Ricardo Diseño

Biography

Ricardo Diseño is an illustrator and poster designer based in Austin, Texas, who has done work for The New Yorker, the Criterion Collection, The New York Times, Chronicle Books, and many other clients.

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FICTION / Summer 2025

The Woman Wong

By Mimi Lok ,  Illustrations by Ricardo Diseño

The summer I got engaged, I flew from San Francisco to London to see my mother. I had to remind myself during the flight that the engagement’s being a big deal didn’t make the trip a big deal, and that I should treat it like any other visit...

The Woman Wong - Illustration by Ricardo Diseño
FICTION / Summer 2025

Tenth Year

By William Pei Shih ,  Illustrations by Ricardo Diseño

I do not mean to be a hated person. I have thick skin. There are those whom I have set up for failure. I will subvert expectations. 

In public, I pretend not to notice my pupil. I look busy. I am busy. I look like I am enjoying myself as the...

Tenth Year - Illustration by Ricardo Diseño
FICTION / Summer 2025

Missing History

By Bill Cheng ,  Illustrations by Ricardo Diseño

Melon Floyd was born out in the Salts, 1881, in the border country between Winnemucca and Susanville—before they recorded Black voices on acetate, before his knife-throwing contest with Charlie Long, before “Laughing Man Blues.” His father...

Missing History - Illustration by Ricardo Diseño