riccardo = graphic designer + creative coder + indie researcher

Design projects

(2025) ─ Urban Utopia

  

(2024) ─ Nested Currents

  

(2024) ─ B3

  

(2024) ─ TileTalks

  

(2023) ─ Track

  

(2022) ─ Sicko

  

Research projects

(2025) ─ Inside the Troll Factory

  

(2025) ─ User Generated Experiences in Virtual Worlds

  

(2024) — Digital Methods for Blockchain Research

  

(2024) ─ War, Memes, Art, Protest, and Porn: Jail(break)ing Synthetic Imaginaries

  

(2024) ─ Ethnic minorities in Russia on Telegram: Clusters of concerns

  

Publications
* Ventura, R., & Mariani, I. (2025). User generated experiences in virtual worlds: A design-driven open innovation framework. In Proceedings of the 20th International Forum on Knowledge Asset Dynamics (IFKAD 2025). University of Naples Federico II, Naples, Italy.
* Cossu, A., Omena, J. J., Messias, J., & Ventura, R. (2025). From speculation to sociality: Crypto airdrops and the embedding of finance in digital cultures. Finance and Society. Cambridge University
* Ventura, R. (2025). User generated experiences in virtual worlds : a design-driven open innovation framework for ugc creation (Tesi di laurea magistrale). Politecnico di Milano. https://hdl.handle.net/10589/234921