David Consuegra

David was born in Bucaramanga. He traveled to the United States at sixteen to study fine arts at Boston University, graduating cum laude in 1961.{{Cite web |title=David Consuegra - Enciclopedia {{!}} Banrepcultural |url=https://enciclopedia.banrepcultural.org/index.php/David_Consuegra |access-date=2022-03-04 |website=enciclopedia.banrepcultural.org}} Afterwards, he graduated from Yale University in 1963 and won an award for his thesis, "On Trademarks". He also worked with Paul Rand at his New York studio.{{Cite web |title=DAVID CONSUEGRA {{!}} TOLUCA FINE ART |url=https://tolucafineart.com/?portfolio=david-consuegra |access-date=2022-03-04 |website=tolucafineart.com}}

David returned to Colombia in 1963. There he taught as a professor at Universidad de los Andes and Universidad Nacional.{{Citation needed|date=February 2022}} In 1964, the Bogotá Museum of Modern Art hired him as a graphic designer, where he would go on to design their logo. He founded Colombia's first graphic design program at Universidad Jorge Tadeo Lozano in 1967.

His career continued to balance graphic design and teaching. He participated in Universidad Nacional's advertising design contests in 1966, 1977, and 1982. Universidad Nacional designated him professor emeritus in 1990. He was a visiting professor at Virginia Commonwealth University in 1984, and University of Barcelona in 1998. In 1994, he joined Belgium's International Trademark Center.

Among his works is the one carried out in 1990, for the San Carlos Hotel, characterized by a clean and simple design.https://sancarloshotel.co/nuestra-historia/

Consuegra died of a heart attack in Mexico City in October 2004 while participating as a judge in a poster contest.{{Cite web |date=2005-03-06 |title=The 8th International Poster Biennial in Mexico |url=https://www.commarts.com/features/the-8th-international-poster-biennial-in-mexico |access-date=2022-02-08 |website=Communication Arts |language=en-us}}

He was the author of numerous books, including a history of art and a treatise on typography. In 1964 he founded the magazine Nova. Four years later in 1968 he founded the magazine Acteón. He also published a translation and edit of Rudolf Koch's The Book of Signs.

• The Twenty-Six Letters (1964){{Cite book |last=Consuegra |first=David |title=Las veintiséis letras |date=2014 |isbn=978-958-8860-27-5 |edition=La edición en español para América Latina y el mercado hispano de Estados Unidos |location=Bogotá |oclc=910853692}}
• In Search of the Square (1992){{Cite book |last=Consuegra |first=David |title=En busca del cuadrado |date=1992 |publisher=Editorial Universidad Nacional de Colombia |isbn=958-17-0088-9 |location=Bogotá |oclc=33215239}}
• Classic Typefaces{{Cite book |last=Consuegra |first=David |title=Classic typefaces: American type & type designers |date=2011 |publisher=Allworth Press |isbn=978-1-58115-894-6 |location=New York |oclc=711052382}}
• On Trademarks (1971){{Cite book |last=Consuegra |first=David |title=On trademarks: A thesis |date=1963-01-01 |publisher=Yale University |language=en}}
• Theory & Practice of Graphic Design (1982-1986, series of 7 issues){{Cite book |title=David Consuegra: pensamiento gráfico |date=2010 |publisher=Universidad Nacional de Colombia |author=Zoraida Cadavid Blanco |author2=Alvaro Medina |isbn=978-958-719-639-9 |location=Bogotá |oclc=730401916}}
• ABC of World Trademarks (1988){{Cite book |last=Consuegra |first=David |title=ABC de marcas mundiales: una selección de 1476 marcas |date=1988 |publisher=D. Consuegra |isbn=958-95174-0-4 |location=Bogotá |oclc=25498791}}
• American Type Design & Designers (2004){{Cite book |last=Consuegra |first=David |title=American type: design & designers |date=2004 |publisher=Allworth Press |isbn=1-58115-320-1 |location=New York |oclc=53131409}}

David Consuegra stands out for creating many logos. Some of his most famous logos include the Museum of Modern Art of Bogotá, Inravisión, Artesanías de Colombia, the Industrial University of Santander, and the Federation of Rice Growers.{{Cite book |title=Gran Enciclopedia Illustrada Circulo |publisher=Circle of Readers |year=1984 |isbn=8422618168 |location=Spain |language=Spanish}}

Consuegra also won a design contest hosted by Colombia's National Tourism Corporation. He designed a spiral of yellow, blue and red, which he presented under the name El sol de Colombia por el mundo. He held his last exhibition, Comics, in April 1994 at the National University. Consuegra also represented Latin America at the World Logo Design Biennial in Brussels, Belgium.{{Cite web |title=David Consuegra - Enciclopedia {{!}} Banrepcultural |url=https://enciclopedia.banrepcultural.org/index.php/David_Consuegra |access-date=2022-02-08 |website=enciclopedia.banrepcultural.org}}

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