Gábor Palotai is working across genres in both art and design. His studio, Gabor Palotai Design,[5] is based in
Stockholm, Sweden, since 1987.[6] During the years, his noted world of
visual art has been realized in different media: His works operate with a holistic concept of visual culture and therefore his artistic and design practice is completely intertwined. Reflecting his expanded understanding of graphic design, in his consistently formulated oeuvre, besides conventional formats and media, other, hardly classifiable or less common genres are present; such as conceptual photography, graphic design novel, printed textiles, non-narrative digital motion pictures or even public plaques.[7] Gábor Palotai works on a broad range of commissions, art and design projects within the field of visual communication such as
corporate design,
visual identities,
packaging design,
profile programmes,
logotypes,
pictograms,
exhibition design,
web design, animation,
illustration, photography,
poster design,
album covers,
typography and
book design.[8][9] Gábor Palotai's design has rendered him many awards over the years and has been the subject of several books, among which Maximizing the Audience (Ginko Press 2000)[10] "best illustrates the studio's output", while his book 111 Posters (Gestalten Verlag 2006)[11] displays "Gábors strongly typographic
poster art, with works created primarily for cultural institutions".[12] In his
artist's book Odysseus – A Graphic Design Novel (2007), Gábor Palotai replaces the verbal with the visual. The book AM MU NA HI (2007) is dedicated to his photography. Gábor Palotai's long-standing project on art-
patterns has been realized in independent
works of art, textile design, products such as
porcelain, and in his latest artist's book ZOO (2017).[13] Gábor Palotai has held several solo exhibitions and participated in numerous group exhibitions throughout Europe.[14]
Awards
Lifetime Achievement Award 2024 / Association of Hungarian Artists and Designers
Graphic Design for the 21st Century. 100 of the World's Best Graphic Designers. Charlotte and Peter Fiell. Taschen 2003. Pages 230–235
ISBN3-8228-1605-1.
European Design Awards 2013 Celebrating Creative Brilliance (participating)
ISBN978-960-98284-5-1.
Contemporary Graphic Design. Charlotte and Peter Fiell. Taschen 2007. Pages 396–399
ISBN9783822852699.
Grids. Gavin Ambrose and Paul Harris. AVA publishing, 2008. Pages 3, 86–89, 148–151, 160–161
ISBN978-2-940411-92-4.
Who's Who in Design. The Leading Designers of the World, ed. Peter Zec, Red Dot Edition, Vol 1, Vol 2 (2003). Pages 276–277, Vol 3 (2007) pages 262–263.
Novum, World of Graphic Design, München 07/12. Pages 50–51.
Novum, World of Graphic Design, München 06/07. Pages. 62–65.
Novum, World of Graphic Design, Gabor Palotai.
TipoGráfica, Buenos Aires, June/July 2/2, 005. Pages 16–23.
Eva Atle Bjarnestam De formade 1900–talet, 2005. Page 173
ISBN91-27-10778-7.
Octogon. Architecture & Design, Budapest, 2005/2
Étapes: design et culture visuelle, Paris 07/2004, parade en noir et blanc. Page 53.
Print. May/June 2007. Page 143.
BLUEPRINT, June 2005. Page 82–84.
Kobra / SVT, Interview with Gábor Palotai in His Studio by
Malik Bendjelloul, 2004.
Poster Design. Big Size Visuals, selected by Marc Gimenez, Instituto Monsa de Ediciones, Barcelona 2011. Pages 64–71
ISBN978-8415223030.
Los Logos, ed. Robert Klanten and Nicolas Bourquin, Die Gestalten Verlag, 2004. Pages 58, 91, 133, 134
ISBN978-3-89955-055-9.
It's A Matter of Packaging edited by Victionary 2005 (participating).
Romantik, Die Gestalten Verlag, 2003 (participating).
^Nordic Graphic Designers. Arvinius Förlag, 2011. pp. 128–135
ISBN978-9185689224
^Emese Mucsi and Júlia Salamon, curators of “Gabor Palotai, Zoo, Landscapes, Cosmos”, Trafó Gallery, Trafó House of Contemporary Arts, Budapest, 31/10-2/12 2018.
http://trafo.hu/en-US/galleryArchived October 15, 2018, at the
Wayback Machine
^Fiell, Charlotte; Fiell, Peter, eds. (2003). Design Graphique Au 21e Siécle (Graphic design for the 21st Century). Cologne, Germany: Taschen. pp. 230–235.
ISBN978-3-8228-1605-9.
^Gavin Ambrose & Paul Harris (2008), Basic Grids pp. 3, 86–89, 148–151,160–161, AVA Publishing 2nd Edition 2012
ISBN978-2-940411-92-4
Gábor Palotai is working across genres in both art and design. His studio, Gabor Palotai Design,[5] is based in
Stockholm, Sweden, since 1987.[6] During the years, his noted world of
visual art has been realized in different media: His works operate with a holistic concept of visual culture and therefore his artistic and design practice is completely intertwined. Reflecting his expanded understanding of graphic design, in his consistently formulated oeuvre, besides conventional formats and media, other, hardly classifiable or less common genres are present; such as conceptual photography, graphic design novel, printed textiles, non-narrative digital motion pictures or even public plaques.[7] Gábor Palotai works on a broad range of commissions, art and design projects within the field of visual communication such as
corporate design,
visual identities,
packaging design,
profile programmes,
logotypes,
pictograms,
exhibition design,
web design, animation,
illustration, photography,
poster design,
album covers,
typography and
book design.[8][9] Gábor Palotai's design has rendered him many awards over the years and has been the subject of several books, among which Maximizing the Audience (Ginko Press 2000)[10] "best illustrates the studio's output", while his book 111 Posters (Gestalten Verlag 2006)[11] displays "Gábors strongly typographic
poster art, with works created primarily for cultural institutions".[12] In his
artist's book Odysseus – A Graphic Design Novel (2007), Gábor Palotai replaces the verbal with the visual. The book AM MU NA HI (2007) is dedicated to his photography. Gábor Palotai's long-standing project on art-
patterns has been realized in independent
works of art, textile design, products such as
porcelain, and in his latest artist's book ZOO (2017).[13] Gábor Palotai has held several solo exhibitions and participated in numerous group exhibitions throughout Europe.[14]
Awards
Lifetime Achievement Award 2024 / Association of Hungarian Artists and Designers
Graphic Design for the 21st Century. 100 of the World's Best Graphic Designers. Charlotte and Peter Fiell. Taschen 2003. Pages 230–235
ISBN3-8228-1605-1.
European Design Awards 2013 Celebrating Creative Brilliance (participating)
ISBN978-960-98284-5-1.
Contemporary Graphic Design. Charlotte and Peter Fiell. Taschen 2007. Pages 396–399
ISBN9783822852699.
Grids. Gavin Ambrose and Paul Harris. AVA publishing, 2008. Pages 3, 86–89, 148–151, 160–161
ISBN978-2-940411-92-4.
Who's Who in Design. The Leading Designers of the World, ed. Peter Zec, Red Dot Edition, Vol 1, Vol 2 (2003). Pages 276–277, Vol 3 (2007) pages 262–263.
Novum, World of Graphic Design, München 07/12. Pages 50–51.
Novum, World of Graphic Design, München 06/07. Pages. 62–65.
Novum, World of Graphic Design, Gabor Palotai.
TipoGráfica, Buenos Aires, June/July 2/2, 005. Pages 16–23.
Eva Atle Bjarnestam De formade 1900–talet, 2005. Page 173
ISBN91-27-10778-7.
Octogon. Architecture & Design, Budapest, 2005/2
Étapes: design et culture visuelle, Paris 07/2004, parade en noir et blanc. Page 53.
Print. May/June 2007. Page 143.
BLUEPRINT, June 2005. Page 82–84.
Kobra / SVT, Interview with Gábor Palotai in His Studio by
Malik Bendjelloul, 2004.
Poster Design. Big Size Visuals, selected by Marc Gimenez, Instituto Monsa de Ediciones, Barcelona 2011. Pages 64–71
ISBN978-8415223030.
Los Logos, ed. Robert Klanten and Nicolas Bourquin, Die Gestalten Verlag, 2004. Pages 58, 91, 133, 134
ISBN978-3-89955-055-9.
It's A Matter of Packaging edited by Victionary 2005 (participating).
Romantik, Die Gestalten Verlag, 2003 (participating).
^Nordic Graphic Designers. Arvinius Förlag, 2011. pp. 128–135
ISBN978-9185689224
^Emese Mucsi and Júlia Salamon, curators of “Gabor Palotai, Zoo, Landscapes, Cosmos”, Trafó Gallery, Trafó House of Contemporary Arts, Budapest, 31/10-2/12 2018.
http://trafo.hu/en-US/galleryArchived October 15, 2018, at the
Wayback Machine
^Fiell, Charlotte; Fiell, Peter, eds. (2003). Design Graphique Au 21e Siécle (Graphic design for the 21st Century). Cologne, Germany: Taschen. pp. 230–235.
ISBN978-3-8228-1605-9.
^Gavin Ambrose & Paul Harris (2008), Basic Grids pp. 3, 86–89, 148–151,160–161, AVA Publishing 2nd Edition 2012
ISBN978-2-940411-92-4