Rita Laranja graphic designer, illustrator, printmaking enthusiast

Rita Castilho Sá Couto, aka Rita Laranja is a multidisciplinary creative designer based in Porto. She works in various forms and formats, from album design, printmaking, editorial design, ceramic, UX/UI, illustration and clothes design across all platforms. Unable to focus in one practice she fluctuates between printed and digital matter.
As a self taught printmaker, she’s fascinated by various hand printing techniques therefore most of her personal work takes the form of relief prints created using the lengthy process of lino-cutting and wood-cutting.
Currently working as a freelancer and doing some personal projects exploring illustration, clothes design and ceramics.

For freelance/collaboration enquiries, please reach out via email.
aritalaranja@gmail.com

Press
Studio Gallery
Pressing Matters — Issue 05 2018

Featured Creative
The Design kids Porto 2019

Exhibitions
Matriz Perdida
Ecos de Lima Festival— Ponte da Barca 2019

Vizinhas Banhantes
Daily Day — Porto 2018

Collective Exhibition
Um instante antes da explosão
Saco Azul/Maus Hábitos — Porto 2022

PRINT! WOMEN PRINT!
Stall Bookshop — Porto 2017

Talks
Freelancer Edition
The Design Kids Tuesdays 2019

Full CV available on request.

Artwork and design for Névoa cassette tape.
Cover artwork made with linocut, handprinted.
Find more here.

Illustrations for the new Finiam’s about page, showing the company’s best features, values and work ethic.
website here

Constant feedback & candor
Simplify & Make it accessible
Learning & Sharing Mindset
Transparency & Honesty

A series of cute cats trying to get some milk bottles.
Risograph Prints
One of forty.
Available on my shop!

Printed in:
fluo pink and blue
bright red and hunter green
bright red and yellow
on 140gr Arena Natural paper.

Little animation of Fire Cat, a character from a web comic series I’m releasing on instagram.
Start reading here.

Kitsune is a hand screen printed collection based on woodcuts I made previously. It is exciting to see how they turned out on different types of materials and different hand printing techniques.
T-shirts and totes available for purchase on my online store.
Woodcuts available to see on the site below.

Yes, very moody.

Woodblock prints from one of my personal projects.
Available for purchase on my online shop.

riso printed postcards from the city of Breda — NL

Original linocut print artwork and design for the Batsaykhan album.
With 20 limited edition green vinyl records accompanied by an original 4 colour reduction linocut print, signed and numbered by me.
Linocut print available on mu shop!
Album available here.