The Essential List: Aldana Medina

Aldana Medina started her career as a freelance designer during her last year of college in Buenos Aires. After graduating as a graphic designer at FADU, she travelled around Europe and landed her first official designer job at a top rated European hostel chain in Barcelona.

Aldana is a versatile graphic designer, illustrator, photography enthusiast and tattoo lover. She does bold, clean and purpose-driven designs.

Lifestyle

• Place of birth: Buenos Aires, Argentina
• Hometown: Buenos Aires
• Staycation: My mama’s house in Buenos Aires
• Vacation: Anywhere—just tell me when and I’ll pack
• Pet: Every dog I meet is my pet
• Place of work: Barcelona

• Place of workout: … I’ll start working out soon, I swear
• Good Habit: Buying shots for people. Cheers
• Bad Habit: Working from bed. Burning my food
• Mode of transport: Bus, window seat
• Bonus Travel Essential: Phone charged to follow Google Maps. Otherwise I won’t get anywhere

Culture

• Music Video: 
  

• Board Game: Burako
• Artist: Shigeo Fukuda, Refik Anadol, Adriana Mora, Harry Richards, Jiri Oplatek, Karan Singh, Felipe Pantone, Andrew Footit, Christoph Brach and Daniera ter Haar
• Musician: Nope. Too hard to choose
• Author: Yuval Noah Harari
• Photographer: Polina Washington
• Film: 101 Dalmatians, The Gift, Contratiempo, Perfectos Desconocidos, Fair play, Neighbors
• Series: Peaky Blinders, Friends, Ripley, Ozark, Arrested Development, The Umbrella Academy
• Invention: Air fryer
• Book: Sapiens: A brief history of humankind, Bubblegum from Jumbo Press

• Podcast: Smartless
• Obsession: Rain, Christmas and finding good thrift items in Vinted 

Food and Drink

• Breakfast: Oat pancake with avocado
• Restaurant: Lo de Abelardo in Buenos Aires
• Cheap bite: Kebab
• Working lunch: Usually my lunch is a late breakfast
• Dish: Anything with meat
• Snack: Anything salty
• Guilty Pleasure: McDonald’s
• Bar: Pisamorena
• Booze: Moscow Mule
• Not Booze: Hmm
• Bonus Food: Anything fried
• Bonus Beverage: Shots

Kit

• Phone: Motorola
• Computer: MacBook Air
• Camera: Team Canon
• Pen / pencil: Pen
• Where you document an idea: Any piece of paper at hand
• Casual Clothing: Co-ord sets
• Smart Clothing: Co-ord sets with more attitude
• Footwear: Sneakers
• Accessory: Rings. So many rings. 
• Collection: Christmas ornaments
• Home comfort: Oversized t shirts
• App: TickTick
• Website: awwwards, cargocollective
• Work program: Photoshop
• Digital work tool: Figma
• Analogue work tool: Notepad
• Morning grooming / makeup essential: Not a morning person
• Bonus Kit Essential: Wacom Tablet