Elliott Romano is a graphic designer specializing in software, tools, and interactive spaces. He creates visual systems and interfaces that help people understand, shape, and play with technology.

Instrument MFA Thesis

Printed Manual and lecture/performance covering a 3-year inquiry into the creation of graphic instruments, and interactive tools for audio reactive typography and design.

Instrument book spread

RISD CTC Visual Identity

Visual identity created for RISDs newest academic program since 1996. Inspired by historical logic diagrams, the system aims to continually express the relationships between computers, technology, & culture.

CTC Schedule Poster
CTC Sign
CTC Graphic

OPEN SKY VISUAL IDENTITY

Printed and digital materials created for OPEN SKY, an independent exhibition of mediums exploring data & authorship. Designed in collaboration with Clinton Van Arnam.

primary exhibition motion poster for social media
poster in hand
printed gallery takeaways

RISD Museum digital guide & wayfinding

Redesign and reimagining of digital touchpoints throughout the RISD Museum. Created as a part of the RISD Museum Digital Initiatives team with Lucy Ngyuen Pham & Saatchi Metha

Various Flora Exhibition Concept & identity

Visual identity and exhibition concept for Various Flora, an installation exploring floral forms through the lens of machine learning.

tape label
garden with AR Targets
garden with AR Targets

OSCII HYBRID TYPEFACE

OSCII is a typeface created by audio. Each letterform is generated through audio signals that are mapped to XY coordinates and output via web application or hardware vector displays.

oscii hardware vector display
3d glyphs

LRAD Tactical Reader

Printed publication and 3D models inspired by tatical policing materials. Created as research output into militarized audio technologies.

Ambience as Noise Exhibition

Identity and exhibition concept for Ambience as Noise, a series of audio performances in response to Luigi Russolo's 1913 manifesto "The Art of Noise". Created in collaboration with Clinton Van Arnam and Femi Shonuga-Fleming.

social media exhibition ephemera
printed exhibition manifesto and program
printed exhibition manifesto and program

Mycelial Networks

An exploration into natural systems and noise algorithms. This custom software generates audio reactive visualizations of mycelial networks.

printed spread

YouthMode Revisited: Shanzai Optimism

A revisiting of K-Hole's emblematic "YouthMode" trend report from 2013. Once slated as a report on freedom, Shanzai Optimism reflects a shift of reality in a new age of capitalism, and technological determinism: Sloptimism.

printed PDF document

Chips Act Generative Tool

Created in response to the Chips & Science Act, this custom generative audio-visual tool generates and plays mictrochip and silicon forms in real-time.

Hypermedia

Branding for a hypothetical brand and subscription service for cybernetic audio content through extractive capitalistic SaaS wellness platform strategies. Created in collaboration with Clinton Van Arnam.