Queer Design Club

Gay, non-binary Mexican artist & designer blending storytelling, illustration, and product design. I create vibrant, meaningful work that connects and inspires—bringing heart and humor to everything I make.

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The Language of Fear is an original magazine that explores design history through the psychological and visual lens of horror. Horror has long been a personal coping mechanism for me, especially as I navigate grief and loss. The magazine is not only an investigation into how design shapes emotional responses to fear but also a deeper exploration of why humans lean into the grotesque and unsettling during dark times—how horror offers a way to process trauma, anxiety, and grief.

A collection of 20+ original sticker designs responding to political despair with queer absurdity and humor. Sold locally at markets; this work is a key part of how I connect with my community.

Glam Collab is a branding initiative connecting PSU design students with local beauty students to build real-world portfolios. I created a custom typeface, visual identity, and full collateral package including merchandise and web design.

How does being queer inform your work?

Being queer shapes how I see, feel, and connect. It gives me a lens of fluidity, resistance, and deep care—for identity, chosen family, and storytelling. My work often centers voices and aesthetics that exist outside the mainstream. I’m drawn to the strange, the intimate, and the in-between. Queerness teaches me to embrace contradiction, create my own systems, and design with honesty and heart.

What are your favorite pieces of queer visual culture?

One of my favorite pieces of queer visual culture is Katya Zamolodchikova. She’s unhinged, brilliant, and endlessly layered: equal parts drag, performance art, horror, and humor. I love how she uses absurdity to talk about identity, fear, and survival. Her work feels like a mirror for the contradictions I live with: grief and joy, beauty and filth, the sacred and the trashy. That balance deeply influences how I design; blurring sincerity and satire, making space for both chaos and care.

Which other queer people inspire you?

I’m endlessly inspired by John Waters, Serial Mom especially. His work is smart, grotesque, and hilarious, and I love how he uses camp to critique “normalcy” and middle-class repression. That balance of horror, humor, and cultural commentary shows up in my own work all the time.