Mónica Zacarías

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Profile

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I studied design because I like to experiment with not only spaces, but elements in general: lines, stains, textures, whites. I could have studied architecture, which fascinates me, but I opted for design and once I was enrolled in the program I knew, or rather intuited, that my career would be dedicated to graphic design. For a time, I made posters and designed logos; I did well at that and thanks to Mexico's international poster biennales, I had excellent teachers from all over the world who were fundamental to my training as a graphic designer. But it wasn't until I was working on a book at the renowned and cherished Imprenta Madero that I discovered that making books, designing books, was what I wanted to do my whole life. I've mostly designed art books, but I have also worked on series of literary texts, facsimiles of ancient works, and different kinds of materials in general, even participating in the creation of artist-books. Every book is a separate journey, every book has its own architecture.


I studied design because I like to experiment with not only spaces, but elements in general: lines, stains, textures, whites. I could have studied architecture, which fascinates me, but I opted for design and once I was enrolled in the program I knew, or rather intuited, that my career would be dedicated to graphic design. For a time, I made posters and designed logos; I did well at that and thanks to Mexico's international poster biennales, I had excellent teachers from all over the world who were fundamental to my training as a graphic designer. But it wasn't until I was working on a book at the renowned and cherished Imprenta Madero that I discovered that making books, designing books, was what I wanted to do my whole life. I've mostly designed art books, but I have also worked on series of literary texts, facsimiles of ancient works, and different kinds of materials in general, even participating in the creation of artist-books. Every book is a separate journey, every book has its own architecture.


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Awards

Official selection, First International Poster Biennale of Mexico, 1990
Official selection, Second International Poster Biennale of Mexico, 1992
Award from the American Museum Association of Washington, DC for design for the Catalog of the National Art Museum Collection on three occasions, 2000, 2002, and 2003
Wine Cellars of Mexico received in 2003 an Honorable Mention from Gourmand, distinguished as the best book on wines in the New World and with a National Graphic Arts Prize, 2003
Honorable Mention for the design of the collection Overseas. II Latin American Prize for Editorial Design (collection category) awarded by the Fundación El Libro at the Buenos Aires International Book Fair, 2016.
Cámara Nacional de la Industria Editorial Mexicana (Caniem) Editorial Art Prize for The Mesoamerican Ball Game, 2016
Member of the preselected ADDA Awards from 2011 to 2013