Amador Garrell: local design
The graphic designer and printer Amador Garrell came from a long line of graphic arts professionals who were known for their experimental endeavours within the field. He began his career as a...
View ArticleFilograf, a world of tests
‘When my father founded Filograf. Instituto de Arte Gráfico, in 1947, a dream he had worked towards came true: to have a design studio and graphic design workshop set up in the same place. His broad...
View ArticleCulleré’s visual world
Pioneer is a polysemous word. It can signify the pioneer of an epoch, a brand new field, a precise style, a particular attititude or a different country. Albert Culleré -a dedicated follower of this...
View ArticleThe El Corte Inglés pennant
I remember the morning I began working as Art Director in the Publicity Department of El Corte Inglés as if it were yesterday. I was sneaking between drawing tables to introduce myself to my new...
View ArticleCatalan activist design by Pilar Villuendas
“Looking over the images produced throughout these years goes above and beyond a possible analysis of their graphic values to become a statement of the small daily history of Barcelona.” Pilar...
View ArticleVinyl, gouache, ruling pens, Letraset… the 1960s
“But you have to see him because… he’s a very handsome man!” were the words Lola, the receptionist of the Alhambra Publishing House, blurted out to her extremely busy brother and director of the...
View ArticleSantamarina, design for Asturias
In 2000 an exhibition was held at the Palacio de Revillagigedo, in the Principality of Asturias, in homage to five graphic designers from Catalonia who were pioneers in their profession and originators...
View ArticlePla-Narbona’s ADG
The Graphic Artist Group FAD published its professional intentions on 6 December 1961. “They were honestly and painstakingly dedicated to all professional undertakings and everything related, either...
View ArticleEcheverría and professional integrity
Miguel Ángel Echeverría is one of the foremost pioneers of design in Spain whose extensive international career and broad experience of creating and implementing corporate identity programmes have...
View ArticleThe sun that rose for all
Although the monograph El sol para todos, which the designer Alberto Corazón prepared for the disappeared Banco Urquijo, was published in 1979, its elaboration process lasted for over five years. As...
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