I am Paul Eslage, a communication and type designer living and working in Hamburg, Germany. I develop and design visual identities with a focus on typography and motion as well as digital and printed media.
Design is a holistic and open approach to reach goals through visual communication. To get to the pure core of a project, I practice a design process with a variety of creative outputs in mind.
Visual identities are not only restricted to the cosmos of corporate communication. Following this idea, I aim to give a unique visual voice to each artefact being designed. In doing that I always keep an eye on well defined or even customised typography as the key element in the design.
Education
2019—2022
Master of Arts in communication design at HAW Hamburg
08/2017
Indiecon Summer School, Hamburg
2014—2018
Bachelor of Arts in design at Münster School of Design (passed with distinction)
Work Experience
2019—today
Communication designer at TypeMates
10/2018—01/2019
Internship in type design at TypeMates
2018—today
Freelance communication designer
2012—2014
Photography and post-production at Eslage Werbefotografie
04/2011
Internship in architecture at Krause und Partner
Exhibitions
21/10/2022—23/10/2022
Thesen gestalten (master thesis exhibition) at Neues Amt Altona, Hamburg
23/06/2019—10/11/2019
Vorgestellt und aufgebaut at Freilichtmuseum Mühlenhof, Münster
30/11/2018
DDC Good Design 19 at Kunstverein Familie Montez, Frankfurt am Main
27/07/2018—29/07/2018
Parcours at Münster School of Design (as bachelor graduate)
01/12/2017—03/12/2017
Siebe und Liebe by tagtraeumer e.V., Münster
since 2017
Six Siebdruckninjas exhibitions at FF Central, Münster
03/02/2017—05/02/2017
Parcours at Münster School of Design (as co-designer of the event communication)
Lectures
01/2023
Speaker at About Design, Bad Nauheim
04/2022
Speaker at tgm – The Making of, Munich
summer term 2021
Bachelor Coach for typography at HAW Hamburg
winter term 2020/21
Bachelor Coach for brand design at HAW Hamburg
03/2019
Speaker at EDCH – The Idea Salon, Munich
2016—2018
Tutor for spatial design at Münster School of Design
Awards
2022
Gold Winner at European Design Award
2018
University Award at DDC Good Design 19
Best bachelor project at Münster School of Design
2016
Two submissions amongst Top 10 at STI Design Award
Featured in
2022
DEMO Festival
Heart Directors Club (Protest)
2021
FRAEK magazine
Heart Directors Club (Bundestagswahl)
Year Book of Type 5
Typodarium
2020
Typodarium
2018
NOVUM design magazine
For inquiries say hi@pauleslage.de or speak to me personally via +49 160 845 28 89.