Ryan Paonessa

Ryan Paonessa is a designer and art director with over 20 years of experience in graphic design, branding, and web. Through Ryan Paonessa Design, an independent design and development studio based in North Alabama, I collaborate with emerging brands on visual identity, web, art direction, and more.

The creative work of Ryan Paonessa has been honored by the prestigious A' Design Award in Publicitas. The Praemium A' Design Award Aeneum marks the achievement of Ryan Paonessa in the international design competition. In the competition, Ryan Paonessa entered anonymously, and an international grand jury panel of established academics, design professionals and press members decided by blind peer review.

The 2019 - 2020 edition of the A' Design Award & Competition brought the recognition to Ryan Paonessa. The meritocratic rankings of Designers.org place Ryan Paonessa at position 4,022 worldwide and at position 261 in Civitates Foederatae Americae. Within the World Design Rating, Ryan Paonessa carries the title Socius Futurus. Each award-winning work of Ryan Paonessa shown below can be checked with its verification code.