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Vincenzo Marchese Ragona is a London-based interdisciplinary designer investigating the discipline of visual communication across mediums and technologies.

Cofffounder of ffforum

For projects and collaborations, please reach out to work[at]vmragona.com

Selected clients:
Apple
Nike
Google
Spotify
The North Face
Sundance
Boiler Room

Studio experience:
2025present ffforum
20202021 Monotype
20212023 CC Studio
2023—2024 Porto Rocha

Talks, Press & Workshops:
2025 Us by Night
2025 Future Playgrounds
2025 FHNW Academy of Art and Design (ffforum)
2024 Two Times Elliott
2023 Ravensbourne University
2023 Winchester School of Art
2022 Creative Review
2022 New Aesthetic 3
2021 Ravensbourne University
2021 Adobe Discovery
2021 Fedrigoni 365
2021 LiveTalkFrom
2020 I-D Magazine Italy
2019 Page Design
2019 Typography for Screen

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WIP "september 1959"
research for upcoming branding project

“It is said that before entering the sea

A river trembles with fear.

She looks back at the path she has travelled,

from the peaks of the mountains, the long winding road crossing forests and villages.

And in front of her, she sees an ocean so vast, that to enter there seems nothing more than to disappear forever.

But there is no other way.

The river can not go back.

Nobody can go back.

To go back is impossible in existence.

The river needs to take the risk of entering the ocean because only then will fear disappear because that’s where the river will know it’s not about disappearing into the ocean, but of becoming the ocean.”

"Becoming the Ocean", Khalil Gibram
H.R. Giger Art Basel, 2025
ffforum x HGK Basel, 2025
Toilet signage Basel
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NADO
Creative Direction
Nado is a decentralized exchange built for speed, liquidity, and execution in volatile markets. The name draws from storm systems and informs the project’s use of meteorological and data references. ESTUDI-IMAGE engaged ffforum to translate these operating requirements into an identity system. Typography informed the foundation of the system. LL Replica was selected for its grid built construction, with each character shaped against a strict underlying framework.

The same logic extends into the construction of the layouts: modular blocks of information anchored by corner dots allow for a flexible way to alter layouts.The visual language draws from data and weather systems. Imagery is routed through a dither process into black and white halftones, which unifies varied source material under one treatment. Particle systems reference turbulence and pressure fields, drawing a parallel with known market behaviour such as volatility clustering and directional shifts.For the motion behaviour, elements move in short, precise actions that lock into place. Sharp flickers are used for reveals and dissolves to retain a digital edge throughout.

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