Paul Tuorto is an independent art director & designer based in Raleigh, NC with a focus on identity and packaging design for hospitality concepts and beyond.
Paul and his family also own and operate Benny T’s Vesta - a dry hot sauce made by hand for over 15 years.
Following 5 years as an art director at ad agency Baldwin&, and experience at other firms & in-house teams prior to that, Paul has been running his independent design studio since 2016.
If you have a project or opportunity you're interested in working on together feel free to email me.
"Ugh, that Paul, so talented..."
- my cousin Kim’s mom Diane from Staten Island
SERVICES
Brand Identity Design
Art Direction
Menu Design
Print Collateral
Signage
Merchandise
Packaging
Naming
Illustration
Internet Designs
Advertising
AD CLIENTS
Burt's Bees
BMW
Krispy Kreme
Pepsi
Reyka Vodka
Mother Parkers
Kingsford
Dell
Alienware
Kodak
UNC-CH Athletics
Boy Scouts Of America
HOSPITALITY CLIENTS
Heights House Hotel, Crawford & Son, Jolie, Crawford Cookshop, Brodeto, Oakwood Pizza Box, Whiskey Kitchen, Wine Authorities, Big Spoon Roasters, Videri Chocolate Factory, Nanas, Alimentari at Left Bank, Union Special, Boulted Bread, Bright Spot Donuts, Benchwarmers Bagels, Lawrence Barbecue, Lagoon Bar, Snap Pea, Fount Coffee & Kitchen, Brookside Bodega, Cuya, Wolfe & Porter, Gussie’s, Pizzeria Faulisi, South Wind Produce, Bayleaf Farm, Summer Salt, Grandchamp Hospitality, Glasshouse Kitchen, Grow Coffee, Twisted Ladder, Humble Pie, Trophy Brewing, Ponysaurus Brewing, Clouds Brewing, Slingshot Coffee, Brokedown Burgers, Inter-Faith Food Shuttle, Market Hall, The Sunday Suppers, Raleigh City Farms, and my favorite: Benny T’s Vesta Dry Hot Sauce.
FEATURED ON
Creativity.com
Ads of the World
The Dieline
Lovely Package
Uncrate
Good Design Makes Me Happy
Raleigh Magazine
Walter Magazine
Package Inspiration
NON-FOOD CLIENTS
Arrowhead Design Build, Hartwell, Poolbar, Sandbox Collective, Oak & Iron Fitness, Heights Pilates, SERVE Crossfit & Wellness, MEGA, ZIMZOOM, Hawks & Dove, Hanes, SB7 Athletics, Geoff Wood Photography, Kane Realty, Blue Heron Properties, Brattle Square Partners, Arboretum Partners, Elmwood Development, Park Grove Properties