14 Designs That Inspired Digital Designer Aitana Picó's Unique Style I Source Material

Introducing Source Material — Figma's weekly series where the designers & creatives shaping culture share the references that shaped them. A look past the finished work and into the objects, books, ideas and oddities that actually inform how they think.

Our next guest is Aitana Picó — The global graphic designer, visual artist and creative technologist takes us through a world of graphic humor, literature, music and play — from Yukio Mishima’s SED DE AMOR to Jockstrap’s I LOVE YOU JENNIFER B and the colorful chaos of KATAMARI DAMACY. An eclectic mix of references behind a practice fueled by curiosity and experimentation.

Read more about Aitana's inspiration: https://figma.bot/shortcut-aitana-pico

Aitana Picó’s Source Material:
0:00 Intro
00:25 Tarot Cats (Ana Juan, 2020)
00:28 Tarot Mucha (Giulia F. Massaglia & Barbara Nosenzo, 2018)
00:31 El Gran Tarot Esoterico (Luis Peña Longa, 1978)
00:34 Tarot of the Witches (Fergus Hall, 1973)
01:07 Perdiz Magazine Issue 10 (Marc Romo & Marta Puigdemasa, 2019)
02:14 Pippi Longstocking (Astrid Lindgren & Lauren Child, 2007)
03:16 Selection of Artworks (Ima Picó, 2000)
03:53 ¿Te Acuerdas? (Inés Oliver, 2024)
04:47 Vitamin: Volume 16 (Ho-Kyong Yeo, 2006)
05:20 Sed de Amour (Yukio Mishima, 1983)
05:35 Humor Grafico Español del Siglo XX (Álvaro de Laiglesia, 1970)
06:01 I Love You Jennifer B (Jockstrap, 2022)
06:37 Si Abro los Ojos No Es Real (Amaia, 2025)
07:10 Custom Figurines (Aitana Picó, 2026)
07:50 Outro
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