Teaching a module for the third year of the Illustration course at Scuola Internazionale di Comics Genova on illustrations for multimedia contents.The focus of this serie of lessons is researching designing ad preparing illustrations as assets to be used inside children apps, interactive educational contents, websites, social media contents, micro-animations (such as gifs) and visual communication.https://www.scuolacomics.com/sede/genova

I’m an illustrator with a soft spot for anthropology and a past in advertising. Born in Sardinia, living in Milan, working with clients from all around the world and missing the sea all the time. I draw colorful illustrations for magazines, books, advertising, but most of all for fun, and it works for every project from children books to brand communication.I’m available for: Editorial illustration for books and magazines – Picture books and children illustration – Museums and educational… Show more I’m an illustrator with a soft spot for anthropology and a past in advertising. Born in Sardinia, living in Milan, working with clients from all around the world and missing the sea all the time. I draw colorful illustrations for magazines, books, advertising, but most of all for fun, and it works for every project from children books to brand communication.I’m available for: Editorial illustration for books and magazines – Picture books and children illustration – Museums and educational illustrations – Visual communication – brand image – Textile and paper patterns – Custom and tailor made illustrations – Maps and lots more. Want to work together? I’d love to hear from you. I have an expertise in graphic recording, scribing, visual facilitation and sketch-noting; I’m available as a graphic recorder for events, talks, workshops in English and Italian. Here’s my graphic recording portfolio. Some relevant clients: AIRC – Apogeo – Art Stories – Clayton – Centro Richerche Archeologiche e Scavi di Torino per il Medio Oriente e l’Asia – Dentsu Aegis – Domus – Effequ – Jamie Magazine – Quinto Quarto – Sapiens – Sperling & Kupfer – Storytel – UNDP United Nations Development Programme – World Monument FundYou can find a selection of those works in my portfolio here: http://www.tostoini.it/portfolio/And here, in pdf format: https://www.tostoini.it/consegne/portfolio-2023-robertaragona-tostoini.pdfIf you're looking for some examples of my graphic recording work, here's a selection: http://www.tostoini.it/consegne/portfolio2022-ragona-graphic-recording.pdf Show less

Interviews, articles and contents for Print Lovers, a magazine for a qualified audience of brand and advertisers focused on printing, paper goods, publishing industry and packaging for brand communication, product innovation and design.I focused mostly on topics of illustrations, design, sustainability and design+illustration trends across various markets.https://www.printlovers.net/

I worked with Clayton on a number of illustrations for their digital presence. I've designed illustrations for their previous and current website, social media contents for their accounts, cover pages and interiors for their whitepapers, gifs, loops, and icons for their developer tools.https://www.getclayton.comAt the moment I've contributed with a fresh set of illustrations for their website - designed by Limberbrands.

Illustrations and cover design for a number of original podcasts by Storytel for the Italian market.The first one was Lingua, by Mariachiara Montera. The six episodes of this podcast are a collection on stories around food and the emotions and relationships that revolves around eating and cooking. Three year later I worked on the cover design for Guscio, a six episode podcast on mental health from the same author. I designed the cover in continuity with Lingua, keeping the same color… Show more Illustrations and cover design for a number of original podcasts by Storytel for the Italian market.The first one was Lingua, by Mariachiara Montera. The six episodes of this podcast are a collection on stories around food and the emotions and relationships that revolves around eating and cooking. Three year later I worked on the cover design for Guscio, a six episode podcast on mental health from the same author. I designed the cover in continuity with Lingua, keeping the same color palette and fonts and the theme of food and inner life.Lingua https://www.storytel.com/it/it/series/36583-Lingua-Mariachiara-MonteraGuscio https://www.storytel.com/it/it/books/prologo-2016550I also designer the cover for Gener-Azioni by Luca De Santis, a Storytel original that mix memoir and auto-fiction with the history of the LGBTQIA+ community, with the focus on Italian history.https://www.storytel.com/it/it/narrators/621556-Luca-De-SantisFinally, I have adapted an illustration I made originally for a Ted Talk by Domitilla Ferrari as the cover art of her Storytel podcast, Due gradi e mezzo di separazione.https://www.storytel.com/it/it/authors/218116-Domitilla-Ferrari Show less

Interviews, and digital contents for Hoppipolla, a curation box and editorial project dedicated to independent culture in the design sector, publishing and illustration.I curated "Hoppipolla Out Of The Box" a weekly selection of of new and notable illustrators, with interviews, highlights and contents on some of the most interesting projects and people happening in illustration, with a special interest on Italian… Show more Interviews, and digital contents for Hoppipolla, a curation box and editorial project dedicated to independent culture in the design sector, publishing and illustration.I curated "Hoppipolla Out Of The Box" a weekly selection of of new and notable illustrators, with interviews, highlights and contents on some of the most interesting projects and people happening in illustration, with a special interest on Italian artists.https://hoppipolla.it/blog/author/roberta-ragona/https://www.instagram.com/explore/tags/hoppipollaootb/ Show less

I worked with Inventiva on concept illustrations, design and development of the visual aspect of communication campaigns for public service corporations and institutions. I mostly worked on illustration, visul communication and character design.

With Art Stories I worked to design and develop a number of illustrations for digital educational contents, and guided a workshop on illustration for interactive educational contents for children aimed at a audience of developers, museum experts and curators.| HERITAGE IS FUN |How to approach the design and harness the power of illustration for interactive contents in an education setting for an audience of children.| SACRO MONTE DI VARESE | A digital guide for… Show more With Art Stories I worked to design and develop a number of illustrations for digital educational contents, and guided a workshop on illustration for interactive educational contents for children aimed at a audience of developers, museum experts and curators.| HERITAGE IS FUN |How to approach the design and harness the power of illustration for interactive contents in an education setting for an audience of children.| SACRO MONTE DI VARESE | A digital guide for children to the Sacred Mount of Varese, a sanctuary on the UNESCO list of World Heritage Sites. The app is designed to accompany the kids along the path learning about art, architecture and the religious meaning of the site through games and animations.| LEONARDO'S LAST SUPPER |Illustration for a collection of games and interactive contents on Leonardo's Last Supper: the painting, its history, the restorations after the war, the use of perspective and the details in the fresco.| ADVENTURES IN ANCIENT EGYPT |An educational app to explore Ancient Egypt via seven games, challenging memory and observation skills: Nile and its flooding, enter a pyramid and unveil its treasures, be a master in mummification, take part into the weighting of the heart, learn how to decipher hieroglyphs; learn about Egyptian society.| WORLD FOOD |What do people eat? How do they lay their tables? By traveling on the world map, kids learn what happens in Italy, France, Russia, Morocco, India, Japan, Mexico, and US. Each country has a table to be laid, so kids can put up a delicious meal for four, choosing from a selection of typical dishes. They are provided with a recipe for each country, to be tried at home for real. They can also have their own personal table, mixing all elements without geographical concerns. World Food is developed by Art Stories in partnership with MUBA, and it takes the Childrens’ Museums method into digital: play and storytelling to discover the world around us. Show less

A set of 12 conceptual illustrations for Apogeo's website redesign to help the users identify at glance in what area of the site they are and find what they're looking for. Using plants and trees as a common visual metaphors between the images (knowledge and expertise grows steadly as a plant, you can see very little change on day by day basis, but the incremental effect on the long term it's huge), I designed a set of pictures, one for every area of activity of the publisher, plus of… Show more A set of 12 conceptual illustrations for Apogeo's website redesign to help the users identify at glance in what area of the site they are and find what they're looking for. Using plants and trees as a common visual metaphors between the images (knowledge and expertise grows steadly as a plant, you can see very little change on day by day basis, but the incremental effect on the long term it's huge), I designed a set of pictures, one for every area of activity of the publisher, plus of course the homepage, a newsletter icon and a 404 error page. All the illustrations were designed to be clearly legible both from mobile and desktop, and with different visualization ratios. Show less

A.I.R.C. 2019 calendarA set of 12 conceptual illustrations for A.I.R.C. (Italian Association for Cancer Research) 2019 desktop calendar for their big donors. Every month represent a theme of the many activities where AIRC is active, from fundraising (as in January and May with the annual charity sales of oranges and azaleas, this one directly linked to breast cancer research and women’s health) to research, education on healthy living and screenings.

SAKE - JAPAN IN A GLASSfor Quinto QuartoWrap-around cover illustration, infographics, cooking and cocktail recipes using sake for “Sake - Japan in a glass” by Marco Massarottopublished by Quintoquarto.

cover design for “Tu sei la tua Storia” by Francesca Sanzo, Giraldi Editore.

Valentina va a milano for Casamica OnlusValentina the tortoise is looking everywhere for her friend Lucy and her parents, and in the meanwhile she discovers the beauty of the city of Milan. A picture books for Casamica Onlus, a charity that gives support to adults and children staying in Milan for health treatments requiring long stops in the city. The aim of the book is to help Casamica’s guests to feel welcomed and a little bit more at home in the city.

Cover design for “Sesso Droghe e Macaron” by Roberta Deiana, published by Sperling & Kupfer. The title of the book is a pun on “Sex Drugs and Rock & Roll”: Sex, Drugs and Macarons. The addictional pun is that “drugs” is a really outdated way of calling spices in Italian.

Sicilia Saporita in Scooter (Savoury Sicily by Scooter) editorial illustration for Jamie Magazine Italia on weekend gastronomical escape around Sicily

Development of a social media marketing strategy and editorial contents to build and strengthen brand’s online identity and awareness.Generation of insights and key learnings on social media activities by analyzing data from consumer trends and behaviours, brand activities, social media conversation trends.Development of ideas for bloggers'activation strategies tailor-made on brand.Some of the brand we manage; Diageo, Kellogg's, Perfetti Van Melle, Franklin&Marshall… Show more Development of a social media marketing strategy and editorial contents to build and strengthen brand’s online identity and awareness.Generation of insights and key learnings on social media activities by analyzing data from consumer trends and behaviours, brand activities, social media conversation trends.Development of ideas for bloggers'activation strategies tailor-made on brand.Some of the brand we manage; Diageo, Kellogg's, Perfetti Van Melle, Franklin&Marshall, Guerlain.Just Your Way for Franklin & Marshall - Interactive Key Award 2013Philips Led Your City Special Star at Mediastars 2012 XVI editionChupa Chups e Franklin & Marshall - Mediastars 2013 XVII edizione - Sezione Advertising On Line Show less

Editorial contents around visual communication, (comics, illustration, photography, ..)Content editor for Ri-creazione, a blog about design, crafting and creations made up with recycled waste materials. Tutorials, interviews, highlights.http://www.ri-creazione.info/

Content editori for Smarter City, Green Liquida and Liquida Magazine. Mainly writing about enviroment, green living, waste reduction, sustainabile lifestyle and so on.More on:http://next.liquida.it/author/tostoini/http://smartercity.liquida.it/author/tostoinihttp://magazine.liquida.it/author/roberta/http://green.liquida.it/author/tostoini