nicole ruggiero design portfolio

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Nicole Ruggiero

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Androgyny is the elimination of gender and sex identication, a more puried form of being. Within

this piece I portray the convergence of the duality of both male and female through biological

identication, stereotypes, spirituality, and form. The 3 x 3 squares are adhered to a creme colored

paper and attached by thread, then tied together with a ribbon, placed within a wooden laser cut box.

Androgyny

Mixed Media

Spring 2012Visual Methods

Box: 3.75 x 4.5 x 3.25Squares: 3 x 3


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Androgyny

Mixed Media


Box: 3.75 x 4.5 x 3.25Squares: 3 x 3


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PBR: Party Beyond Reason

Digital Illustration

Sticker

Fall 2011

4 x 2

This sticker was created to portray the ideology of a cheap party beer. Party Beyond Reason

means to have no particular concern for details, including that of which is being consumed. The

can was recreated in Adobe Illustrator and printed as stickers to be handed out as party favors.


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De Stile: A Look At a 20th Century Art Movement

Bristol Board

Black Copy Paper


52 x 90

By Implementing techniques from the De Stijl art movement, I created thirty 8 x 8 squares using

only parallagram-shaped strips of black paper. This piece balances the foreground and background,

creating a dynamic gure-ground relationship in which the eye does not rest but continuously follows

the various patterns throughout the piece.


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De Stile: A Look At a 20th Century Art Movement

Bristol Board

Black Copy Paper


52 x 90


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Nicole Ruggiero

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Blur

Digital Illustrations

Fall 2011Digital Imaging

8.5 x 11

Blur is a twelve page zine that illustrates a grouping of mass produced items that are commonly

used everyday, forming an identication system. To emphasize how consumers identify with each

product, I have removed their brand names and emphasized the texture related with the item.

Although these products are widely available and numerous, a unique grouping have the ability todene an individual.


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Rabbit Habits


Print

Summer 2012

5 x 15

This design was created for Man Mans collector edition album, Rabbit Habits. Man Man is an

experimental Jazz band from Philadelphia, PA. I created a motley of active rabbits alongside

various instruments against a blue background. These details were inspired by the bluesy

feel of Man Mans music.


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Rabbit Habits


Print

Summer 2012

5 x 15

This design was created for Man Mans collector edition album, Rabbit Habits. Man Man is an

experimental Jazz band from Philadelphia, PA. I created a motley of active rabbits alongside

various instruments against a blue background. These details were inspired by the bluesy

feel of Man Mans music.


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McSweeneys: A Motley of Ironic Short Stories and Blurbs

80 Lb Classic Columns

Print

TypographyFall 2011

14 x 19

McSweeneys is an internet archive full of different short blurbs. I chose several blurbs that had

ironic detail and undertones to portray in this booklet. The design contrasts a regal design with

arbitrary yet purposeful accents to further emphasize the irony of the stories. For instance, within

the pull quote on this page, varied fonts act as a converse to the rest of the clean and elegant design.


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Fleeting Fractals

Print

Visualization & CreativityFall 2012

18 x 24

The aim of this poster is to appeal to an audience of college-aged students and encourage them to explore

nature in Gainesville. The picture was taken with a 35-mm camera on Paynes Prairie. I chose to accent

the pictures with playful triangles and fractal elements in reference to common contemporary themes.


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Glitch Aesthetic

Print

Visual MethodsSpring 2012

7.75 x 10

Glitch Aesthetic is a book cover for the doctoral thesis of Rebecca Jackson. Glitch Aesthetic is about

the indexical history of the glitch throughout time and its societal effect, ranging from pop culture to

paranoia. The dimension of the cover portrays the shiftiness of the glitch as the condensed typefaces

remain easily distinguishable. The bright color scheme mirrors the illumination of technology as thetitle becomes varyingly more noticeable in different traces of light.


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Lani

Cotton Paper

Packaging

Visual MethodsSpring 2012

Various

Lani was designed to represent an array of luxury items from Hawaii. From the left there is chocolate,

oil, and bar soap. Each item is colored to represent the main fruit in each of the ingredients. For instance,

the oil is infused with pineapple and the soap is infused with tangerine oil. The background is overlaid

with a oral pattern followed by a subtle gradient.


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FREEWHEEL

Print

Typography 2Spring 2012

8.5 x 11

FREEWHEEL is a zine geared towards the urban biking audience. It delivers articles and statistics

relevant to city dwellers and street riding focused on fast living and quirky design. It is meant for

people who are ambitious cyclists, ranging from the early twenties to the late thirties.


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Letter Bits

Bass Wood

Print


Various

Letter Bits was designed with the aim of teaching children the alphabet. It is suggested that the child

begins with the lowercase letter set, and move onto the uppercase set. Letter Bits will teach your

child or student the skills they need from learning the shapes of letters to being able to write and

read words and sentences.


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Letter Bits

Bass Wood

Print


Various

Letter Bits was designed with the aim of teaching children the alphabet. It is suggested that the child

begins with the lowercase letter set, and move onto the uppercase set. Letter Bits will teach your

child or student the skills they need from learning the shapes of letters to being able to write and

read words and sentences.

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