Brand identity, Posters, Zines, Merch. Concept project

Hoja Suelta

A self-initiated identity for a Mexico City bookshop with a risograph press that prints its own posters and zines.

Inside the Hoja Suelta bookshop: riso event posters on a wooden table, the painted logo on the wall and a risograph printer

Two sheets that never line up

Hoja Suelta imagines a neighbourhood bookshop in Santa María la Ribera with a risograph printer at the back. It sells books, prints its own zines, and hosts readings and workshops. The brief was an identity the shop could print itself, in two inks, every week.

The name means loose sheet. The mark is two sheets printed in separate passes that never quite line up, and where they overlap a third colour appears. That imperfect registration becomes the system: fluorescent pink, riso blue and yellow, a heavy grotesque paired with a loose italic serif, and a monospaced type for dates and prices.

Identity system

Two inks, two sheets out of register, and a third colour where they overlap.

Hoja Suelta mark of overlapping pink and blue sheets and wordmark beside overlapping pink, blue and yellow circles

Digital mockups