When Barcelona-based designer Mònica Losada begins a project, she starts by defining a set of rules for herself to follow—or not. “A lot of times, I find myself playing around with grids and geometry and using that as a starting point for exploration: making structures and breaking them later,” she says. “Lately, this has been related to the tools—digital or analog—that I work with. By understanding and pushing the rules and limitations of a certain tool or software, I find new interesting formal solutions.” During her time in art school, Losada began working in the library where she read plenty of books on design culture; this also peaked her interest in book and editorial design. “I feel very inspired by Karl Nawrot’s formal experimentation,” she says on her influences. “My work is also influenced by Wim Crowel’s type and grid treatment and by Karel Martens’s playfulness.” Losada shares that enthusiasm for playfulness and experimentation, which shines through in her design work. “I think it’s important to always try to push myself out of the comfort zone and feel a tiny bit out of control,” she says. “Feeling lost in the middle of the process means that I might end up learning something new. Hopefully this way, I can bring something new to the table.”