Portrait of Nora Vale

Nora Vale

Independent designer making identities, interfaces and objects for people who would rather be remembered than liked.

Selected work

Brand identity, 2025Fieldnote

An identity for a seed library, grown from one cut-paper shape.

Product design, 2024Ledgerly

A bookkeeping app for freelancers who dislike bookkeeping.

Poster series, 2024Low Tide

Six two-ink screen prints, each a different state of the tide.

Editorial, 2023Common Ground

Art direction for a print quarterly on shared housing.

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Timeline

  1. 2025

    Independent designer

    Nora Vale Studio

    Started my own practice, working with small cultural organisations and product teams on identity, interface and print.

  2. 2022

    Senior product designer

    Northwind Labs

    Led design for a bookkeeping product, from research through to a shared component library used by six squads.

  3. 2019

    Brand designer

    Hatch & Co.

    Designed identities and packaging for food and retail clients, and learned to present work to people who disagree.

  4. 2017

    BDes, Visual Communication

    Riverside College of Art

    Studied typography, print and interaction design. Graduated with a thesis on the visual language of public signage.

About

I'm a designer with eight years of practice across brand, product and print. I like projects where the brief is a little vague and the people are easy to talk to.

Currently taking on a few projects for next quarter.

  • Brand identity
  • Product and interface design
  • Editorial and print
  • Design systems

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