Several Elisava Alumni Recognized at the 2025 LAUS Awards

The Elisava community has once again stood out at the LAUS Awards, organized by the Association of Graphic Design and Visual Communication of the FAD (ADG-FAD). In the 2025 edition, several Alumni and students from the school were recognized for projects ranging from visual identity to editorial and packaging design, once again solidifying Elisava’s presence in the national design scene.

One of the most outstanding recognitions was the LAUS Young Talent Award, the highest honor for students, awarded to Gonçalo Salgado and Jan Sobyra, Alumni of the Master in Visual Design. Their final master’s project, Heroes of Petanca, reimagines this traditional sport from a community-based and intergenerational perspective, using graphic design as a tool for social transformation.

In the professional category, Studio P.A.R., founded by Alumni and professors Luca Castro and Iris Tárraga, received a Gold Award in Corporate Publishing for the Escofet General Catalog. This editorial piece reclaims the beauty of concrete as an urban material through an analytical and visually refined approach.

Also awarded Gold:

• Alumni Víctor García Gutiérrez, for his packaging proposal for Mel Cristal·litzada de Casa Jaumet, which redefines a little-known product through a material and austere approach.

• Meteorito Studio, led by Alumna Eva Guadalupe, for the Tomatier Snack packaging design, aimed at children and designed to stand out in the fresh produce aisle.

• Xabier Isasti, Alumnus and founder of Sin Título-1, for the visual identity of chocolatier Joan Escribà, with cocoa as the narrative core of the graphic system.

The collaboration between Elisava’s communication department and Folch Studio was also widely recognized. The school’s new visual identity, together with the Elisava Sans typeface and the graphic system for the Graphic Lecture conference series, received multiple accolades: Gold, Silver, and InBook, respectively.

RUN, led by Alumnus Xavier Roca, received multiple recognitions, including:

• Silver in Visual Identity for Small Business for the restaurant Esperit Roca.

• InBook in Naming for the wine bar VII.

• Silver for the project 97-12º, an ice cream and chocolate shop in Ibiza.

• InBook for the identity of Cheesebakers.

• Gold for the graphics of an exhibition showcasing designer Andreu Carulla’s residency experience in Chistén, a Pyrenean town at risk of depopulation.

Other recognitions include:

• Silver for Albert Romagosa for the cover designs of the Perdigones collection by Santa & Cole.

• InBook for the a·emotional light News 2024 brochure, created by Studio Aranda Santos, founded by Alumni Pablo Santos and Yolanda Aranda.

• InBook for Studio Réplica, founded by Camilo Roa, for the website design of the art studio Spot Studio.

The 2025 LAUS Awards not only celebrated the present of a generation of designers trained at Elisava, but also reaffirmed the school’s role as a driving force of visual thinking, innovation, and social sensitivity.