Rita Laranja graphic designer, illustrator, printmaking enthusiast

Rita Castilho Sá Couto, also known as Rita Laranja, is a multidisciplinary designer based in Porto (PT). She works in various forms and formats across all platforms, blending the worlds of analog and digital. From idea to execution, she builds creative worlds with a strong focus on art direction.

As a printmaker, she is fascinated by various hand printing techniques; thus, most of her personal work takes the form of relief prints created using the lengthy process of lino-cutting and wood-cutting. As a result, her work is defined by the exploration of disruptive visuals with a fascination for analogue methods and imperfect results.

Skills:
Graphic Design
Illustration
Art Direction
User Interface
Album design
Editorial Design
Branding
Ceramics
Graphics for Clothing
Printmaking
Art & Installation

Experiencing the multiple effects of an unexpected world pandemic, this book brings together a selection of letters from people living in different cities. Sharing their experiences through the pandemic and their hopes for the future.

I thought nothing would fit better than a risograph printed retro futuristic design, showing how the past hoped the future would be.

«Bande à part» is the title of a theoretical project over three volumes by Nuno Brandão Costa about triptychs of architectural works in Europe designed by European architects. For a variety of reasonably s and contexts, these works have become important to the author, having turned into objects of fascination for him and exerting diverse influences on his path as an architect and teacher, from his student days until the present time.

The design of the BANDE À PART collection is inspired by Jean-luc Godard’s title screens and the monoprints are reminiscent of the experimental and noise seen in some of his films.

«Porto Brutalista» brings together a selection of 20 works in Porto, which aims to propose new ways of interpreting an architecture produced with constructive and material affinities associated with Brutalism.

The cover design sought to follow these same guidelines and find new ways to communicate what is Brutalist, through an extremely contrasted and strong cover. The interior follows a minimalist design, letting the photography reveal each work.