Nettles and the Wild Wood
Julia Hogendorf
Toy Design
About this Item
- Title
- Nettles and the Wild Wood
- Contributor Names
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Hogendorf, Julia (Creator, Designer)
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Mucaro, Damian (Thesis advisor)
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Adamo-Baumbach, Susan (Thesis advisor)
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Tomei, Terri (Thesis advisor)
- Date
- 2025
- Summary/Artist Statement
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Julia Hogendorf is a Queens-based illustrator and designer with a passion for character-driven toy design and imaginative worldbuilding. Inspired by Eastern European folklore, childhood nostalgia, and the quiet magic of nature, her work blends soft surrealism with intricate detail. With a background in illustration and toy design, she creates playful, story-rich visuals across traditional and digital media—bringing whimsical creatures and dreamlike environments to life through thoughtful design and a love for narrative play.
- Toy Design Genre: Storybook
- Medium
- Digital illustration
- Course/Degree Information
- Course: TY 463 Storybook Design and Licensed Product (Fall 2024, Semester 7)
- Professor: Damian Mucaro; Susan Adamo Baumbach; Terri Tomei
- Program/Degree: Toy Design BFA
- In Exhibition
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2025 Graduating Student Exhibition - Toy Design BFA
- Rights
- In Copyright
- The copyright for this work is held by its author/creator(s). Usage of this material beyond what is permitted by copyright law must first be cleared with the rights-holder(s). This work has been made available online by the Fashion Institute of Technology Gladys Marcus Library strictly for research and educational purposes. If you are the copyright holder for this work and have any objections to this work being made available online, please notify us immediately at [email protected].
- Identifier
- FIT Repository ID: ty_000114
Citation
Hogendorf, J. (2025). Nettles and the Wild Wood. FIT Institutional Repository. https://institutionalrepository.fitnyc.edu/item/634009
Hogendorf, Julia. Nettles and the Wild Wood. 2025. FIT Digital Repository, https://institutionalrepository.fitnyc.edu/item/634009
Hogendorf, Julia. "Nettles and the Wild Wood." FIT Digital Repository, 2025. https://institutionalrepository.fitnyc.edu/item/634009