Niccolò Venerandi

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Software Development

I've been a KDE Plasma developer since 2017, and I'm sponsored by Valve to work on the desktop since 2023. I have created a few proof-of-concept applications, from Epub readers to SVG animations.

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Content Creation

I have created the "Nicco Loves Linux" YouTube channel, which has more than 30.000 subscribers and 70 monthly donors. I also have a "Nicco Loves Poetry" TikTok page, with almost 10.000 followers.

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Photography & Videomaking

I have been the photographer in multiple electoral campaigns, from Andrea Orlando's (Governor candidate) to Silvia Salis (Mayor candidate). I have also worked with multiple city council representatives.

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Design & Art

I have created professional designs for electoral campaigns, operating system mockups, YouTube cover images, logos for various projects, and more!

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Mathematics

I'm currently undergoing a Bachelor's Degree in Mathematics at the University of Genova. I have also studied at Stockholm's University through the Erasmus program.

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Hobbies, and more!

I have also studied political strategy and communication, I play chess tournaments, I study screenwriting and creative writing, I am a boy scouts leader and more.

Software Development

KDE Plasma

Since 2018
I implemented various major features throughout the years: I have added the option to have a Floating Panel and Floating Dialogs, I have redesigned the Overview and Grid View effects, an option to clone panels preserving their settings, redesigned Panel settings, and more. I made a proof-of-concept application for an Epub reader and a Inkscape plugin implementing SVG animations.

Content Creation

Nicco Loves Linux

Since 2021
I created a YouTube channel about Free and Open Source Software. I produced more than 400 videos reaching a total of more than 4 million views and 30k subscribers. I collaborated with editors, script writers and other YouTubers on this project. I'm currently attempting to make the channel an established news source for the FOSS world. I also wore cat ears. Once.

Nicco Loves Poetry

Since 2022
For about a year, I've also made a TikTok account regarding Italian poetry and rap. Much to my surprised, I reached many million views here, and almost 10 thousand followers. I've also produced long-form rap analysis on a similarly named YouTube channel with good results. I had to take a break from this personal project due to limited time, but I still hope to - one day - be able to get back to it.And, by the way, I've also written a lot of rap-like poetry, and I even performed it multiple times in Poetry Slams and dedicated events. Big fan of the genre!

Photography

Silvia Salis

2025

Andrea Orlando

2024

Design

A set of campaign ads for a non-existent fascist candidate.

Giovani Democratici Genova

2025
The goal here was to create a new logo (and some brand identity) for the GD (Young Democrats) group of Genoa. The current logo mirrors the national one, with the addition of the symbol of the Municipality of Genoa in the background.The proposed design reuses the low-poly / origami style found in the GD logos of Milan and Florence, applied to the Genoa Lighthouse (Lanterna). The new logo incorporates both the orange of the national GD and the red of the Democratic Party.The perspective construction lines become both the shadow cast by the Lighthouse and the light emitted from it.

LibreNews

2024
This logo was created for the website thelibre.news, where you can find articles written by me and my collaborators.The goal was to convey the general theme of the site (computing), while incorporating some more vintage elements. I decided to use both chromatic aberration and barrel distortion effects to evoke the shape of old CRT (cathode ray tube) televisions.The accent colors of the entire site are therefore those naturally generated by chromatic aberration: pure blue and red, along with yellow and cyan.