I am John Rizzo.
I am a “traditionally” trained print designer and self-taught web designer that thrives on sugar and cartoons.
I attended the College of Design, Architecture, Art and Planning (DAAP) at the University of Cincinnati during which I completed 6 co-op quarters of design internships. I had the opportunity to work at: Exhibitgroup/Giltspur, a mid-sized exhibit design firm in Erlanger, Kentucky; D3, Inc. (now known as Spur Communications), a small design agency in Kansas City, Missouri; Walmart.com, a large retail website in San Francisco, California; and FS Creations, a small education software firm in Cincinnati, Ohio.
In the summer of 2004 I received my Bachelors of Science in Design after completing my 6 coop quarters and the 5-year DAAP graphic design program. I began working at Bridge Worldwide in the fall of 2004 as a designer. I have since concepted, designed and art directed my way to senior designer while working on printed brochures and sales materials, websites, banner ad campaigns, emails and other web-related marketing pieces. I have also had the opportunity to freelance briefly with the Mulholland & Knapp, Wine Girl and F&W Media.
Before joining Bridge Worldwide, I worked on design development with a roster of clients that included The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Hope House, Quintiles, and Walmart.com. Currently I focus the majority of my design expertise and consumer-understanding on healthcare-related brands, including such brands as Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc., P&G Pharmaceuticals and Abbott Nutrition. I also love to work with my favorite pro bono clients, the Cincinnati Shakespeare Company and ProKids.
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“An artist is a person who had sensed that they were dissatisfied with the configuration of the world as they found it, and they want to present another configuration, but since nothing comes out of the sky and nothing is invented, they are like voyagers, they are like sailors, which is very romantic. They are off into places which nobody else went to, but the difference between sailor and artist is that the former goes off into places and just looks around and gets laid in Tahiti, whereas the latter looks around and gets laid in Tahiti, but then they turn around and come back and tell somebody. That’s what an artist is, a man or woman that goes off into territories where they could go mad and come back and tell…It’s not the imaginary territory that they go into, and it’s not something on the inside.” *
* Writings & Interviews of Lawrence Weiner 1968-2003, Hatje Cantz Publisher, 2004.