Hello, I’m  Paul Currah.

I’m a Cornwall based brand designer and illustrator with over 20 years of experience. I’m passionate about ideas first design, creating imaginative solutions that help brands thrive. I immerse myself in each creative brief, dreaming up big ideas grounded in strategic thinking and meticulously crafting the finer details. 

I have successfully run my own studio since 2010, working as an independent designer and illustrator across a variety of sectors and creative disciplines. From naming and creation of start-up food brand The Paleo Foods Co (for which I was brand guardian for 11 years), to being Macmillan Cancer Support’s main external creative consultant for over a decade (helping them increase their income by 61%) ... with countless innovations, branding, packaging, brand world and advertising projects in between.

I also love working with design agencies, particularly on brands and packaging in the food and drink sectors. This enables me to work with bigger brands and collaborate with some of the most talented people in the industry.

I’ve been told I am personable, enthusiastic and hard working.

If you are interested in working together, I’d love to hear from you!

Get in touch

paul@currah.co

linkedin.com/in/paul-currah/

  • “Paul is a fantastic Design Director and has brought a lot to Turner Duckworth in the time he has been with us. We’ll certainly be working with him again at the next possible opportunity. As well as being great at design, Paul is insightful, organised, excellent to work with and a really good guy. We’d recommend him for any design projects.”

    Georgina Leigh-Pemberton — Managing Director at Turner Duckworth

  • “Paul is an absolute pleasure to work with and an absolute pro. He combines great creativity with pragmatism and experience. Paul brings an energy and positivity to work with him every day, which is infectious. Love working with him.”

    Jamie Helly — Executive Chairman at Dynamo Dublin

  • “Paul is a tried, tested and reliable regular here at Superunion in both Senior Designer and Design Director capacities. Paul always gets great feedback from creative and account teams, highly craft driven and exceptionally dedicated alongside a very nice person to work alongside also.”

    Tom Gledhill — Resourcing Manager at Superunion

  • “I worked closely with Paul to create The 'Paleo Foods Co' brand in 2013. Since then we have continued to work with Paul to develop all of our packaging, and imagery for website/social. Paul always puts forward creative suggestions on design briefs and we love his style of bold, iconic and colourful designs, with execution on a par with big design agencies. He's also been very reliable and flexible and helped us out on urgent jobs! I'd highly recommend Paul Currah's design services.”

    Claire Dinsmore — Founder, The Paleo Foods Co

  • “Working with Paul is a pleasure. He’s a true professional, who takes time to thoroughly understand a brief, provides a clear and fully costed proposal, communicates clearly throughout and, most importantly, really delivers. You can always trust Paul to hit the core of the brief, and to bring that little bit of creative flair on top.”

    Nick Mackin — Macmillan Cancer Support

Resume

Education

2001 — 2005
BA (Hons) Graphic Design 
Norwich School of Art & Design

Selected Experience

2005 — 2010
After graduating, I moved to London to work at studios who shared my passion for ideas. I cut my teeth as a brand designer at HGV, GBH, Carter Wong, Blast, Radford Wallis and The Partners.

2010 — Present
I relocated to South West England to set up my own studio. I work closely with my own clients as an independent designer, mainly start-ups, small brands and charities.

I continue to work with branding agencies as a hands-on freelance designer / director and have worked with clients spanning FMCG, drinks, finance, health, hospitality, publishing, technology, travel, the arts ... and everything in between!

Selected Agencies

Bloom, London
Dynamo, Dublin
Turner Duckworth, London
Superunion, London
DutchScot, London
B&B Studio, London
Modern Designers, Manchester
Neworld, Dublin

Selected Clients

ABinBev
AstraZeneca
BritVic
Deloitte
Diageo
Henkel
Hershey’s
Imperial Hotels
Kerry Foods
KP Snacks
Macmillan Cancer Support
The Paleo Foods Co
Pilgrim Foods
The National Gallery
UBS
Unilever

Awards

Six D&AD Pencils
Two Art Directors Club wins
Three Cannes Design Lions
Two Design Week wins
Two New York Festivals wins
One Benchmarks win