Poza at Grupo 13
Juan Poza Tártalo cites how the collaboration with Federico Ribas and his admiration for the works of Rafael de Penagos and Bartolozzi gave rise to his interest in the poster. In the years that saw the poster become the showpiece of visual communication, Poza would produce more than three hundred, many winning awards in the...
Pla-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 directly or indirectly, to culture, aesthetics and graphic teaching”. This paragraph, signed by Pla-Narbona, the first president of the Group (see previous blog entries), appears at the start...
Number one seeds
For Christmas 1969 the Spanish design tandem Elías + Santamarina from Asturias created the greeting for the Grafistas del FAD. It represented a unique form of illustrating the moment of creation according to the particular style of the 28 colleagues in the Association: Baqués, Barba, Bas, Costa, Creus, Cruspinera, Domenech, Dorado, Escutia, García Benavides, García...
FAD’s graphic designers in black and white
“I truly believe that the present work is a rich source of discoveries, full of pleasant surprises,” was how the ‘modest prologue’ by Swiss designer Donald Brun started. It was written in 1964 for the volume that compiled the work of 18 graphic artists from Agrupación FAD, edited to commemorate the early years of their...
Grupo 13 exhibits in “Control”
In Spain in 1962 the monthly magazine Control de Publicidad y Ventas (Control of Advertising and Sales) began, a pioneering publication with specialised information on advertising and marketing. In its 20th edition, from May 1964, an exhibition by Grupo 13 featured on the cover, with a 40-page special report inside. It opened with an article by...
The FAD stars
The FAD stars (Foment de les Arts i del Disseny – Catalan design association) In December 1963 each member of the ADG/FAD (graphic design and communication branch of this design association) designed a star for their Christmas greeting. The card was designed by Tomás Vellvé and printed by Industrias Gráficas Casamajó, it is a piece of great beauty...
PRAG Magazine nº 2
A previous entry in this Blog introduced the first edition of the Spanish Graphic Design magazine ‘PRAG’ and detailed numerous professionals who were active in the 20th century during the fifties and sixties and who we now revere as pioneers of Spanish graphic design. The second edition of this new magazine was published in November...