Graphic designer, typographer and printer, from the 1930s on he devoted his talent to the design of posters, leaflets, book covers and bibliophile editions, and is regarded as one of the pioneers of graphic design in Spain. In 1947 he founded Filograf, Institut d’Art Gràfic, where he combined tradition and innovation to create trademarks, plaquettes (small thin books), kaleidocopes, etc., as well as typefaces. In addition to Gaudi, he also designed the typefaces Xenius, Helios, Gaya Ciencia, Biblos, Pompeya, and Maryland. Among other awards, he received the ADIFAD Delta d’Or (1962), the Premi Ciutat de Barcelona (1983), the ICOGRADA Graphic Design Excellence Award (1989) and the Spanish Premio Nacional de Diseño (1991).

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