Javier Mariscal

DIRECTOR

Javier Mariscal is an artist and designer, working in multiple fields including illustration, graphics, comic-books, paintings, animation, interiors, product design, furniture and web design. In 1979, he created the Bar Cel Ona (bar, sky, wave) logo for his adoptive city of Barcelona, a powerful and accessible piece of graphic communication that won him instant acclaim. His popularity increased when his merchandise-friendly Cobi was chosen as the official mascot of the 1992 Barcelona Olympics. Twipsy, chosen as the mascot of the Hanover 2000 Expo, became the star of its own animated TV series.
The Valencian-born designer opened Estudio Mariscal in Barcelona in 1989, winning multiple commissions across a range of disciplines, and expanding to a full-time team of 40. The consultancy’s projects are too diverse and numerous to list, but please visit www.mariscal.com for a taster. Javier Mariscal was the subject of a major retrospective at London’s Design Museum in 2009.
A new exhibition of his work, Mariscal A La Pedrera, opens in September 2010 at Pedrera – one of Gaudi’s most famous buildings – in Barcelona.