FRANCESCO CICCOLELLA



SELECTED EDITORIAL PROJECTS for various magazines and newspapers.

Cover art, illustrations and animation for a SUMMER READING GUIDE, published in print and online.

A version of this artwork is available as a signed giclée print in my shop.

Client: Boston Globe
Art Direction: George Patisteas
Animation: Roman Buchberger

Various illustrations for JOHNS HOPKINS MEDICINE MAGAZINE:

  1. DRIER AIR PUTS LUNGS AT RISK
    While scientists have long known that air pollution poses a threat to lung health, a recent study led by Johns Hopkins researchers points to a new culprit: dry air.

  2. SLOWING CANCER THROUGH BETTER EATING
    A healthy diet may reduce the chance of low-risk prostate cancer progressing to a more aggressive state in men undergoing active surveillance.

  3. WINDOW INTO THE BRAIN
    Sonolucent acrylic “brain windows” provide neurosurgeons a noninvasive way to monitor patients’ conditions.

  1. A NOSE FOR DELIRIUM
    Could your ability to identify smells predict how well you could recover from cardiac surgery?

Client: Johns Hopkins University
Art Direction: Skelton Sprouls

EAT WHAT YOU WANT!

Finding something that’s healthy, ethical, climate-friendly and tasty? Almost impossible. Unless you stop taking every warning too seriously.

Cover illustration for a story about the growing confusion around food choices in an age of health trends, climate concerns, and animal welfare.

Client: Der Pragmaticus
Art Direction: Verena Bartosch

Opener and illustrations for a series of essays on HUMILITY for  BOWDOIN MAGAZINE.

One essay recounted a humbling experience harvesting potatoes in Maine, which inspired me to create the artwork using hand-cut potato prints.

Client: Bowdoin Magazine
Art Direction: Melissa Wells

Cover and illustrations for CARTA, a magazine about education, science and innovation, published by Stifterverband.

Client: Stifterverband
Art Direction: Kathrin Tschirner, Yvonne Baumgärtel

SLOWING THE SPREAD

Capping gatherings at 10 people could significantly reduce covid-19 infection rates. Illustration accompanying a story about superspreader events.

Client: MIT Alumni Magazine
Art Direction: Emily Luong

STOP COVID OR SAVE THE ECONOMY? WE CAN DO BOTH.

Client: MIT Technology Review
Art Direction: Emily Luong

THE LIMITS OF HUMANITY

Cover and illustration for a story on artificial intelligence and it’s impact on humanity.

Client: The Finanical Times
Art Direction: Shannon Gibson, Brian Saffer

CAN PHILOSOPHY CHANGE MY LIFE?

A version of this artwork is available as a signed giclée print in my shop.

Client: Philosophie
Art Direction: Tina Ahrens

FOOD IS MEDICINE

Client: San Diego Magazine
Art Direction: Elisa Glass, Sydnie Goodwin

HOW TO FIND THE RIGHT RHYTHM?

Client: Philosophie
Art Direction: Stéphane Ternon, William Londiche

Selected illustrations for TIME Magazine:

  1. RESOURCES THAT CAN HELP MS PATIENTS

  2. SUMMER READING

  3. WHY KIDS LEARN LANGUAGES MORE EASILY THAN ADULTS

  4. WHAT PATIENTS WITH PROSTATE CANCER WANT THEIR DOCTOR TO KNOW

Client: TIME Magazine
Art Direction: Skye Quinn, Chrissy Dunleavy

Various illustrations for a health supplement of Austrian newspaper DER STANDARD.

Some of the artworks are available as limited edition UV prints in my shop.

Client: Der Standard
Art Direction: Magdalena Rawicka, Karin Pollack, Hedi Lusser

THERE IS NO PLANET B

Client: Chrismon
Art Direction: Lena Uphoff

I CAN HAVE WEALTH TOO

How Gen Z women are investing their way to the good life

Client: Business Insider
Art Direction: Rebecca Zisser

MAKING YOUR MIND UP

Illustrations for a story about why craft is good for our psychological wellbeing.

Client: Crafts Magazine
Art Direction: Stephen Coates

TO FIGHT CLIMATE CHANGE, WE SHOULD ACTUALLY ADD CARBON DIOXIDE TO THE ATMOSPHERE

Client: Scientific American
Art Direction: Michael Mrak

 HOW THE RIGHT CAPTURED MINDS: THE GRAMSCI HYPOTHESIS

Client: Philosophie
Art Direction: Stéphane Ternon, William Londiche

VarIous illustrations for BRUMMELL.

Client: Brummell Magazine
Art Direction: India Scrimgeour, Jo Murray-Bell

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