Graphitons

Graphic design & art direction atelier run by (Mar)ina Colell Salarich, based between the Netherlands and Barcelona.

Rooted in values of deep ecology, creative experimentation and clear communication, Ina designs especially for regenerative projects and for the creative sector, translating artistic and musical visions to graphics.

Delivering typographic excellence, editorial bliss and creative coherence — with a commitment to caring for the Earth and its denizens.

& Guiding students from around the globe expand their design practice at BAU, College of Arts & Design in Barcelona.

Services

Thinking Capability

— Designing is questioning, researching, analysing, proposing; the visuals are a result of these. Ina engages in projects ideally in early stages, where the needs are yet to be defined and she can take part in a collective thought process.

Editorial design

— Conceptualization, research, art direction and design for any printed piece. Magazines, catalogues, text books, novels, poem books, artist books, photobooks... Special printing and bound techniques. For the love of print!

Music albums

— Art direction + creative album formats for musicians and bands. Albums turned into conceptual books, artist books, vinyl and sleeve design, digipack and booklet design. Singles, merchandising.

Cultural allies

— Imagery & visual communication for museums, exhibitions, events, festivals, concerts, plays and fun stuff. Online & offline: Posters, flyers, social media visuals, banners.

Branding

— Definition, research, strategy & visual identity design. Brandbooks, rebrands and visual universes for individuals, products, services and projects.

Plant illustration

— A personal practice in deep ecology and reciprocity means Ina spends a lot of time outdoors, be it in her regenerative organic garden, planted for the human and the more-than-human in mind, or in the woods. Her practice takes the shape of botanical and plant illustration, and this she offers to regenerative farming / rewilding projects, together with graphic design services. Check out the Work tab.

Websites

— Specialised in hand-coded quirky websites. Also offering UI web design services in collaboration with web developer and coder.

Graphitons is een geregistreerd bedrijf in Nederland: NL005033302B34

More about Ina

Speaking

Ina has a knack for unraveling what’s tangled and finding clarity: be it words, concepts or images.

Native Catalan and Spanish speaker. C2 in English (Cambridge University), C1 in Dutch and a little bit of forgotten German. She offers services in translation and editing.

Teaching

7+ years Masters teacher at BAU University

— MA in Design Research: Embodied class exploring the students' relationship between their design practice and deep ecology.

— MA in Graphic Communication: Guiding students through a (decentralised) History of Graphic Design, Typography and Editorial design.

— MA in Digital Contents Creation: Applied Storytelling for brands.

Recognition

— Golden award Gaudeamus PROJECTA, national award by the Official Association of Graphic Designers in Catalonia.

— Finalist at Premio Crema, for emerging talents in graphic design.

— High Potential at the Art Directors Club of Europe.

Talks

Coding

Intrigued by the world of coding, Ina learned basic web coding so that she could create websites to look exactly how she wanted. She creates special hand-coded websites.

This website is a living proof of it, hand-coded from scratch by Graphitons. Here are some others: Can Bonamic | Keep Moving Method | Elena Tarrats

Quantum physics

A deep fascination for the workings of our universe drove Ina to conduct research on quantum phsyics, more specifically on String Theory. She has developed two projects about her findings: Symphony of the Cosmos (Gaudeamus Projecta Award) and Dance of the Cosmos.

Explore her quantum world here

Words from clients

“El millor fitxatge de la història d'aquest projecte.”

Judit Neddermann, about the design of her 5th album 'LAR'.

“Marina is an extraordinary artist with a very valuable ability: she’s ahead of you and makes you discover things about your project that you didn’t even know. She detects the essence of a project and that enables her to communicate it in excellence.”

Elena Tarrats, about her personal website design + code, & album design for Alexandræ

“I choose to work with Marina for her creative excellence: an ingenious queen creating forms that elevate contents to other dimensions. Without Marina's work, there are many layers of the content that would not reach you.”

Mercedes Boronat, about the design process of Momento Boom book.

“Her sensitivity matched perfectly with ours, and with our needs. Her work is astonishing and her creativity knows no limit. I'm deeply grateful!”

Marçal Castán, about the branding process for Psientive.