︎︎︎ mail@ridaabbasi.com
Designer working at the intersection of research, culture, and craft, working with cultural institutions, independent music, publishers, and mission-driven organizations. My practice is grounded in experimentation and collaboration, working across editorial illustration, data visualization, publication design, and web.
Collaborators include Nike, Gates Foundation, Pentagram (Team Lupi), The Atlantic, National Gallery of Victoria, Google, IBM, and Airbnb. I've also taught as a sessional instructor in the Master of Communication Design program at RMIT University, Melbourne.
For freelance work, resumé or collaborative enquiries, please reach out through email︎︎︎ or feel free to connect via LinkedIn︎︎︎ or IG︎︎︎
Designer working at the intersection of research, culture, and craft, working with cultural institutions, independent music, publishers, and mission-driven organizations. My practice is grounded in experimentation and collaboration, working across editorial illustration, data visualization, publication design, and web.
Collaborators include Nike, Gates Foundation, Pentagram (Team Lupi), The Atlantic, National Gallery of Victoria, Google, IBM, and Airbnb. I've also taught as a sessional instructor in the Master of Communication Design program at RMIT University, Melbourne.
For freelance work, resumé or collaborative enquiries, please reach out through email︎︎︎ or feel free to connect via LinkedIn︎︎︎ or IG︎︎︎
Selected clients & collaborators:
Pentagram, US
Nike, US
Gates Foundation, US
The Atlantic, US
National Gallery of Victoria, AU
Jane Goodall Foundation, US
Google, US
IBM, US
Airbnb, US
A/D/O by MINI (BMW), US
ExperimentaDesign, ES
Occasional Papers, EU
RMIT University, AU
Exhibitions:
2020 Melbourne Design Week ‘Open_Collab: Global/Local’ Exhibition
2020 Melbourne Design Week, ‘Which Mirror Do You Want to Lick’
2019 Melbourne Design Week, ‘Making Sense’
2018 Melbourne Design Week, ‘Making Space’
2016 Melbourne Art Book Fair
2016 RMIT School of Communication Design
2015 ExperimentaDesign Biennale ‘As Far as the Mind Can See,’ Porto
2015 ExperimentaDesign Biennale ‘As Far as the Eye Can't See,’ Lisboa
2015 RMIT School of Media and Communication, ‘Pre-Flight,’ Melbourne
2014 RMIT School of Media and Communication, ‘Inbetweeners,’ Melbourne
2011 OCAD University, Toronto
Speaking & Workshops:
2023 RMIT Practice Research Symposium
PhD research presentation on data materiality
2020 Melbourne Design Week
‘Open_Collab: Global/Local’ workshop facilitator
2019 AGDA First Five Out
‘Go Your Own Way’ presentation on independent practice
2018, 2019 RMIT Guest Lectures
Design education and practice
Available for talks and workshops on design research methodologies, materiality in data visualization, feminist approaches to visual communication, and experimental design for cultural impact.
Features:
2025 The Daily Heller︎︎︎
2024 Cargo World
2024 kooollektoor
2023 Design Everywhere
2023 Cargo World
2020 General Eclectics
2015-19 Behance
2019 Grafik Media
2019 Broads Down Under
2018 Women of Graphic Design
2018 The Loop
2017 This Designed That
2015 ‘11th Asia-Pacific Design Yearbook,’ Sandu Publishing
2015 Good Ideas, Hightone Publishing
2015 Packaging of the World
2015 Lovely Package
2015 BeType
2014 Good Typography
2013 ‘Web’ Magazine, South Korea
Education:
2015–17 RMIT University, Master of Communication Design, Melbourne, AU
2014–15 RMIT University, Bachelor of Communication Design, Melbourne, AU
2011–13 OCAD University, Bachelor of Graphic Design, Toronto, CA
2008–09 KCAD University, Foundations Program, Grand Rapids, US
Pentagram, US
Nike, US
Gates Foundation, US
The Atlantic, US
National Gallery of Victoria, AU
Jane Goodall Foundation, US
Google, US
IBM, US
Airbnb, US
A/D/O by MINI (BMW), US
ExperimentaDesign, ES
Occasional Papers, EU
RMIT University, AU
Exhibitions:
2020 Melbourne Design Week ‘Open_Collab: Global/Local’ Exhibition
2020 Melbourne Design Week, ‘Which Mirror Do You Want to Lick’
2019 Melbourne Design Week, ‘Making Sense’
2018 Melbourne Design Week, ‘Making Space’
2016 Melbourne Art Book Fair
2016 RMIT School of Communication Design
2015 ExperimentaDesign Biennale ‘As Far as the Mind Can See,’ Porto
2015 ExperimentaDesign Biennale ‘As Far as the Eye Can't See,’ Lisboa
2015 RMIT School of Media and Communication, ‘Pre-Flight,’ Melbourne
2014 RMIT School of Media and Communication, ‘Inbetweeners,’ Melbourne
2011 OCAD University, Toronto
Speaking & Workshops:
2023 RMIT Practice Research Symposium
PhD research presentation on data materiality
2020 Melbourne Design Week
‘Open_Collab: Global/Local’ workshop facilitator
2019 AGDA First Five Out
‘Go Your Own Way’ presentation on independent practice
2018, 2019 RMIT Guest Lectures
Design education and practice
Available for talks and workshops on design research methodologies, materiality in data visualization, feminist approaches to visual communication, and experimental design for cultural impact.
Features:
2025 The Daily Heller︎︎︎
2024 Cargo World
2024 kooollektoor
2023 Design Everywhere
2023 Cargo World
2020 General Eclectics
2015-19 Behance
2019 Grafik Media
2019 Broads Down Under
2018 Women of Graphic Design
2018 The Loop
2017 This Designed That
2015 ‘11th Asia-Pacific Design Yearbook,’ Sandu Publishing
2015 Good Ideas, Hightone Publishing
2015 Packaging of the World
2015 Lovely Package
2015 BeType
2014 Good Typography
2013 ‘Web’ Magazine, South Korea
Education:
2015–17 RMIT University, Master of Communication Design, Melbourne, AU
2014–15 RMIT University, Bachelor of Communication Design, Melbourne, AU
2011–13 OCAD University, Bachelor of Graphic Design, Toronto, CA
2008–09 KCAD University, Foundations Program, Grand Rapids, US