Paul Minott

Personal statement

Paul Minott’s experience has been primarily as a graphic designer working in print, packaging and brand development for a range of consultancies, and independently. His professional experience forms the basis for his studio teaching, both at undergraduate and postgraduate level. Paul also teaches Historical and Critical Studies in Graphic Communication.

Recent projects include:

• Barclays plc: Brand identity for literature and visual style for UK employee communications
• Citigroup Europe: Brand identity for literature and visual style for all Europe wide employee communications
• Diageo plc: Identity for print and web-based financial services for employees, shareholders and pensioners
• Falcon Global Ltd: Brand Identity
• IDEA Engineers, UK: Brand Identity
• Armadillo Engineering, UK: Brand Identity.

Research and external activities

Paul has been immersed in ongoing research concerning the life and work of Marcel Duchamp for several years, and was instrumental in the creation and dissemination of the 2017 exhibition Fountain 17 as part of the Hull City of Culture to celebrate the centenary of Duchamp’s seminal work Fountain. Since 2016 Paul has been an exhibiting printmaker, and his research in this area explores new approaches to monoprinting.

Research Supervision

• Langham, K. PhD 2019 Play as a Design Tool.

External roles

• Central Saint Martins (University of the Arts), Graphic Design External Examiner
• Gloucestershire University Graphic Design, External Examiner.

Professional qualifications and memberships

• Fellow of the Royal Society of the Arts (FRSA) 1998.

Teaching specialisms

• Corporate and brand identity design
• Packaging and new product development
• Historical and Critical studies of graphic communication.

Academic qualifications

• MA Information Design, London Institute
• BA (Hons) 1st Class Graphic Design, Kent Institute.