Following a mechanical engineering first degree and a master’s from the Royal College of Art, UK, He worked for six years as an industrial design engineer in UK manufacturing industry. Wormald is an experienced and enthusiastic design educator. He taught for nearly 20 years in one of the Britain's premier design schools at Loughborough University becoming the leader of the industrial design program. He has worked with many companies including Guinness, Procter & Gamble, Land Rover, OSIM, Decathlon, McCain, Mars, Boots, Smirnoff, Orange, Cadbury, Kenwood and the BBC. Paul's research is focused on design education and practice, especially front-end industrial design activities. He has supervised successful doctoral students in the areas of industrial design application to disability and computer aided industrial design.