I am Paul Eslage, a communication designer living and working in Hamburg, Germany. I develop and design visual identities with a focus on motion and type design as well as digital and printed media.

Education

2019—2022

Master of Arts
Communication design,
HAW Hamburg

08/2017

Participant
Indiecon Summer School,
Hamburg

09/2015

Branding-Workshop
Olaf Schroeter (MetaDesign)
Münster School of Design

2014—2018

Bachelor of Arts (passed with distinction)
Communication design,
Münster School of Design

Work Experience

06/2023—today

Brand & Digital Designer
Make Studio, Hamburg

02/2019—04/2023

Communication designer
TypeMates, Hamburg

10/2018—01/2019

Internship in type design
TypeMates, Kiel

2018—today

Freelance communication designer

2012—2014

Photography and post-production
Eslage Werbefotografie, Ibbenbüren

04/2011

Internship in architecture
Krause und Partner, Mettingen

Lectures

01/2023

Speaker
About Design, Bad Nauheim

04/2022

Speaker
tgm – The Making of, Munich

2020/21

Bachelor Coach
Typography & Brand Design
HAW Hamburg

03/2019

Speaker
EDCH – The Idea Salon, Munich

2016—2018

Tutor
Spatial design
Münster School of Design

Exhibitions

21/04/2023—24/04/2023

CallMe#7
HAW graduate exhibition
Jupiter, Hamburg

21/10/2022—23/10/2022

Thesen gestalten
Master thesis exhibition
Neues Amt Altona, Hamburg

23/06/2019—10/11/2019

Vorgestellt und aufgebaut
Freilichtmuseum Mühlenhof, Münster

30/11/2018

DDC Good Design 19
Kunstverein Familie Montez,
Frankfurt am Main

27/07/2018—29/07/2018

Parcours (as bachelor graduate)
Münster School of Design

01/12/2017—03/12/2017

Siebe und Liebe
by tagtraeumer e.V.
Die Sophie, Münster

since 2017

Siebdruckninjas (seven exhibitions)
FF Central, Münster

03/02/2017—05/02/2017

Parcours (as co-designer)
Münster School of Design

Awards

2023

TDC Winner
Young Ones Student Awards

2022

Gold Winner
European Design Award

2018

University Award
DDC Good Design 19

2018

Best bachelor project
Münster School of Design

2016

Two Top 10 listings
STI Design Award

Featured in

2023

Typodarium

2022

DEMO Festival
Heart Directors Club

2021

FRAEK magazine
Heart Directors Club
OT Posterwall
Year Book of Type 5
Typodarium

2020

Typodarium

2018

NOVUM design magazine

To get in touch say hi@pauleslage.de.