challenges shaped this project.

Information density without visual noise. The board needed to carry three asterism panels, twenty-plus community location names, the Iolar constellation, a county map, a narrative text panel, the original Dark Sky community markers, a compass rose, a silhouetted landscape horizon, and five funder logos — all on a single landscape board. Getting that content to sit comfortably without competing required rigorous hierarchy decisions throughout.

Colour coding three distinct asterisms. Each asterism needed its own colour identity to be immediately distinguishable within the shared night sky field. Those colours needed to be bright enough to read against a dark background at distance while remaining harmonious with each other.

Integrating the County Mayo outline. The map element needed to feel like a natural part of the star field — present enough to be understood as a geographic anchor, subtle enough not to disrupt the astronomical atmosphere of the piece. Too obvious and it becomes a geography poster. Too subtle and the location context is lost.

Scale reliability. Designing primarily for 10ft x 5ft while ensuring the design remained coherent at A0 required careful decisions about minimum text sizes, line weights, and spatial relationships from the start.

Authenticity of the star field. A night sky background for a project about real astronomical observation needed to feel genuinely accurate in tone — not decorative or generic. The visual had to earn its place in a context where the audience knows and cares about what real dark sky looks like.

Our Design Approach

Charlene Elliott approached this project by resolving the structural challenge first and the visual atmosphere second. The narrative logic of the board needed to be clear before any stylistic decisions were made.

The layout was organised around three zones: the central star field with the County Mayo outline and Iolar constellation as the dominant visual element; three flanking asterism panels positioned to correspond roughly with their geographic regions (North, West, East); and the right-hand Story panel providing the narrative text and context.

Once that architecture was established, the visual language was developed around it. The night sky background uses a deep, photorealistic star field with a real dark sky landscape silhouette along the lower horizon — figures visible against the light of a distant settlement, looking upward. This grounds the entire composition in human experience rather than pure data visualisation.

The County Mayo outline was rendered as a semi-transparent cloud formation within the star field, giving it geographic presence without hard graphic edges. The three asterisms are drawn across this map in connecting-line constellation style, each in a distinct colour.

The Iolar eagle constellation appears in the upper right of the composition, rendered in white star points with connecting lines, and accompanied by a separate illustrated eagle in a flight silhouette — giving the icon presence and memorability beyond the constellation lines alone.

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Design Rationale & Visual Decisions

Colour

The overall palette is anchored in deep midnight blue and near-black, consistent with the visual register of astronomical imagery and appropriate for a project about dark sky conservation.

Against this dark field, the three asterisms are each assigned a distinct colour that also carries geographic and cultural weight:

Madra Rua (North Mayo) uses a cool lilac-pink — slightly spectral, appropriate for a name meaning Red Fox. The unexpected choice of pink rather than orange or red keeps the palette from becoming too warm overall and distinguishes the northern asterism clearly.

Cnoc (Southwest Mayo) uses warm gold-amber — earthy and grounded, referencing the landscapes of Achill, Clare Island, and the western seaboard. The name means Hill, and the colour reads as both solid and ancient.

Croabh an Choiligh (East Mayo) uses a deep crimson-red — strong and directional, anchoring the eastern panel. The name means Cock’s Claw, and the red carries that decisive quality visually.

The Iolar constellation itself is rendered in cool white-silver, giving it status above the three asterisms while connecting visually to traditional star chart conventions. The title typography uses a luminous light blue that reads as both astronomical and authoritative at large format.

The silhouetted figures on the lower horizon are rendered in warm amber backlight, suggesting a community gathered under open sky — a human presence in an otherwise cosmic composition.

Form & Structure

The layout uses a strong horizontal register appropriate for widescreen large-format display. The County Mayo cloud-map occupies the central third, with the Iolar constellation breaking upward out of the top-right. The three asterism panels are set into rounded-corner bordered boxes — slightly translucent against the star field — allowing them to hold their listed community locations without disrupting the overall visual flow.

The compass rose, positioned in the lower-left area of the map, provides geographic orientation without intruding on the constellation lines. The original Dark Sky community panel sits below the map as a structured reference point, its three star-marker entries (Ballycroy, Mulranny, Newport) giving it visual distinction from the asterism community lists.

The funder logo strip runs along the bottom centre of the composition — Community Foundation Ireland given the most prominence as primary funder, followed by Heritage Council, Research Ireland, and Dark Source — clean, horizontal, and proportionate.

Typography

The title “Community Constellations / For Dark Skies” uses a high-contrast serif display typeface with letterform spacing and weight appropriate for large-format reading. The main title is set in luminous light blue; the subtitle in a warm gold that echoes the Cnoc asterism colour and gives the title block warmth without losing authority. Asterism labels are set in their respective colours — Madra Rua in lilac, Cnoc in gold, Croabh an Choiligh in red — allowing immediate visual association between label and star grouping. The Story panel text uses a clean, tight sans-serif in white at a body text size designed for comfortable reading at close range. The Iolar label uses a larger-scale serif treatment, “Iolar / The Eagle”, with the descriptor words Majestic, Awe inspiring, Connected rendered in a smaller italic beneath — giving the constellation’s name a graphic presence that reads as part title, part heraldic declaration.

The Iolar Eagle Icon

Beyond the constellation lines, the Iolar eagle is also rendered as a figurative silhouette in the upper right quadrant — a soaring bird resolved in fine white star-point lines. This dual treatment means the display communicates on two levels: scientifically as a constellation chart, and narratively as an image of an eagle in flight over Mayo’s dark sky. The icon was extracted as a standalone graphic for potential future use as a symbol for the Mayo Dark Sky Reserve designation.

Practical Application

At 10ft x 5ft Foamex, this is a permanent or semi-permanent display piece — suitable for visitor centres, exhibition spaces, schools, and public venues across County Mayo. The design was required to scale to 8ft x 4ft and A0 without loss of legibility, which informed minimum text sizes and line weights throughout.

The silhouetted landscape and sky photography used as the background give the piece strong visual impact at distance before the informational content is read — important for a display in a public space where the design must earn attention before it communicates content.

Final Outcome & Applications

The Community Constellations for Dark Skies display was finalised and sent to print on 28 April 2026. The printed Foamex board arrived on 30 April, and the Iolar constellation was officially unveiled at Ballycroy Visitor Centre during the Mayo Bank Holiday Weekend — presented by the YouthReach youth from Ballina who had created the original asterisms.

The display is now in use as a permanent interpretive piece for the Friends of Mayo Dark Skies initiative. The Iolar eagle icon has been extracted for future branding and potential use as the symbol for Mayo’s Dark Sky Reserve designation.

The client expressed strong satisfaction with both the design and the production quality.

Why Choose Designwest for Large-Format and Infographic Design in County Mayo

Large-format display design is a specialised discipline. It requires understanding how visual hierarchy shifts at scale, how colour reads against dark and complex backgrounds, how information-dense content can be organised without becoming inaccessible, and how a piece that may be displayed permanently in a public space needs to reward both a quick first impression and sustained close reading.

Designwest has over 30 years of experience across print, publication, and large-format design for Irish community, heritage, and public sector organisations. The Community Constellations project brought together infographic design, environmental graphics, community storytelling, and astronomical visual language — a combination that required both design discipline and genuine engagement with the subject matter.

For community groups, heritage organisations, visitor attractions, and public bodies across Mayo and Ireland looking for large-format or brochure design work that communicates with real clarity and care, Designwest delivers print-ready, professionally produced results.

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is large-format infographic design?
Large-format infographic design is the process of creating printed displays at significant scale — typically A0, exhibition boards, or custom sizes for public display — that communicate complex information through a combination of visual hierarchy, data presentation, illustration, and typography. Unlike standard print design, large-format work must be legible at a distance while also rewarding close reading, which requires specific decisions about scale, contrast, and layout structure.

What is a Foamex sign?
Foamex is a rigid PVC foam board material commonly used for indoor display signage, exhibition boards, and interpretive panels. It is lightweight, durable, and produces a high-quality printed surface suitable for permanent or semi-permanent display in public venues, visitor centres, schools, and exhibitions.

How much does large-format display design cost in Ireland?
Costs vary depending on the complexity of the content, the volume of assets to be integrated, the required output sizes, and the print production requirements. Designwest provides project-specific quotes. Contact info@designwest.ie or call 094 938 2000 to discuss your brief.

How long does a large-format infographic project take?
A project of this scale — involving community content, multiple asterism panels, geographic mapping, narrative text, and multi-funder logo integration — typically requires three to five weeks from confirmed brief to print-ready file, depending on content readiness and revision rounds. Designwest advises on timelines at project outset.

What is a dark sky reserve?
A dark sky reserve is a protected area designated for its exceptional quality of starry nights and naturally dark environment. Ireland has several areas of very low light pollution, particularly in the west of the country, including parts of County Mayo. Dark sky designation supports both conservation and sustainable dark sky tourism.

What is Mayo Dark Skies?
Friends of Mayo Dark Skies is a community group working to protect and restore the night skies over County Mayo for present and future generations. The group is exploring dark sky tourism as a form of regenerative practice and is developing an interpretation plan with funding from Community Foundation Ireland and the Heritage Council.

What is an asterism?
An asterism is a recognisable pattern of stars that forms part of a larger constellation or spans multiple constellations. Well-known examples include the Plough (part of Ursa Major) and the Summer Triangle. In the Community Constellations project, three asterisms — Madra Rua, Cnoc, and Croabh an Choiligh — were created by communities across Mayo and combined to form the new Iolar constellation.

What is the Iolar constellation?
Iolar (Irish for Eagle) is a new community constellation created through the Community Constellations for Dark Skies project in County Mayo. It was formed by combining three asterisms created by YouthReach Ballina, each representing a different region of Mayo: Madra Rua (North Mayo), Cnoc (Southwest Mayo), and Croabh an Choiligh (East Mayo). The eagle is symbolic of the majesty and awe-inspiring nature of Mayo’s dark skies.

What does Madra Rua mean?
Madra Rua is the Irish term for Red Fox. In the Community Constellations project, Madra Rua is the name of the asterism representing North Mayo communities including Aghleam (Blacksod), Bangor Erris, Keenagh, Crossmolina, Ballina, and the Ceide Coast at Glenurla.

What does Cnoc mean?
Cnoc is the Irish word for Hill. In the Community Constellations project, Cnoc is the asterism representing Southwest Mayo communities including Achill, Mulranny, Clare Island, Inisturk, Louisburgh, Aughagower, and Westport.

What does Croabh an Choiligh mean?
Croabh an Choiligh translates as the Cock’s Claw in Irish. It is the asterism representing East Mayo communities including Kilmovee, Turlough, Killawalla, Clogher, Tourmakeady, Carnacon, and Knock.

Who created the asterisms used in the Iolar constellation?
The three asterisms — Madra Rua, Cnoc, and Croabh an Choiligh — were created by youth from YouthReach Ballina as part of the Community Constellations for Dark Skies project. The Iolar constellation was officially unveiled by the same YouthReach youth at Ballycroy Visitor Centre during the Mayo Bank Holiday Weekend in May 2026.

Who are the original Dark Sky communities in Mayo?
The original Dark Sky communities referenced in the project are Ballycroy, Mulranny, and Newport — three communities in County Mayo that have been part of dark sky conservation and awareness initiatives from the outset of the Friends of Mayo Dark Skies programme.

What is Community Foundation Ireland?
Community Foundation Ireland is an Irish philanthropic organisation that supports community-led initiatives across Ireland by connecting donors with impactful grassroots projects. It is the primary funder of Friends of Mayo Dark Skies and supported the Community Constellations project.

What is the Heritage Council of Ireland’s role in this project?
An Chomhairle Oidhreachta, the Heritage Council, provided funding to Friends of Mayo Dark Skies to develop a dark sky interpretation plan for County Mayo. The Community Constellations display is part of that interpretation framework.

What is dark sky tourism?
Dark sky tourism is a growing form of sustainable travel built around the experience of natural darkness and stargazing. Areas with minimal light pollution — such as parts of County Mayo — offer visitors exceptional stargazing conditions. Designating and promoting dark sky areas supports both conservation and local economic development through responsible tourism.

How does infographic design differ from standard brochure design?
Infographic design prioritises visual communication of information over linear reading. Where a brochure guides the reader through pages of text and imagery in sequence, an infographic presents multiple data points, relationships, and narratives simultaneously within a single composition. It requires strong spatial thinking, clear visual hierarchy, and careful use of colour coding to make complex information immediately accessible.

Can Designwest design for environmental and interpretive display contexts?
Yes. Designwest has experience designing for visitor centres, heritage sites, community exhibitions, and public interpretive displays. These contexts require specific knowledge of how design performs in real physical environments — at distance, in varying light conditions, and for audiences ranging from children to specialist researchers.

What file formats are produced for large-format print?
Large-format print files are typically delivered as high-resolution PDFs with appropriate colour profiles (usually RGB for large-format inkjet printing, or CMYK for specific press requirements), correct bleed, and any required printer specifications. Designwest prepares print-ready files to the specification of the intended output device and print partner.

Does Designwest work with community groups and not-for-profit organisations?
Yes. Designwest regularly works with community groups, environmental organisations, heritage bodies, and not-for-profit clients across County Mayo and Ireland. Understanding the community and conservation context of a project is a core part of the design process, not an afterthought.

Can a display design be adapted for multiple sizes?
Yes. The Community Constellations design was produced at 10ft x 5ft as the primary output, with clean scaling to 8ft x 4ft and A0. Planning for multi-scale output from the start of the design process — particularly around minimum text sizes, line weights, and spatial relationships — ensures the design remains legible and visually coherent at every format.

What is regenerative tourism?
Regenerative tourism is a model of sustainable travel focused not just on minimising negative environmental impact but on actively restoring and enhancing the natural and cultural assets of a place. For County Mayo, dark sky tourism represents a regenerative practice — protecting the natural environment of darkness while generating economic and community benefit from it.

Can design help communicate scientific or environmental content to a general audience?
Yes. One of the most important functions of infographic and large-format design is making complex or technical content accessible and engaging for non-specialist audiences. The Community Constellations display translates astronomical concepts — asterisms, constellations, star fields — into a visual narrative that connects with community identity, Irish language, folklore, and landscape.

What is the significance of the eagle as a symbol for Mayo’s dark skies?
The eagle — Iolar in Irish — was chosen as the symbol for the new community constellation because it embodies both the majesty and the awe-inspiring quality of Mayo’s dark sky environment. Eagles occupy both the landscape and the skyscape, making the eagle a natural bridge between the terrestrial community experience and the astronomical subject matter of the project.

How does a community constellation project work?
A community constellation project invites groups of people to contribute their own interpretations of the night sky, drawing on local heritage, language, and lived experience. Individual contributions are translated into asterisms — recognisable star patterns — which are then combined into a new constellation that represents the collective identity of all participating communities. The process is as much about community engagement as it is about astronomy.

Where is the Community Constellations display located?
The primary display was installed at Ballycroy Visitor Centre in County Mayo, where the Iolar constellation was officially unveiled in May 2026. The design is scalable for display at additional venues, visitor centres, and community spaces across County Mayo.

Can Designwest produce design work for heritage and visitor centre contexts nationwide?
Yes. Designwest works with clients across Ireland, including visitor attractions, national heritage sites, community-led interpretive projects, and tourism bodies. Contact info@designwest.ie or call 094 938 2000 to discuss a project.

What is a compass rose and why was one included in this design?
A compass rose is a navigational symbol showing the cardinal directions (North, South, East, West). It was included in the Community Constellations display to reinforce the geographic orientation of the County Mayo map and to connect the star chart visual language to the landscape mapping element of the composition.

How does Designwest approach projects involving multiple stakeholder logos?
Projects funded by multiple organisations require careful management of logo hierarchy, sizing, and placement to respect each funder’s branding requirements while maintaining the visual integrity of the overall design. On the Community Constellations board, Community Foundation Ireland was given the most prominent placement as primary funder, with Heritage Council, Research Ireland, and Dark Source placed in correct proportion and sequence.

How did the design process work for the Community Constellations project?
Designwest’s design process began with a thorough review of the brief, community content, and visual requirements before any layout development began. The structural architecture of the board — three asterism panels, central map, Iolar constellation, narrative text, funder logos — was established first. Visual and typographic decisions were then developed and refined in close collaboration with the Friends of Mayo Dark Skies team, led by Amy Flanagan and Georgia MacMillan.

What role did YouthReach Ballina play in the project?
YouthReach Ballina played a central creative role in the project. The three asterisms — Madra Rua, Cnoc, and Croabh an Choiligh — were created by YouthReach youth working with communities across Mayo. The final Iolar constellation evolved from their artwork. YouthReach participants also unveiled the constellation at the official event at Ballycroy Visitor Centre in May 2026.

What types of organisations commission large-format display design from Designwest?
Designwest produces large-format and display design for visitor centres, heritage sites, schools, community groups, government departments, environmental organisations, public bodies, and events venues. The work ranges from single interpretive panels to multi-panel exhibition systems. Contact info@designwest.ie for more information.

How do I brief a large-format design project?
A useful brief for large-format design includes the intended display location and dimensions, the audience, the core message or narrative, all content elements (text, data, logos, imagery), funder or organisational requirements, and the intended print production method. Designwest can help structure a brief if you are working from rough notes or early-stage ideas. Contact the team at 094 938 2000 or info@designwest.ie.

Why does good design matter for community heritage projects?
Community heritage projects depend on their audiences engaging with them — reading them, remembering them, being moved by them. Poor design loses that engagement regardless of how strong the underlying content is. Good design amplifies the content, respects the community that contributed to it, and produces something that lasts. The Community Constellations display is built to function as a permanent interpretive piece for years to come.

Call to Action

Working on an infographic, large-format display, interpretive panel, or exhibition design project in County Mayo or anywhere in Ireland? The Designwest team has the experience to deliver design that communicates clearly, looks exceptional at scale, and reflects the story behind your project. Speak with Designwest to explore how we can design a solution tailored to your project.

Contact the team at info@designwest.ie, call the Mayo office on 094 938 2000, or the Dublin office on 01 699 1777. Find out more about our brochure and display design services.

Declan Foley is an Irish Creative Director with over 30 years of experience in graphic design, branding, print, and digital media. As Creative Director of Designwest Creatives Ltd, he leads design projects for Irish businesses, government departments, and organisations nationwide — from brand identity and publication design to large-scale print campaigns. Explore the portfolio at designwest.ie.

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We recently completed one of the most distinctive projects to come through Designwest in a while — a large-format infographic display board for Friends of Mayo Dark Skies, part of their Community Constellations for Dark Skies initiative.

The brief was to design a 10ft x 5ft Foamex display that told the story of a new constellation created by communities across County Mayo. Three asterisms — Madra Rua, Cnoc, and Croabh an Choiligh — representing North, Southwest, and East Mayo respectively, were created by youth from YouthReach Ballina and combined to form Iolar, the Eagle, a new community constellation symbolic of Mayo’s dark sky environment.

Charlene Elliott led the design on this one, with direction from Declan Foley. The challenge was significant: a deep night sky background, a county map rendered as a star-field cloud formation, three colour-coded asterism panels, the Iolar constellation, twenty-plus community location names, a narrative text panel, a landscape silhouette horizon, and five funder logos — all resolved on a single landscape board that needed to scale cleanly to A0.

The design was unveiled at Ballycroy Visitor Centre during the Mayo Bank Holiday Weekend in May 2026, presented by the YouthReach youth who created the original asterisms.

The Iolar eagle icon has also been extracted as a standalone graphic for potential future use as the symbol for Mayo’s Dark Sky Reserve designation.

A project that genuinely meant something.

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A project we are very proud of at Designwest.

We designed the Community Constellations for Dark Skies display board for Friends of Mayo Dark Skies — a large-format Foamex sign telling the story of a brand new constellation created by communities right across County Mayo.

Three star groupings, named Madra Rua, Cnoc, and Croabh an Choiligh, were created by youth from YouthReach Ballina to represent North, Southwest, and East Mayo. Together they form Iolar — the Eagle — Mayo’s own community constellation, unveiled at Ballycroy Visitor Centre in May 2026.

Designed by Charlene Elliott at Designwest. A real honour to work on something so rooted in Mayo’s communities and landscape.

See the full project at designwest.ie.

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Mayo now has its own constellation.

Designwest designed the Community Constellations for Dark Skies display board for Friends of Mayo Dark Skies — a 10ft x 5ft Foamex infographic that maps three community-created asterisms across the night sky above County Mayo.

Madra Rua. Cnoc. Croabh an Choiligh. Three star groupings from three regions of Mayo, combined by YouthReach Ballina into Iolar — the Eagle.

Unveiled at Ballycroy Visitor Centre, May 2026.

Full project on the website — link in bio.

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Designwest recently completed the Community Constellations for Dark Skies large-format display board for Friends of Mayo Dark Skies in County Mayo. The project involved designing a 10ft x 5ft Foamex infographic display communicating the story of a new community constellation — Iolar, the Eagle — formed from three asterisms created by YouthReach Ballina representing communities across North, Southwest, and East Mayo. The display was unveiled at Ballycroy Visitor Centre in May 2026 and is funded by Community Foundation Ireland and the Heritage Council. For large-format, infographic, and display design in Mayo or nationwide, contact info@designwest.ie or call 094 938 2000.

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