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Paul O'Rely

October 29, 2018

Mindsparkle Mag

Paul O’Rely ⁄⁄ Art Director & Graphic Designer

Paul O’Rely introduces himself, via orely.me, as a “digital-focused Art Director” with a background in web development and, charmingly, astronomy. His portfolio is a joyful playground of oversized, outlined display type, where each project title borrows its own colour — green for Time Machine, red for Agata Piechota, blue for Dudow, purple for Sons da Copa. Browser and phone mockups sit alongside these expressive headlines, letting the interface work speak while the typography sets the mood. The writing is warm and self-deprecating, slipping in a mention of “indecent amounts of chocolate” between the case studies. It is a personable, exuberant celebration of typography and art direction that never takes itself too seriously.

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