Josep Baques’ first pictorial works, with great chromaticism and compositional studies, reflect the world of dreams and surrealist fables. He subsequently researched and experimented in other creative languages (drawing, sculpture, engraving and photography). In 1956, he set up his own graphic design company and later on taught at Escola Massana and Escola Oficial de Publicitat in Barcelona. He took part in the founding of the first association of graphic design professionals in Spain entitled Grafistes Agrupació FAD.