Gábor Palotai (born November 29, 1956) is a Swedish–Hungarian designer, artist, graphic designer and typographer. Since 1981 he lives and works in Stockholm, Sweden. Gábor Palotai was born 1956 in Budapest, Hungary, where he also studied and received his MA degree in graphic design at the Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design (Hungarian Academy of Craft and Design) in Budapest 1976–1980. After his graduation he left Budapest and moved to Stockholm, where he continued his studies at The Royal Institute of Art, 1981–1983 and Beckmans College of Design, 1983–1984.
Gábor Palotai is a member of Alliance Graphique Internationale (AGI) since 2002. AGI unites the world’s leading graphic designers. He is also a member of Svenska tecknare (The Association of Swedish Illustrators and Graphic Designers), Konstnärernas riksorganisation (The Swedish Artist's National Organisation), and since 2015, the State Heraldic Board of the National Archives of Sweden. Gábor Palotai is an honorary professor at the Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design, Budapest.
His design studio, Gabor Palotai Design, is based in Stockholm, Sweden. Gábor Palotai works on a broad range of commissions and design projects within the field of visual communication such as corporate design, packaging design, profile programmes, logotypes, pictograms, exhibition design, web design, animation, illustration, photography, poster design, album covers, typography, book design, and visual identities.
Gábor Palotai's design has rendered him many awards over the years and has been the subject of several books, among which Maximizing the Audience (Ginko Press 2000) "best illustrates the studio's output", while his own book 111 Posters (Gestalten Verlag 2006) displays "Gábors strongly typographic poster art, with works created primarily for cultural institutions". Gábor Palotai has also held several solo exhibitions and participated in numerous group exhibitions throughout Europe.
Red Dot Design Award 2016. Poster design Swedish Exhibition Agency (Riksutställningar).Red Dot Design Award 2016. Poster design for the book "The Shopmodern Condition" by Linda Rampell.Swedish Book Art Award 2016. Facing Heaven by Erik Videgård. Natur & Kultur.Red Dot Design Award 2016. Product design. Thriller (collaboration with Anna Kraitz).Swedish Design Prize 2015, Gold medal. Svenska Designpriset 2015. Book Design. Facing Heaven by Erik Videgård. Natur & Kultur.Cultural Award of Stockholm City. 2015.German Design Award 2015 Nominee. Poster design. Violin and cello concerto at Berwaldhallen.German Design Award 2015 Nominee. Record sleeve. Oddjob – Live in Bremen.German Design Award 2015 Nominee. Corporate and Brand Design. The Mobile Exhibition Lab.Red Dot Design Award 2014. Poster design. Violin and cello concerto at Berwaldhallen.Red Dot Design Award 2014. Record sleeve. Oddjob – Live in Bremen.German Design Award 2014 Nominee. Poster Design. Reflex Architects.European Design Awards (Silver) 2013. Poster Reflex. Reflex Architects.Red Dot Design Award 2013. Corporate design of the Mobile Exhibition Lab. Swedish Travelling Exhibition. Swedish Exhibition Agency (Riksutställningar).Red Dot Design Award 2012. Poster design Reflex. Reflex Architects.Red Dot Design Award 2012. Book design Claesson Koivisto Rune, On Yellow. Skandium, London.German Design Award 2012 Nominee. Corporate Design. Swedish Travelling Exhibition.German Design Award 2012 Nominee. Swedish Travelling Exhibition, Annual Report.German Design Award 2012 Nominee. Book Design. Linda Rampell: Freud med Skalpell. GPP.German Design Award 2012 Nominee. Record Sleeve. Leucocyte. Esbjörn Svensson Trio. The ACT Company.German Design Award 2012 Nominee. Corporate Design. Sollentuna Shopping Centre. Steen & Ström.Red Dot Design Award 2010. Record sleeve Leucocyte. Esbjörn Svensson Trio. The ACT Company.Red Dot Design Award 2010. Book design Freud med Skalpell av Linda Rampell. GPP.Red Dot Design Award 2010. Annual Report of the Swedish Exhibition Agency (Riksutställningar).Red Dot Design Award 2010. Corporate design of the Sollentuna Shopping Centre in Stockholm. Steen & Ström.Red Dot Design Award 2010. Corporate design of the Swedish Exhibition Agency (Riksutställningar).German Design Award 2009 Nominee. Book Design. Function Rules. Ergonomi Design.German Design Award 2009 Nominee. Book Design. Gábor Palotai Odysseus a Graphic Design Novel. GPP.Red Dot Design Award 2007. Book design Gábor Palotai Odysseus a Graphic Design Novel. GPP.Red Dot Design Award 2007. Book design Function Rules. Veryday (former Ergonomi Design).Red Dot Design Award 2005. Poster design Made in Sweden. Svensk Form.Red Dot Design Award 2003. OP Vodka. V&S Group.Red Dot Design Award 2003. Book design Gábor Palotai AM MU NA HI. GPP.Red Dot Design Award 2003. Book design and DVD Gábor Palotai Maximizing The Audience. GPP.The Golden Egg Award (Guldägget) 2006 (Swedish Communication Agencies) for the exhibition poster Estonia.Kolla (Design Award) between 2000 – 2009 approx. 6 different.Swedish Book Art Award between 1990 – 2013 approx. 20 different.Core International Design Award 2002 for the design of the OP Vodka. V&S Group.Excellent Swedish Design Prize between 1985 – 2002 approx. 25 different.KW Guller Stipendium, 1985.Kycklingstipendiet. 1985.2nd. Graphic Design Biennal in Hungary, Békéscsaba. 1980. Special Prize.During the years Gábor Palotai has had many solo and group exhibitions. Examples:
Unreadable Landscapes. Liget Galéria, Budapest. 2014. Solo exhibition.AM MU NA HI. Pictures from the American Museum of Natural History. Hotel Skeppsholmen, Stockholm, 2014–2015. Solo exhibition.Thriller. Textile design for furniture. Designgalleriet Kammakargatan, Stockholm. 2014.Unreadable Patterns. Hotel Skeppsholmen, Stockholm, 2013–14. Solo exhibition.Ränder, rytm, riktning. The Nordic Museum (Nordiska Museet), Stockholm, 2013–14. Group show.Liget 30. Olof Palme Ház, Budapest. 2013. Group show.AM MU NA HI. Hungarian House of Photography in Mai Manó House, Budapest, 2008. Solo exhibition.Odysseus. Röhsska Museum of Applied Art & Design, 2007. Solo exhibition.Odysseus. C3. Center for Culture & Communication, Budapest, 2007. Solo exhibition.Moscow Biennale 2005. Group show.European Design Biennale, London Design Museum, 2003. Group show.Dissonanzia, Milano, 2003. Group show.Scandinavian Design Beyond the Myth / Berlin, Milano, Gent, Prag, Budapest, Copenhagen, 2003–2006. Group Show.Designed in Sweden, Museum of London, Los Angeles, NYC, 2004. Group show.Vision Image and Perception, Műcsarnok/Kunsthalle Budapest, Group Exhibition.Swedish by Design, NYC, 2005. Group show.Galleri Gauss, "den svenska tristessen", Group Exhibition, Stockholm 1986.Gábor Palotai: Carpets and Photographs. Röhsska Museum of Applied Art & Design, 1993. Solo exhibition.Swedish Steel. Liget Galéria, Budapest. 1990. Solo exhibition together with Miklós Peternák.Wunderbaum. Liget Galéria, Budapest. 1987. Solo exhibition together with Miklós Peternák.Galleri Linjen, Västervik. 1986. Solo exhibition.Fotohuset, Gothenburg. 1986. Solo exhibition.Scandinavian Photography. Kunstmuseum Düsseldorf (now Museum Kunstpalast), 1986. Group Show.Hellas. Liget Galéria, Budapest. 1986. Solo exhibition together with Miklós Peternák.Dark Light, White Shadows. Gauss Fotografiskt Galleri, 1985. Solo exhibition.Atelier des Maitres, Paris. 1985. Solo exhibition together with Miklós Peternák.Konstnärshuset, Stockholm 1984. Solo exhibition.Galleri Gauss, Stockholm 1983, Gabor Palotai, "The store-room silverprints", solo exhibition.Actuell Art Gallery, Stockholm, 1981. Solo exhibition.Represented in the rare book collection of the Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Paris.Represented in the collection of the Red Dot Design Museum, Essen.Represented in the collection of the Nationalmuseum, Stockholm.Represented in the collection of the Röhsska Museum of Applied Art & Design, Gothenburg.Represented in the collection of the C3 – Center for Culture & Communication Foundation, Budapest.Represented in the collection of the Danish Museum of Art & Design, Copenhagen.Represented in the collection of the Graphic Design Museum (Museum of the Image) Beyerd Breda, Breda.Represented in the collection of the Kungliga Biblioteket (National Library of Sweden), Stockholm.Represented in the collection of the Russian State Library, Moscow.- Gábor Palotai: Maximizing the Audience (The Book) Gingko Press (2000) ISBN 978-91-973912-3-8, C3 Gallery
- Gábor Palotai: Maximizing the Audience (The Animated Book). Gabor Palotai Publisher 2000 ISBN 91-631-0594-2
- Linda Rampell: Zoo. Gabor Palotai Publisher (2000) ISBN 978-91-630-9945-8
- Linda Rampell: Designatlas. Gabor Palotai Publisher (2002) ISBN 91-631-3399-7
- Gábor Palotai AM MU NA HI. American Museum of Natural History. Gabor Palotai Publisher (2002) ISBN 978-91-631-2757-1, Hungarian House of Photography in Mai Manó House
- Code. Lars O Ericsson och Linda Rampell. Gabor Palotai Publisher (2003) ISBN 91-631-4276-7
- Claesson Koivisto Rune: The Models. Gabor Palotai Publisher (2005) ISBN 978-91-631-6650-1
- Odysseus. A graphic Design Novel by Gábor Palotai. Gabor Palotai Publisher (2007) ISBN 978-91-631-6651-8
- Gábor Palotai: 111 Posters. Gestalten Verlag (2007) ISBN 978-91-976557-0-5, Die Gestalten Verlag
- Linda Rampell: Designdarwinismen. Gabor Palotai Publisher 2007 ISBN 9789197655712
- Linda Rampell: Freud med skalpell. Gabor Palotai Publisher (2008) ISBN 9789197655729
- Linda Rampell: Designatlas. Reissue. Gabor Palotai Publisher (2013) ISBN 978-91-637-3973-6
