top of page

Rachel Buigas-Lopez is a designer and art director in New York City with a background in publication design, digital media, and branding for print and online. 

NYTimes Select Cover.jpg

Select Print Design Work from NYTimes

Print designs, layouts, and commissioned illustrations for Food, Styles, Travel, and Arts & Leisure sections.

THE NEW YORK TIMES • ART PRODUCTION INTERN

00Youtube-Promo-videoSixteenByNineJumbo1

The Flourishing Business of Fake YouTube Views

Created gifs and modified visual assets for embedded interactive and social media promotion.

THE NEW YORK TIMES • ART PRODUCTION INTERN

NYTimesOpen_illo.jpeg

What It’s Like to Intern at the New York Times

NYTIMES OPEN • ILLUSTRATION

FringeF17 Cover.jpg

Fringe: Beauty and Skincare

Honorable Mention Design of the Year 2018 from Associated Collegiate Press.

WASHINGTON SQUARE NEWS • CREATIVE DIRECTOR

Strawberry Fest Cover.jpg

Strawberry Fest 2017

 

The annual spring festival at New York University hosted by the NYU Program Board. The Program Board hosted a design contest to develop a brand for the event based on a jazz theme.

 

DESIGN CONTEST WINNER

Fringe.jpg

Fringe: Sartorial Sustainability

 

Profiling three fashion designers at New York University who are using innovative techniques to produce their clothing lines.

 

WASHINGTON SQUARE NEWS • CREATIVE DIRECTOR

IMG_7936.JPG

Skin

 

Installation made with cut paper and ribbon.

 

PERSONAL PROJECT

Diary-of-a-Song-Cover.gif

Diary of a Song: The Story of ‘Mo Bamba’

Additional production help collecting assets, animation, typography, and editing.

THE NEW YORK TIMES • ART PRODUCTION INTERN

IMG_9331.JPG

虎跳峡 (Tiger Leaping Gorge)

 

A zine exploring of my journey hiking Tiger Leaping Gorge (虎跳峡) and the beauty of the mountains through cut paper. Exhibited at "Art and Design Education: Future Lab" in Nov. 2019 at Westbund in Shanghai.

 

PERSONAL PROJECT

Featured.jpg

Select Print Design Work from Washington Square News

 

Print designs and layouts from NYU's independent student newspaper.

 

WASHINGTON SQUARE NEWS • CREATIVE DIRECTOR

Walkill-Illustrations-08.jpg

The Wallkill Journal

 

A series of illustrations for stories written by inmates at Wallkill Correctional Facility and published in Washington Square News.

 

WASHINGTON SQUARE NEWS • ILLUSTRATION

FringeF18 Cover.jpg

Fringe: The Dinner Party

Where style is served.

WASHINGTON SQUARE NEWS • CREATIVE DIRECTOR

FringeS18 Cover.jpg

Fringe: Streetwear

 

Celebrating unique styles and diverse perspectives with a gritty look and feel.

 

WASHINGTON SQUARE NEWS • CREATIVE DIRECTOR

WSN website Cover.jpg

Washington Square News Website

 

Redesigned the website for NYU's independent student newspaper in Fall 2018 using WordPress.

 

WASHINGTON SQUARE NEWS • CREATIVE DIRECTOR

bottom of page