Pablo Martín

Pablo Martín (born 1964 in Barcelona) is an award-winning creative director and graphic designer with over 35 years of working at the forefront of international design. He is globally renowned for producing brand identities, visual communication systems, signage and packaging and for his contribution to newspaper and magazine design.
He joined Efe Cakarel at MUBI as Creative Director in March 2019, running a multi-talented team of video editors and designers developing a broad variety of assets: trailers, posters, brand campaigns and promotional items for multiple markets worldwide, as well as launching the printed publication 'Notebook'.  
==Early Life==
Originally from Barcelona, Spain, Martín studied graphic design at the EINA School of Design of which Martin says “EINA gave me two basic skills: typography, which became an obsession, and visual thinking, thanks to Mario Eskenazi, who introduced us to the work of Alan Fletcher, Bob Gill, Robert Brownjohn and Derek Birdsall”.
==Career==
Pablo Martín began his career working at Mario Eskenazi’s studio in Barcelona and then with Michael Bierut and Massimo Vignelli at Vignelli Associates in New York. Returning to Barcelona in 1993 he founded Grafica with Fernando Gutiérrez, quickly establishing their reputation as one of the most influential design studios in Spain for over two decades with award-winning work for Camper, Metalarte, Phaidon Press and Canal Sur, plus newspapers and magazines including La Vanguardia and Tentaciones, the Friday supplement for El País as well as overseeing the redesign of Elephant magazine in 2014. After Gutiérrez’s departure for Pentagram in 2000, Martín continued to run Grafica for thirteen more years.
In 2012 he co-founded the award-winning brand and design consultancy Atlas with Astrid Stavro from their office in Palma, Mallorca. His work was recognised in 2014 when he won the Spanish National Design and Innovation Award, the design profession's highest honour recognising outstanding lifetime achievement in graphic design. Awarded by the Ministry of Economy and Innovation, it is the most prestigious Spanish design award and was handed in person by the King of Spain, Felipe VI.
He is a member of the Alliance Graphique Internationale (AGI), the world’s most prestigious design association, with Martín previously President of AGI Spain.
Martín Design and Art Direction (D&AD), SPD and the Art Directors Club of New York and is the recipient of more than 200 design awards.
==Recognition and Awards==
* Type Directors Club of New York (2021), Judges Choice, Elephant 25 
* LAUS Awards (2021), 3 Silver, 1 Bronze
* Art Directors Club, NY (2016), Silver, Elephant 25
* SPD Awards (2016), Silver, 
* D&AD (2015), Wood Pencil Award, Barcelona Design Museum
* LAUS Awards (2013), 3 Silver, Bronze
* D&AD (2012), Wood Pencil Award, AGI Barcelona
* Type Directors Club of New York (2012), Selected
* LAUS Awards (2012), Grand Prize Winner, 3 Gold, 4 Silver, 2 Bronze
* LAUS Awards (2011), Silver, 2 Bronze
* LAUS Awards (2010), Gold, Silver, Bronze
* LAUS Awards (2009), Gold, 3 Silver
* D&AD (2009), InBook Award, La Resistencia
* D&AD (2008), Yellow Pencil, nomination. InBook Award
* ÑH Awards (2008), Winner Best Magazine of Spain and Portugal, Gold, 4 Silver
* LAUS Awards (2007), 3 nominations
* Visual Awards (2007), Professional Career Award
* Visual Awards (2006), Best Book Award
* LAUS Awards (2006) Gold
* LAUS Awards (2005) Gold
* D&AD (2004), Wood Pencil Award, Camper
* LAUS Awards (2004), 4 nominations
* LAUS Awards (2003), 3 nominations
* D&AD (2002), Graphite Pencil, Camper
* LAUS Awards (2002), 2 Gold
* LAUS Awards (2001), 5 nominations
* LAUS Awards (2000), 2 Silver
* Society of Publications Designers New York (1999), Merit
* Society of Newspaper Design (1999), Award of Excellence
* LAUS Awards (1999), Silver
* Art Directors Club, NY (1998), Gold
* LAUS Awards (1998), 2 Gold, 2 Silver
* Society of Publications Designers New York (1998), Silver
* PhotoEspaña Awards (1998), Best Photography Book
* The Donside Design Awards (1998), Best overall entry, Magazine Category winner
* The Donside Design Awards (1997), Silver
* Best Packaging Awards (1996), Gold
* The Donside Design Awards (1996), Best Project
* The Donside Design Awards (1995), Best Project, Silver, Bronze
* Society of Newspaper Design, NY (1995), Best World Design, 2 Gold, 10 Silver, 18 Awards of Excellence
* Society of Publications Designers New York (1995), Merit
* AEP Awards (1995), Best Project
* D&AD (1994), Wood Pencil Award, Mosto
* The Donside Design Awards (1994), Silver
* Society of Typographic Designers (1994), Award of Excellence
* LAUS Awards (1993), Gold
* The Donside Design Awards (1993), 2 Bronze
* Typographical International Association NY (1993), Silver
* LAUS Awards (1991), 2 Silver
* Communication Arts Magazine (1989) Award of Excellence
* Art Directors Club, NY (1989), Merit
* LAUS Awards (1989), Selection
==Teaching Posts and Notable Lectures==
Pablo Martín has been a typography teacher for more than fifteen years and has lectured all over the world.
* Professor of Typography II and Typography III (1991-2005), EINA University
* Professor of Final Degree Projects (1998-2003), EINA University
* Professor for Masters in Advanced Typography (2003-2006), EINA University
* Professor for Masters in Publishing (2001-2010), Pompeu Fabra University
* Professor of Projects (2008-2009), The International Society of Typographic Design (ISTD)
Lectures:
* 2000 Society of News Design (SND), New York.
* 2000 Motiva 2000, Escuela de Arte de Oviedo 
* 2004 Motiva 2000, Escuela de Arte de Oviedo 
* 2005 Universidad de las Américas (UDLA), Mexico.
* 2005 Casa de las Américas, Cuba.
* 2007 Congreso ÑH4 (SND), Barcelona.
* 2007 Chill LAUS 01. AdgFad, Barcelona.
* 2011 International Course of Illustration and Graphic Design, Spain.
* 2012 Semi-permanent, Wellington, New Zealand.
* 2012 Round table Leaders in Design, Barcelona.
* 2013 AGI Open, London
* 2013 Postgraduate in Graphic Design and Editorial Projects, Barcelona.
* 2013 ESAD, Portugal.
* 2013 Pechakucha, Palma de Mallorca
* 2013 Behance Portfolio Reviews, Palma de Mallorca
* 2015 AIGA Panel Discussion , New York. 
* 2017 Label Lab event panel, London 
Category:1964 births
Category:People from Barcelona
Category:Spanish people
Category:Creative directors
Category:Graphic designers