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Dicken Castro:

Dicken was born in Medellín September 23 1922 and dead in Bogotá November 21, 2016.

He was a Colombian architect and graphic designer. He was study in Colegiatura Colombiana de Diseño, university in Medellín Antioquia.

He designed more than 400 logos for different companies, firms and organizations like Colsubsidio, Banco de Alimentos, Compensar, Luminex, Fedegan, el XXXIX Congreso Eucarístico Internacional, Camacho Roldán y Compañía, la Conferencia Episcopal Latinoamericana de 1979, Instituto de Desarrollo Urbano (IDU), Ospinas y Cía, Sidelpa, Colombian Bags, Cámara de Comercio de Bogotá, Vecol S. A., Instituto de Seguros Sociales, Banco Tequendama, Grupo Social, Escuela Superior de Administración Pública, Organización Luis Carlos Sarmiento Angulo, Archivo General de la nación, Compensar, Acerías Paz del Río, Cumbre de países No alineados, mundial de seguros, Ministerio de Obras Públicas y Transporte, Ministerio de Desarrollo Económico, Fundación para la Educación Superior F.E.S., Consejo Profesional de Arquitectura

One of his main sources of inspiration for the creation of his designs was popular culture and pre-Columbian art.

He designed the 200 and 1000 Colombian pesos coins, with indigenous designs.

His work as a designer was featured several times in the prestigious AIGA (American Institute of Graphic Arts) yearbook.

Bibliografía:

https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dicken_Castro