Mar Hernández / Malota Projects

Valencia, Spain

Mar Hernández, otherwise known as Malota, is a Spanish designer and illustrator. Her work, which ranges from restaurant identities to designer plush toys, has been widely exhibited, most recently at a solo show at El Círculo de Bellas Artes in Madrid.

“I always bring my pocket Moleskine with me; I sketch everywhere: while having a coffee, sitting on a park bench, or waiting for the bus.

These sketches are not for any specific project. I think it’s interesting to work without a brief occasionally because you feel free to draw anything. Sometimes you come up with things you wouldn’t have under the pressure of a brief. When sketching, everything is more natural and less forced.”

—Mar Hernández