The subject of metaphor has been studied from the rhetoric in the Ancient ages until today in different areas like philosophy, linguistics, semantics, education and psychology. Metaphor has a significant place in present post-modern discourse and it is open to multidisciplinary approaches as a concept. Metaphors in art and design are carrier elements that form the conceptual structure and content configuration of a work. In this sense, metaphors constitute the backbone of a work and studying their relations with the art of exlibris is an area that provides broad opportunities where secret links can be discovered.