She designed a Vogue cover during COVID while riding her motorcycle through Barcelona without a helmet. She made over 300 logos before landing on the one for a Nike Haaland campaign. She survived a pandemic across two countries paying two rents simultaneously — and ended up in a farmhouse with bats, eagles, and rats for four months.

Marta Cerdà Alimbau is a Catalan graphic designer, AGI member, and author of Surviving Design. This is one of the most honest, funny, and deeply personal conversations of the season.

What we cover:

• Studying psychology before design — and what it gave her
• The Vogue Spain cover created from chaos and a deep need for resilience
• Designing Barcelona's Christmas street lights from the iconic panot tile
• Over 300 logos for a Nike Haaland campaign — and the hidden arrow
• COVID across two countries, two rents, and four months in a farmhouse with bats
• Surviving Design — what the book is really about and why it's actually optimistic
• Comic Sans, context, and what Vincent Connare taught her in 2004
• The tobacco brief, karma, and the projects she wishes she hadn't taken
• What she'd say to her 10-year-old self

Connect with Marta Cerdà Alimbau:

Website: https://martacerda.com/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/martacerda/

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If you liked this episode, listen to: Sophia Yeshi (S02/E22) — another deeply personal conversation about identity, building a creative career against the odds, and staying true to yourself through everything.