Marta Cerdà Alimbau brings functional beauty and emotion to Design, translating each project into an effective design that is unique. Her main body of work is focused on the boundaries between typography and illustration. While Marta’s style is strongly eclectic, she believes that the separation of these two disciplines into specialized activities is a limitation. Since 2008, she has worked on global projects which call for Art Direction, Design, Illustration and Custom Typography for Arts, Culture and Advertising Clients abroad.
SERVICES
Art Direction
Graphic Design
Identity
Opening Credits
Editorial
Advertising
Custom Type
Illustrated Type
Illustration
CGI
Animation
Exhibition
Talks & Workshops
SELECTED AWARDS
Young Guns 6th Edition, Art Directors Club, 2008
Premio Graffica, 2012
Certificate of Typographic Excellence, 2015. Type Directors Club
Design Merit Award, 2016. The Society of Publication Designers
Certificate of Typographic Excellence, 2016. Type Directors Club
Certificate of Typographic Excellence, 2021. Type Directors Club
Shortlisted, 2021. D&AD
SELECTED ONLINE PRESS
Marta Cerdà Alimbau on her expressive, trial-and-error approach to graphic design. IT’S NICE THAT
TDC Member of the Month. THE TYPE DIRECTORS CLUB
En muchas palabras. ABC Cultural
Is It Better To “Stay Your Lane” or Branch out Creatively?, by Sean Blanda. 99U, BY BEHANCE
Marta Cerda on typography and visual tricks, by Gary Evans. COMPUTER ARTS
The Synthetic Baroque of Marta Cerda, by Enric Vila. BARCELONA METROPOLIS
TEN QUESTIONS, by Mat Doll phin
PREVIOUS TALKS
Tipos, Santander. SPAIN
Type Paris, Paris. FRANCE
Experience Valencia, València. SPAIN
Innova, Guggenheim Bilbao. SPAIN
The Creative Fest, BARCELONA
Kean University, New Jersey. USA
Offf, Sevilla. SPAIN
Offf, Vienna. AUSTRIA
Copa Domestika, Bogota. COLOMBIA
Ing Creatives, Dubai. UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
Letterspace, Amsterdam. NETHERLANDS
Cocoschool, Mexico DF. MEXICO
Grada, Barcelona. BARCELONA
Orbitas, Jaen. SPAIN
Belfast School of Art, Ulster University. UK
Offf, Barcelona. BARCELONA
Offf, London. UK
Serifalaris, Getxo. SPAIN
Setfonts, Palma. SPAIN
Procesos Creativos, Madrid. SPAIN
Universidad Finis Terrae, Santiago de Chile. CHILE
Typographics Cooper Union School of Art, New York City. USA
Ullens Center for Contemporary Art, Beijing. CHINA
Hirshhorn Museum of Contemporary Art, Washington. USA
Cooper Hewitt National Design Museum, New York City. USA
Apple Store, New York City. USA
Offf, Barcelona. BARCELONA
Offf, Mexico DF. MÉXICO
Get Set Art Festival, Porto. PORTUGAL
Caixa Forum, Barcelona. SPAIN
Chill taus Museu del Disseny, Barcelona. SPAIN
Dejando Huella 170, Querétaro. MÉXICO
72 and Sunny, Los Angeles. USA
Club de Creativos, Barcelona. SPAIN
Congreso Internacional de Tipografía, Valencia. SPAIN
Varsko. Trodheim. With Alex Trochut, NORWAY
Elisava Barcelona Masterclass, Barcelona. With Alex Trochut. SPAIN
Atelier Barcelona Masterclass, Barcelona. With Alex Trochut. SPAIN
Atelier, Barcelona. SPAIN
Studiostore, Barcelona. SPAIN
Weekend Pills, Madrid. SPAIN
Blanc, Vilanova i la Geltrú. SPAIN
EADT, Tarragona. SPAIN
Escola Muu, Barcelona. With Raquel Pelta. SPAIN
Horizontal, Barcelona. SPAIN
PREVIOUS WORKSHOPS
ADG-FAD, Barcelona. BARCELONA
Cocoschool, Mexico DF. MEXICO
Grada, Barcelona. BARCELONA
Belfast School of Art, Ulster University. UK
Hochschule der Bildenden Kunste Saar, Saarbrucken. GERMANY
Universidad Finis Terrae, Santiago de Chile. CHILE
Setfonts, Palma. SPAIN
Offf, DF. MEXICO
Mr. Marcel School, Madrid. SPAIN
Dejando Huella, Queretaro (with Alex Trochut, MEXICO
Blanc, Vilanova i la Geltru. SPAIN
TMDG, Mar del Plata (with Alex Trochut), ARGENTINA
Toffie, Cape Town (with Alex Trochut). SOUTH AFRICA
Atelier, Barcelona. SPAIN
Tenemos un Plan, Barcelona SPAIN
Ping Pong, Las Palmas (with Alex Trochut) SPAIN
JURY MEMBER
Type Directors Club. 2021
The One Show. 2020
Laus. 2019
The Art Directors Club. Young Guns. 2015
Premios Graffica. 2013
BOOKS
Cerdà Alimbau, Marta. Type to Image. Counter-Print books, 2022
CLIENT LIST
W K, Droga5, 72andSunny, Mother, Fallon, DDB, DRAFT FCB, BMB Agency, Betweentwo, SCPF, Anomaly, Ogilvy, Shakelton, Contrapunto, Grey, Leo Burnett, Villarrosas, Scacs, Cutwater, Publicis, Mojo, DDB, TBWA, Soon in Tokyo, Earth8, The Conquistadors, Himmerbuchheim, Lola
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Vogue, The Guardian , The Observer, The Zeit, Vanity Fair, El Pais, Gramophone , Elle, Cosmopolitan, Menshealth, Fortune, Esquire, Design Wee, Bussines Week Magazine, GQ, Corporate Financier, Uno Magazine, IG, Tornoto Life Magazine, The Marketer, What’s Next, Catereralotelkeeper, Supply Management BP Magazine Hemisphere Magazine, Delta Magazine, Purpose Magazine, Which Magazine, Strategy Bussiness Magazine, Nido Magazine, Beautiful Decay, Cooking Light, ESPN magazine, Goop, Millionaire
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Grants, Penguin Books, Chicken House, Little Brown, Scribe Publications, Hachette Childress, Planets, Random House Mondadori, RBA, Blackie Books
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Spotify, Lipton, Netflix, Apple, Diet Coke, Nike, Converse, Skoda, Volkswagen, Toyota, Mazda, Kia, Victoria’s Secret, Coca Cola, Thomson, Panasonic, Deutche Bank, RayBan, The ADC, IG Markets, Watx, Vincci Hotels, Virgin Active, Virgin Money, Spanish Embassy in USA, Bayan Audio, Chesterfield, Kleenex, Zoo York
