Bloomberg Businessweek
I worked as an art director at Bloomberg Businessweek for almost four years. The design team at the magazine approached topics of money, trading, and CEOs with a lot of humor, understanding that even someone as serious as a Businessman does not necessarily want to be surrounded by things that look like a spreadsheet, a salad, or an annual report.
year
2015-2019
client
Bloomberg
type
editorial
art direction
Rob Vargas
Christopher Nosenzo
Tracy Ma
Bloomberg Businessweek
![Cover story about Uber's defeat in China](https://images.ctfassets.net/mxekiq8jl6uh/35GGdIdFAw9IQhMkIkT2SN/5596fc9aaa2d5da99679899c5e749843/Businessweek_10.jpg?w=2578&h=3400&fl=progressive&q=75&fm=jpg)
![Wall Street chronicles](https://images.ctfassets.net/mxekiq8jl6uh/2vGlR8M3Y7ie1orv7pSSz2/23be45934adf5f09f6d076f0bd76dac9/Businessweek_14.jpg?w=2578&h=3400&fl=progressive&q=75&fm=jpg)
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An article by Peter Coy about the possibility of recession
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Illustration for an article that was probably about skiing
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Remember Martin Shkreli?
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Typographic illustrations for Opening Remarks section
![The Bloomberg 50](https://images.ctfassets.net/mxekiq8jl6uh/5tifCBOLnQcixzxv0k5OVP/6fad7b21023d97cee3a8e6212fc56b61/Businessweek_11.jpg?w=2578&h=3400&fl=progressive&q=75&fm=jpg)
![Something about HBO, with Caroline David](https://images.ctfassets.net/mxekiq8jl6uh/5lO51hDU0zHUZMR3ydSEb8/871a335cb45fd003efb8037bcf8f8027/Businessweek_3.jpg?w=2578&h=3400&fl=progressive&q=75&fm=jpg)
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![](https://images.ctfassets.net/mxekiq8jl6uh/2PzcmHllnKvG5oYv07R8T8/c42674d29ad49c281ce41937f89a36bf/Businessweek_extra_12.jpg?w=2000&h=1522&fl=progressive&q=75&fm=jpg)
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Bear markets and Apple commercials
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iPhone recycling
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![](https://images.ctfassets.net/mxekiq8jl6uh/2e1ktVczZEoBCKfdafsGzJ/10f5ca7b15ae0ef3783fdae6dc536181/Businessweek_extra_4.jpg?w=3766&h=2511&fl=progressive&q=75&fm=jpg)
![](https://images.ctfassets.net/mxekiq8jl6uh/3PfW1TJQomH1fUYnJOQP7f/e02bbfa59e9971d900222c5f4dfbe475/Businessweek_23.png?w=2000&h=1477&q=75&fm=png)
![](https://images.ctfassets.net/mxekiq8jl6uh/tQwHnNCjRrvX4El5sCSrM/9625e9b4bb6fc0a6efa73304f053f4cc/Businessweek_extra_15.jpg?w=3000&h=2121&fl=progressive&q=75&fm=jpg)
![](https://images.ctfassets.net/mxekiq8jl6uh/3DGDDnZlpboBkLHB5TMSqI/b0e4b0a652751b8725d97162079ceae2/Businessweek_extra_14.jpg?w=3000&h=2121&fl=progressive&q=75&fm=jpg)
Several iterations were made before the final illustration was chosen
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![](https://images.ctfassets.net/mxekiq8jl6uh/3GS6wqQMIXKclcfCJtNQnX/829e798ed5d3f253f7e54bbd6b62d24a/Businessweek_extra_13.jpg?w=2000&h=1522&fl=progressive&q=75&fm=jpg)
Money, Erdogan and streaming
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![](https://images.ctfassets.net/mxekiq8jl6uh/DOtCxc6CvgIOME8vtTQGL/fb683dfbc96c14c00912ca56f27fb60f/Businessweek_extra_16.jpg?w=1500&h=1567&fl=progressive&q=75&fm=jpg)
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Illustration detail