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José María Cruz Novillo, designer

Motilla del Palancar, La Manchuela Conquense, Cuenca

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José María Cruz Novillo, designer

Historical milestone · Motilla del Palancar, La Manchuela Conquense, Cuenca

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Born in Motilla del Palancar on 21 May 1936 and died in Madrid in 2026, Cruz Novillo moved to Madrid in 1958 and in 1963 founded his own design studio, a pioneer in Spain. He is the author of some of the country's most recognizable logotypes, such as that of the newspaper El Mundo, the fist and rose of the PSOE, the old peseta banknotes of the Bank of Spain, and the identities of Correos, Renfe, Repsol and the Cuerpo Nacional de Policía, as well as co-author of the coat of arms and flag of the Community of Madrid. He also designed posters for films such as El sur and Los lunes al sol. Alongside this he developed a body of work as sculptor and painter, present at fairs such as ARCO, centred since the 1990s on the concept Diafragma.

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What to see and do in Motilla del Palancar