Manuel Ponce Contreras

Manuel Ponce has a diploma in Graphic Design from Escuela de Arte Número Diez, Madrid and also studied a number of disciplines at Escuela de Arte y Superior de Diseño in Mérida.

He is a member of di_mad (Madrid Designers Association) and did the graphic design for the 2nd Ibero-American Design Biennial (2010) as well as working for MUSAC, MEIAC, the Spanish Ministry for Education, Culture and Sports, ILO (International Labour Organization), Editora Regional de Extremadura, Diputación de Badajoz, Correos y Telégrafos, Editorial SinsEntido and Museo Thyssen, in collaboration with Jesús Moreno & Asociados and the Sánchez Lacasta studio. With the latter he designed the pictograms for the new signage of Museo Arqueológico Nacional after its recent refurbishment. In 2012 he won first prize in the posters competition convened by IED Barcelona (Instituto Europeo de Diseño, Barcelona) and was selected for Good 50 x 70 among the best international posters with a social theme.