David Molina GadeaHello! I’m a Barcelona-based graphic designer, artistic director, and photographer working at the intersection of art and design. Focusing on book design and image research, my work draws inspiration from art history, where images are tools for thought and words shape visual meaning.
17/24Artistic directionLA NUUInternational photography festival of Rubí, Barcelona.  
19/24PhotographyEl camino vertical
A long-form body of work about slowness and the landscape, made during my walks and cycling journeys along Europe’s most ancient routes.
2023Book designShepherds and the Slaughterhouse Book design for the Slovene-based Taiwanese photographer Simon Chang.
2023Book designUniversum PlečnikExhibition catalog design with Studio AA for the MAO (Architecture musuem of Ljubljana).
2023Book designUlica / Street
Book design for Slovene antique shop owner and make-shift photographer Jaka Priatelj.
2023Book designLos kodokushaA novel by Milena Michiko Flašar.
Book design for the Spanish Publisher Editorial Mapa.
2023Book designLa SolicitanteA novel by Nazli Koca.
Book design for the Spanish Publisher Editorial Mapa.
2023Book designAnna ThalbergA novel by Eduardo Sangarcía.
Book design for the Spanish Publisher Editorial Mapa.
2023Book designDientes de LecheA novel by Helene Bukowski.
Book design for the Spanish Publisher Editorial Mapa.
2023Book designSangre OscuraA novel by Tom Benn. 
Book design for the Spanish Publisher Editorial Mapa.
2023Book designLas hojas muertasA novel by Bárbara Jacobs. 
Book design for the Spanish Publisher Editorial Mapa.
2022BrandingEditorial Mapa
Branding and art direction for the Spanish publisher Editorial Mapa.
2022Publication designEvolucions especulatives Publication design for the Center of Contemporary Culture of Barcelona in collaboration with Massana, center for art and design of Barcelona.
2022Design / researchQuémame los ojos!Graduation project for the superior degree in printed and communication design at Massana, center for art and design of Barcelona.
2022Publication designThe carrier bag theory of fiction by Úrsula K. Le Guin. Publication project for the superior degree in printed and communication design at Massana, center for art and design of Barcelona.
2022Design / research
Pyro 2050 Publication project for the superior degree in printed and communication design at Massana, center for art and design of Barcelona.
2024Design / researchRandom: Common.Image research-based project.
2021Design / researchFunerary masks: Images and anachronism. Image research-based project that springs from the idea that there is a limited amount of images in the world and that all the rest evolved from them.
2024Editorial designBurn my eyes!Design for a hypothetic poetry book collection.
2018Photography book Go to becomeA photographic tell tale of night club transformation.