Graduated in Design from Eina. He has been trained as a moderator in Socratic Dialogue by the Socratic Design Academy.
Teaching / Research
Marc Català has been a professor at Eina since 2008. From 2008 to 2012 he taught the Final Degree Project, and since then he has taught different courses and programs at Eina and Idep and has been a professor of the Packaging Design Master at Elisava. From 2018 to 2021 he was co-director of the Post-Graphic Master, taught at Idep, whose objective was to expand the boundaries of graphic design towards visual language and strategic philosophical thinking. Català is a regular speaker on the international scene, offering talks, workshops and Socratic dialogue sessions.
He has been a guest speaker at OFFF Barcelona, Moscow, Mexico, Fortaleza or Qatar, as well as at the Digital Design Days in Milan or at the Design Leaders Conference in Dublin. He has also developed research projects such as the Visual Thinking Research Project, of which he gave a TedX Talk, at the IESE Business School.
Professional experience
Marc Català is a founding partner and creative director of Mucho, a brand design agency. He founded Mucho with Pablo Juncadella in 2003.
The agency combines its original independent studio mentality with a strategic approach to branding. This has brought Mucho to the forefront of brand design on the international scene.
Its most notable projects include the design of global brands such as Visa, Aeroméxico or Movistar+, lifestyle brands such as Colnago, Bash or Pacha and institutions such as Toulouse School of Economics (TSE), European Investment Fund (EIF) or Museum of Contemporary Art of Barcelona (MACBA).
Mucho has offices in Barcelona, San Francisco and Melbourne, and is run by 11 partners including 3 AGI members. Mucho develops projects in more than 27 countries.
Awards
- Member of Alliance Graphique Internationale (AGI) since 2020.
- 2 D&AD Yellow Pencils.
- 2 Gran Laus.
- 12 Laus.
- 3 ADCE Awards.
- 2 NY ADC Mentions.
- Publications: El País, Monocle, Brand New, It's Nice That, BP&O o Design Boom.