Nicole is a designer working in between editorial and product. She leads design at The Humane Space.

  1. 01The Humane Space — a curiosity practice
  2. 02Notre Dame — sports identity work
  3. 03Thinker — redesigning the Great Books
  4. 04Grind City Grub — a neighborhood food guide
  5. 05Cooper Black — the type spec book
  6. 06Calliope — a literary arts magazine
Project 01 / 06

The Humane Space

I joined The Humane Space as the first full-time hire to own the design practice ahead of launch and scale it into a living product.

Role
Head Designer
Year
2023–present
Scope
Product, Brand, Editorial, Copy
Project 02 / 06

Notre Dame Athletics

I spent two years designing for Notre Dame Athletics, applying one of the most recognizable identities in college sports across various programs, partners, and properties.

Role
Design Lead
Year
2020–2022
Scope
Brand
Project 03 / 06

Thinker↗EXT

Completed for my senior thesis, this project is the synthesis of my two undergraduate majors: Visual Communication Design and the Program of Liberal Studies.

Role
Designer
Year
2020–2021
Scope
Product, Research
Project 04 / 06

Grind City Grub

Grind City Grub is a Memphis food-app concept built by someone from Memphis. Beyond the core features, curated challenges and graphic illustrations make the app feel like the city itself.

Role
UX/UI Designer
Year
2020
Scope
Product, Research
Project 05 / 06

Cooper Black

For the rite-of-passage that is the type specimen book, I chose a font that is equally unique and ubiquitous; challenging to work with yet countless in its use cases. There is no other font in the world like Cooper Black, and this type specimen book tells its story in all its glory.

Role
Designer
Year
2018
Scope
Editorial, Copy
Project 06 / 06

Calliope

Extracurricular turned passion project — I overhauled my high school's literary art magazine with an emphasis on editorial design, producing the school's most talked-about edition in years.

Role
Editor-in-Chief
Year
2016–2017
Scope
Editorial, Art Direction
Nicole Simon — portrait

Meet Nicole.

Nicole is a New York-based designer working across product, brand, and editorial. She's the founding designer at The Humane Space, where she built the design practice ahead of launch and now owns everything from the iOS app to the brand.

She double-majored in Visual Communication Design and Liberal Studies at the University of Notre Dame.

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