A POSTER COLLECTION FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD × CREATED FROM A FUNDRAISING APPEAL FOR ARTHELPS AND MSF—MÉDECINS SANS FRONTIÈRES
2 POSTERS CAN HELP
CAN POSTERS HELP?
This is a vexing title loaded question. I am going to try to answer it.
Posters have since the nineteenth century served many different social, political, and commercial functions. If you consider social messaging to include politics and health care, among other human rights and services then the answer to the question must be addressed in two parts. Posters are tools of commerce and society—sometimes the two intersect but not always. To the former is the answer: Yes! Posters continue to have a vital place in the consuming culture. They advertise everything from food and fashion to cars and computers— in fact, everything we consume can be introduced for the first time to the public, who as a rule are delighted to see the constantly changing posters on walls, hoardings, and billboards. These commercial posters inform and entertain on themes as broad as art shows, musical concerts, television programs, lifestyle products, and so on. The latter requires a more ambiguous answer.
Posters can also, just as importantly, advocate, protest, caution, and educate a viewer or audience on the such topics as glory or horror of war, the serenity and virtues of peace, the dangers of climate change, the necessity of safe space, the norms of community, the gift of hope, and the value of events that bring individuals together.
Taken as a whole and assuming the design and content of the posters in question meet certain qualifications—grab attention, elicit response, challenge perception and infiltrate the mind of the receiver, then and only then can posters help augment reality. In short, they do help in a variety of mnemonic ways.
Not all posters function at the same level of useful intensity. Self-indulgent design can be a liability. Over-stylized imagery can dilute a message. Yet legibility and readability (two different attributes sometimes linked together as one) are not, however, always the requisite for effective social posters. Often the surprising visual impact of an abstraction is more motivational than a simple realistic representation; chaos can be more
relevant than a pristine work of fine design. The designer’s emotional response to an issue—whether it is the Ukraine war with Russia or containing the pandemic can, and are, designed in differently—sometimes counter intuitively—in unmodulated ways.
Can posters help? There is much that is positive to be said about static representation. As a culture there is a greater expectation of movement, of motion, of change. Time for contemplation has been reduced exponentially as our computers and devices become more powerful; and especially as artificial intelligence revs up the speed in which design can and is accomplished. Posters, even those that are designed on and for the screen, are essentially lasting. Sure, they can be animated if the designer so chooses, but they can also be printed out and hung on surfaces or sent through snail mail (just like it was done Before Computer [BC] era). The benefit of the semi-but-not-entirely-hybrid poster (those that are made for and reside on Internet sites or found on apps) is that how they are used is a choice—an agreement between the designer and the client (if there is one) and the viewer (or user). This makes posters helping more economical and efficacious.
The former means the latter is inescapable. Posters for social (including among other issues, gender, and sexuality), political (including issues rights, law, and freedom in general), and any personal concerns (whatever they may be at any given time and place) and most are represented in this publication, can be accomplished as quick as the creative (or polemic) mind can conceive them, produced and distributed in large numbers through a specific locale or countries around the world.
The golden age of the poster has long been considered the pioneering turn of the century, then the modern mid-twentieth century, then the psychedelic sixties, and so on through the decades, in Europe, the U.S., and Asia. Today is another golden age. It is the digital golden age. Can posters help? They still help? They will help issues, causes, and most important they help people be aware of the world in its present state.
STEVEN HELLER
INTRODUCTION 3
AGAINST WAR P 6
PEACE P 52
LET’S FIGHT P 80
PERCEPTION P 94
EUROPE P 102
CLIMATE CHANGE P 110
OUR FUTURE P 128
HOPE P 136
SAFE SPACE P 146
COMMUNITY P 162
EVENTS P 186
PLAYGROUND P 194
INDEX P 234
POSTER REX P 242
6 POSTERS CAN HELP 001 — НІ ВІЙНІ ANTONIA ERNST DEU PAIN
AGAINST WAR 7 002 — GRITO-SHOUT GABRIEL MARTINEZ ESP RESISTANCE 001 002
there no way to peace peace is the way is 8 POSTERS CAN HELP 007 — #STANDWITHUKRAINE SARA SANDER ESP 008 — #STANDWITHUKRAINE SARA-MONROY ESP 009 — #STANDWITHUKRAINE OSCAR HERNANDEZ ESP 010 — #STANDWITHUKRAINE NERISSA HERNANDEZ ESP 011 — #STANDWITHUKRAINE FILIP ZAGORSKI ESP 005 — #STANDWITHUKRAINE EDUARDO LORENZ ESP 006 — REFUGEES MARYNA DIACHENKO DEU 003 — #STANDWITHUKRAINE GABRIELA ACOSTA ESP 004 — #STANDWITHUKRAINE CLAUDIA RODRIGUEZ ESP DELUSION 003 004 005 006 007 008 009 010 011
AGAINST WAR 9 012 — WAR / PEACE HENRY MONSE DEU HELL 012
18 POSTERS CAN HELP 037 — NO WAR NO MORE KEITH KITZ USA POWERLESSNESS
AGAINST WAR 041 042 043 044 045 046 RIACE, LE RÊVE BRISÉ David Chénière 19 042 — LE RÊVE BRISÉ DAVID CHÉNIÈRE FRA 043 — RESISTANCE MATHIEU ROLLAND FRA 040 — SUMMER ON A SOLITARY BEACH FEDERICA BISTOLETTI ITA 041 — НЕТ ВОЙНЕ JULIANE NÖST DEU 038 — UNSTOPPABLE FORCE / IMMOVABLE OBJECT MATT O’CONNOR AUS 039 — UKRAINE IDA ANDRAE DEU 044 — BRUCHSTÜCKE KERIME YILDIZ DEU 045 — STAND WITH UKRAINE ALINA RYBACKA-GRUSZCZYŃSKA POL 046 — FOR UKRAINE LUIS MIGUEL MUNILLA ESP POWER 037 038 039 040
20 POSTERS CAN HELP 047–055 — PRIDE TO BE UKRAINIAN ILLYA PAVLOV, MARIIA NORAZIAN, MYKYTA KOZLOVSKI AUT 047 048 049 050 051 052 053 054 055
BLOOD ON HIS HANDS
AGAINST WAR FRAILTY 21 056 — KAPUTTIN SIGI RAMOSER AUT 056
44 POSTERS CAN HELP 096 — UNTITLED || JEN DODARO USA DESTRUCTION
AGAINST WAR STOP WAR! 096 097 098 099 100 101 102 103 104 45 101 — TRUTH_KILLBILL THEKITCHEN DEU 102 — STOP THE WAR STAND WITH UKRAINE ALICE D’APOLITO GBR 099 — EASTER IN BUCHA DASHA PODOLTSEVA UKR 100 — UKRAINIAN ORNAMENT “ВОЛЯ” VALENTYNA POLISHKO UKR 097 — SAVE A LIFE BEFORE IT IS GAME OVER JOSÉ MENÉNDEZ & TATIANA GÓMEZ USA 098 — MAKE LOVE JANINE AIGNER DEU 103 — THERE ARE BOMBS IN MY ROOM MARIIA RESHETOVA CZE 104 — STOP WAR! ANNALENA CESKUTTI DEU DEVASTATION
peace and fun and love and etc...
day................ month............ week.............. kindness................. empathy................... respect................... hope........................ 0,00.0,00.0,00.0,00.BernQualität feat. poster canhelp 52 POSTERS CAN HELP THERE IS A DREAM 119 — FRIEDENSQUITTUNGEMILIE MÜLLER CHE
basic human decency
PEACE 53 TRANQUILITY 120 — A-UTONOMY FOR PEACE PETER KORSMAN NLD 119 120
56 POSTERS CAN HELP LOVE 131 — PEACE RONALD STUDER CHE
PEACE 57 QUIETUDE 132 — PEACEFUL GARDEN LEONARDO BETTI ITA 131 132
76 POSTERS CAN HELP 171 — PEACE BEGINS WITHIN CONVENSIS GRAFIK-TEAM DEU 172 — PEACE WAVE JANINE AIGNER DEU 173 — PEACE REBECCA ZINK DEU 174 — UNTITLED FRAUKE STEGMANN & HANNAH MALUMBU NAM 175 — PEACEPLEASE MELISA NATALIA ARILLA ESP 169 — PEACE MARIA DE GIBERT ESP 170 — PEACE MERITXELL CASAMIRA ESP 167 — ZESAMME IN FREDDE LEVVE MARIUS MERKEL DEU 168 — A GESTURE OF MASS SEDUCTION ANDY ASHTON AUS REST 167 168 169 170 171 172 173 174 175
PEACE 77 176 — TOGETHER FOR UKRAINE LISA TEGTMEIER DEU CELEBRATE 176
80 POSTERS CAN HELP UNCOMPROMISING 179 — WE ARE ALIVE ILLYA PAVLOV & MARIIA NORAZIAN AUT
LET’S FIGHT 179 180 81 STOP MAKING EXCUSES 180 — CALL YOUR MOM INSTEAD INA CHI DEU
82 POSTERS CAN HELP DOUBLE
181 — MALE ABORTION MARIA HELENA TOSCANO GBR
STANDARD
LET’S FIGHT 181 182 83 RESOLUTION 182 — ANGAT BUHAY LAHAT BRIAN LLAGAS AUS
183 184 185 186 187 188 189 190 191 84 POSTERS CAN HELP 187 — SAVE SPACE STELLAAUBURGER & LISA CIPRIANO CHE 188 — WARRING COUNTRIES GIULIA SILVANI ITA 189 — STOP PAIN VANESSA FRITZ DEU 190 — BASTA. LEONARDO MALTESE ITA 191 — BUTTERFLY JULIANE FILEP DEU 185 — MACHTLOS NADINE SLEIMAN DEU 186 — NO! JULIANE FILEP DEU 183 — SOCIETY OF THE SPECTABLE SOPHIE BOHNE DEU 184 — FCKGNS THOMAS FERRARO DEU ENOUGH IS ENOUGH
LET’S FIGHT 192 85 192 — NO HEYDAY CHE NO
236 237 238 239 240 241 242 243 98 POSTERS CAN HELP 240 — VERONIKA—2016 & 2022 EXHIBIT B BOBBY COLLINS DEU 241 — THE PLAYER’S HAND NICOLAS TILLY FRA 242 — VERONIKA—2016 & 2022 EXHIBIT C BOBBY COLLINS DEU 243 — MEMORIES OF ME JOHANNES MOHR DEU 238 — DO THEY HELP SARAH HEERLEIN DEU 239 — “ALLES LÜGE” (MUT ZUR WUT) KAI BERGMANN DEU 236 — OFFENBACH IST NICHT BERLIN LUCAS HESSE DEU 237 — VERONIKA—2016 & 2022 EXHIBIT A BOBBY COLLINS DEU IMPRESSION
PERCEPTION 99 244 — HMM HEYDAY CHE MAKE SOME SENSE 244
UND ICH DACHTE IRGENDWIE IN EUROPA STIRBT MAN NIE
108 POSTERS CAN HELP IGNORANCE 256 — EUROPA YVY HEUSSLER DEU
EUROPE 256 257 109 ANGUISH 257 — THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE ARE DYING ON THEIR WAY TO EUROPE JANA GRUSZENINKS DEU
CLIMATE ACTION 110 POSTERS CAN HELP 258 — ACT NOW FOR GLOBAL PEACE IVAN KASHLAKOV BGR
ACTIVISM CLIMATE CHANGE 258 259 111 259 — IN OUR HANDS HARRY VINCENT GBR
134 POSTERS CAN HELP INFERIORITY 305 — BREAK THE CHAINS OF LABOUR ABUSE IN QATAR OLLIE PARKER GBR
OUR FUTURE 305 306 135 PRIORITY 306 — WHAT MATTERS IS WHAT YOU DO NEXT SCOTT BOMS USA
307 — SUN IS RISING YVES KRÄHENBÜHL CHE SUMMER OF FEINTS 136 POSTERS CAN HELP
308 — PORTAL OF HOPE (CYAN, YELLOW) FELIX JOHANNES HERMANN STUMPF DEU HOPE 307 308 137 SUCCESSIVELY
MY HEART IS A CHILD
142 POSTERS CAN HELP 321 — HOPE-II NIKOLAUS SCHMIDT AUT
HOPE 143 322–329 — CONNECT & CREATE CHARITY ELLIS USA
321 322 323 324 325 326 327 328 329
LONGING
146 POSTERS CAN HELP 336 — SAVE SPACE STELLA AUBURGER & LISA CIPRIANO CHE 337 — WE ANKA STARON POL 338 — FEMALE SUFFERING ANINA DION & PHILIPP SCHWARZBAUER DEU 339 — LET’S TALK PADS WITH THE LADS JACK MCKEON IRL 340 — SAVE SPACE STELLA AUBURGER & LISA CIPRIANO CHE 334 — TIGER LICKING WATER SEBASTIAN PELLANDA CHE 335 — ENDOF***INGMETRIOSIS CLAIRE ESPINOSA & NOËMI WÜTHRICH CHE 332 — CAN I BE HAPPY? NICOLA GADLER ITA 333 — OH BOY GO TO THERAPY JAKOB MIRO CHE SANCTUARY 332 333 334 335 336 337 338 339 340
SAFE SPACE 147 341 — PLEASE GIVE BLOOD NICK ADAM USA VULNERABILITY 341
162 POSTERS CAN HELP KEEEP EACH OTHER COMPANY 379 — REACH OUT LUKE CARUANA MLT
COMMUNITY 163 SUPPORT 380 — UNTITLED LENNY STUMP CHE 379 380
391 392 393 166 POSTERS CAN HELP 395 — CITY ENCOUNTERS 1 DOMINIK SCHUBERT AUT 396 — CITY ENCOUNTERS 2 DOMINIK SCHUBERT AUT 397 — MERGE ROMAN LORENZ DEU 398 — CITY ENCOUNTERS 3 DOMINIK SCHUBERT AUT 393 — TOGETHERNESS HANNAH WILLMOTT CHE 394 — DAYDREAMS THERESA SONNENBERG DEU 391 — TOGETHER MARIE PRESSMAR FRA 392 — ZUSAMMENHALT ASKA SCHÄR CHE COEXISTENCE
COMMUNITY 167 399 — LOVERS VANESSA K. NICKEL DEU IN THE SAME WORLD 399
192 POSTERS CAN HELP 490 — FORWARD FESTIVAL 2022 ZWUPP AUT FOLLOW INSPIRATION
EVENTS 193 493 — LUFTLAUTFORMEN AYLIN MAUS DEU 494 — DEMONS YULIYA RATNIKOVA GBR 491-492 — CLIMATE CONGRESS OLDENBURG KATHARINA KOCH DEU 495 — CLIMATE CONGRESS OLDENBURG KATHARINA KOCH DEU 496 — W1718 ANNOUNCEMENT KAI BERGMANN DEU 497 — BRUCHSTÜCK MAX SUSSNER DEU 498 — KONKRETE POESIE HEUTE DANIEL HERMES DEU 499 — ONE MAN’S GARBAGE IS ANOTHER MAN’S GOLD CONSTANÇA TORRES DEU ABSORB 490 491 492 493 494 495 496 497 498 499
ABER BROT WIRD NICHT GEORDNET, WIE BLÖD. BROT WIRD GEORDERT WIE BLÖD. KLEINBROT GROSSBROT 196 POSTERS CAN HELP EXPRESS 514 — BOXED NICOLA GADLER ITA 515 — KEIN-PLATZ-FÜR-CHAOS MING YI DEU 516 — INFINITY LOOP SOPHIA VOGELPOHL DEU 517 — DAY AND NIGHT TIM ADRION DEU 518 — Ü OF GÜNTER KAI BERGMANN DEU 512 — MIND THE GAP CLEMENS MAURER DEU 513 — KLEINBROT UND GROSSBROT LEON BEU DEU 510 — WORRIORS AND WORRIED LOLA NÜBLING DEU 511 — GO WITH THE FLOW JUSTICE HIRSCH DEU 510 511 512 513 514 515 516 517 518
PLAYGROUND 197 YOURSELF 519 — DURCHBAISN (THROUGH-BITING) DOMINIK SCHUBERT AUT 519
602 603 604 605 606 607 608 609 610 216 POSTERS CAN HELP 602–604 — WATERMELON LANDSCAPES PETRA VERKADE NLD 608 — TROUBLE GUILLAUME GABRIEL BEL 609 — ЧИСТЕ НЕБО JULEZ GUTSCHMIDT DEU 610 — FIVE RULES OF ATTRACTION VALERIA SCHRIBER DEU 605 — EXPERIMENTAL TYPE LUKAS BAARS & MERT OSMAN CELENK DEU 606-607 — ARMENIAN SOVIET MODERNIST ARCHITECTURE 01 & 02 ALINA CHUEVA ARM GRADIENT
611 612 613 614 615 616 617 618 619 PLAYGROUND 217 615 — LETTERFORM III ANNE LEE NLD 616 — LETTERFORM V 613 — LETTERFORM IV 614 — LETTERFORM VIII 611 — LETTERFORM IX 612 — LETTERFORM I 617 — LETTERFORM VI 618 — LETTERFORM VII 619 — LETTERFORM II ANNE LEE NLD ARRANGEMENT
218 POSTERS CAN HELP LOUD 620 — KURAYA NO TERRINNU HIDEJI TERADA JPN
620 621 PLAYGROUND 219 CLEAR 621 — KURAYA NO TERRINNU HIDEJI TERADA JPN
220 POSTERS CAN HELP 622 — PLANT’S DON’T DIE 3 MONIKA MICHALCZYK NLD
IMAGINATE
622 623 624 625 626 627 628 629 630 631 PLAYGROUND 221 625 — :) VICKY BLAKE DEU 626 — PLANT’S DON’T DIE 4 MONIKA MICHALCZYK NLD 623 — PLANT’S DON’T DIE 1 MONIKA MICHALCZYK NLD 624 — PLANT’S DON’T DIE 2 MONIKA MICHALCZYK NLD 627–628 — BLUME / BOMBE MARA WEYEL DEU 629 — INBETWEEN1 ULLI GRÖTZ DEU 630 — INBETWEEN3 ULLI GRÖTZ DEU 631 — UIUIUI1 ULLI GRÖTZ DEU INVISION
642 643 644 645 646 647 648 649 650 224 POSTERS CAN HELP 646 — NKCO OKAY B5 NIZAR KAZAN CHE 647 — NKCO SELVA PULSATIL 9B 648 — NKCO THRENODY 7B 649 — NKCO TRAUMA 6B 650 — NKCO VOID 8B 644 — NKCO MEMORA 1B 645 — NKCO POST MANUREVA 4B 642 — NKCO FIRST INHIBITION 2B 643 — NKCO IMCCE 3B
BLACK AND WHITE
651 PLAYGROUND 225 651 — NKCO PLACID 3A NIZAR KAZAN CHE SILHOUETTE
226 POSTERS CAN HELP BE BOLD 652 — NKCO SPECTRE 2A NIZAR KAZAN CHE
652 653 PLAYGROUND 227 STAY SOFT 653 — NKCO CIRCUS MAXIMUS 1A NIZAR KAZAN CHE
232 POSTERS CAN HELP 666 — CREATURE CORBIN MAHIEU BEL
ROAM
666 667 PLAYGROUND 233 667 — JAZZ PANDA PETER GÄRTL CHE FREE
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João Augusto – PRT I: @q.u.e.i.r.o.s
Jonas Bader – DEU
I: @j.jonasbader
Laura Böttcher – DEU design.haw-hamburg.de
Peter Bankov – CZE bankovposters.com
Patrice Barnabé – FRA zaina.international
Ivana Baumann – DEU fh-aachen.de/fachbereiche/ gestaltung
Merit Bendler – DEU design.haw-hamburg.de
Kai Bergmann – DEU bergmannstudios.com
463 P187
206 P91
025 P14
470 P187
655 P229
640 P222
239, P98 517 P196 467 P187 472, 478, 479 P189 482, 484 P190 496 P193 518 P196 589 P212
Nicola Bernasconi – CHE hkb.bfh.ch/de/studium/ bachelor/visuelle-kommunikation
634 P222
Lukas Baars – DEU fh-aachen.de/ fachbereiche/gestaltung
Manon Babey – CHE hkb.bfh.ch/de/studium/ bachelor/visuelle-kommunikation
605 P216
440 P180
234 A
Abric
n3ographic.com 229 P97
Acosta
ull.es/centros/ facultad-bellas-artes
P8 Nick Adam – USA nickadam.co 341 P147 Tim Adrion – DEU I: @timadrion 517 P196 Camila Afanador-Llach – USA camilaafanador.com 299 P133 Janine Aigner – DEU janineaigner.work 098 P45 172 P76 Sebastian van den Akker – DEU sebastianvandenakker.de 289 P125 Linda Albertini – CHE countryroadatelier.com 136 P61 Ida Andrae – DEU fotokunst-andrae.de 039 P19 Run Aotearoa – NZL runwithrun.com 466 P187 Alice d’Apolito – GBR alicedapolito.com 102 P45 144 P69 Melisa Natalia Arilla – ESP todaivirtual.com 175 P76 Andy Ashton – AUS edison.agency 168 P76 Stella Auburger – CHE I: @steello 187 P84 336, 340 P146 Jesse Auersalo – FIN auersalo.com 286 P122 Amelia Aufuldish
aufwar.com 116 P49
Aufuldish
116 P49
– FRA
Gabriela
– ESP
003
– USA
Bob
– USA aufwar.com
B
445 P182
132 P57
Beu
DEU
513 P196 Federica Bistoletti
federicabistoletti.myportfolio.com 040 P19 Jérôme Bizien
CHE jeromebizien.fr 483 P190 556 P204 Barbara Bjelis
studiokanu.com 013 P10 Klaudia Blake – DEU I: @cloudy_lake 281 P122 Vicky Blake – DEU I: @vmbla 625 P221 Loris Blaser – CHE hkb.bfh.ch/de/studium/ bachelor/visuelle-kommunikation 547 P203 Anna Blyumenkrants – USA I: @ann_blum.design 293 P129 Simon Bode – DEU design.haw-hamburg.de 202 P87 Benoît Bodhuin – FRA bb-bureau.fr 546, 549 P203 Thomas Bohm – GBR userdesignillustrationand typesetting.com 436 P180 Sophie Bohne – DEU design.haw-hamburg.de 183 P84 Scott Boms – USA scottboms.com 306 P135 386, 387 P165 Emanuele Bonetti – ITA parco.gallery 424 P176 Parker Braun – USA I: @parkbr_ 210 P91 Daniel Braune – DEU b5agentur.de 114 P47 Davina Briem – DEU I: @davinaalessia 455 P185 Victor Brigola – DEU merz-akademie.de 290 P126 Michaile Brooks – USA stranjevision.com 157 P74 Marc Brunner – CHE burodestruct.net 453 P185 Michael Buck – DEU michaelbuck.me 193 P86 Teona Burcă – ROU I: @teona_da 343, 350 P149 Mario Burch – CHE visual-communication.webflow.io 146 P70 Saskia Burghardt – DEU fh-aachen.de/fachbereiche/ gestaltung 661 P229 C Sophia Carloni – DEU sophiacarloni.de 300 P133 Hunter Caron – NLD huntercaron.com 578–581 P211 Michael Carreira – DEU I: @crafted.by.mike 429 P179 Dario Carta – ITA dariocarta.com 292 P128 Sara de Castela – PRT behance.net/decasteladesign 069–072 P34 Luke Caruana – MLT 2point3.com 379 P162 Meritxell Casamira – ESP lacasamira.com 170 P76 Cyril Cavalié – FRA cyrilcavalie.com 432 P179 Mert Osman Celenk – DEU fh-aachen.de/fachbereiche/ gestaltung 605 P216 POSTERS CAN HELP
Leonardo Betti – ITA I: @leonardoworx
Leon
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leonbeu.com
– ITA
–
– HRV
P43 338 P146
Jen Dodaro – USA jendodaro.info 096 P44 262 P114
Arjan Doeleman – NLD I: @arjandoeleman 154 P71
Lidia Donis – DEU I: @lidia_donis
280 P122 582, 583, 586, 590, P212
Nadia de Donno – CHE yoma-design.ch 434, 435, 437, 439 P180 442 P181
Henry Becker – USA I: @henryjbecker 451 P183
Laura Drews – DEU
ALPHABETICAL INDEX Ivo Cesek – CZE I: @verynormalivo 636 P222 Annalena Ceskutti – DEU merz-akademie.de 104 P45 Michael Chen – GBR I: @milkhell 635 P222 David Chénière – FRA fimicom.fr 042 P19 Ina Chi – DEU I: @inachiart 180 P81 Justin Noah Chua – SGP justinnoahc.info 426 P178 Alina Chueva – ARM I: @chueva_muse 077 P34 475 P189 555 P204 606, 607 P216 CIN CIN – AUT cincin.at 410 P170 Lisa Cipriano – CHE I: @hi_naaaaa 187 P84 336, 340 P146 Bobby Collins – DEU stryktt.com 237, 240 242 P98 Matt O’Connor – AUS edison.agency 038 P19 Jean-Baptiste Coroyer – FRA I: @jeanbaptistecoroyer 412 P172 Paul Crawley – GBR workandturncollective.com 228, 230, 235 P97 404 P169 443 P182 551, 552 P204 559 P205 563, 564 P207
DEvelin Dam-Hansen – DEU design.haw-hamburg.de 557 P204 Simon Daubermann – DEU daubermann.com 275 P119 Stefano Dealessandri – DEU I: @stefanodealessandri 105 P46 Ismail Demirtas – DEU creativebandit.de 086 P41 Maryna Diachenko – DEU I: @maryna_diachenko 006 P8 017, 022 P13
DEU fh-aachen.de/fachbereiche/ gestaltung 663 P229 Sebastian Dietel
DEU I: @sebastian.dietel 269 P115 Anina Dion – DEU 095
Vivienne Didier –
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design.haw-hamburg.de 304 P133 Bartosz Dronka – DEU bart-design.de 544 P203 550, 553 P204 Gabriel Dukic – DEU fh-aachen.de/fachbereiche/ gestaltung 653 P229 Marina Dykukha – NLD designpolitie.nl 079 P35
ECeline Eberhardt – DEU hfk-bw.de 312 P140 Kai Eberhardt – DEU fh-aachen.de/fachbereiche/ gestaltung 595 P215 Jonny Edmund-Jones – GBR jonnyej.co.uk 600 P215 Elke Ehninger – DEU elke-ehninger.de 063 P28 Emilia Eichhorn – DEU merz-akademie.de 140 P65 Sophie Eichler – DEU fh-aachen.de/fachbereiche/ gestaltung 662 P229 Charity Ellis – USA capiliellisdesign.space 322–329 P143 Eps51 Berlin – DEU eps51.com 294 P130 295 P131 Maël Erlenkamp – CHE hkb.bfh.ch/de/studium/ bachelor/visuelle-kommunikation 460 P185 Antonia Ernst – DEU I: @absurdekunst 001 P6 Claire Espinosa – CHE lestudiowe.com 335 P146 520 P198 F Sarah Fattouh – FRA I: @sara_hfatt 384 P165 Eugénie Favre – FRA mynameiswendy.fr 249 P104 Giulia Feigl – DEU hfk-bw.de 207 P91 Carolina Feijó – PRT carolinafeijo.cargo.site 454 P185 Ed Fella – USA edfella-yestoday.com 138 P63 Charleen Ferch – DEU work.hfkg.university 433 P179 Thomas Ferraro – DEU I: @thomasjayferraro 130 P55 147 P70 184 P84 Leandro Ferreira – PRT I: @cantdealwithtype 447 P182 Frank Fienbork – DEU fienbork-design.de 284 P122 476 P189 481 P190 Juliane Filep – DEU filep.de 186, 191 P84 Emilian Filep – DEU 021 P13 Jakob Fischer – DEU I: @jak_0b 091 P41 Kristina Fišerová – CZE 428 P179 Barbara Foltran – ITA barbara-foltran.github.io/ portfolio 212 P91 Morgan Fortems – FRA morganfortems.com 361 P152 Louise Fourmanoir – FRA I: @fourmanoir_design 566 P207 Ole Freytag – DEU frey-und-tag.tumblr.com 301 P133 Vanessa Fritz – DEU I: @vanis_illusion 189 P84 235
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POSTER REX IN KYIV
POSTER REX IN KYIV 243
WORKSHOP 2017 IZONE, KYIV
POSTER
IN SUMMER 2017, LARS HARMSEN AND MARKUS LANGE WENT ON TOUR AND PRINTED SILKSCREEN POSTERS WITH ARTISTS FROM POLAND, WORKING WITH LOCAL ARTISTS IN ATHENS, ISTANBUL, MOSCOW, AND KYIV. IN KYIV, THEY PRINTED IN THE IZONE WORKSHOP TOGETHER WITH OLGA TERESHCHENKO, JAKUB STEPIEŃ, AND ANTON BUKOROS. THE RUSSO-UKRAINIAN WAR HAS BEEN ONGOING BETWEEN RUSSIA (ALONGSIDE RUSSIAN SEPARATISTS IN UKRAINE) AND UKRAINE SINCE FEBRUARY 2014. RUSSIA ANNEXED CRIMEA FROM UKRAINE AND SUPPORTED PRO-RUSSIAN SEPARATISTS IN THE WAR IN DONBAS AGAINST UKRAINIAN GOVERNMENT FORCES. IN FEBRUARY 2022, RUSSIA OFFICIALLY RECOGNIZED THE DONETSK PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC AND THE LUHANSK PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC AS INDEPENDENT STATES. PUTIN ANNOUNCED A “SPECIAL MILITARY OPERATION” IN UKRAINE, MARKING THE START OF A FULL-SCALE INVASION OF UKRAINE. TODAY, THE POSTERS FROM 2017 HAVE AN EVEN MORE EXPLOSIVE MEANING AGAINST THE BACKDROP OF RECENT EVENTS.
POSTER REX WAS FOUNDED IN 2014 BY THE GRAPHIC DESIGNERS LARS HARMSEN (MUNICH) AND MARKUS LANGE (CAIRO). FOR EACH SESSION, THEY INVITE AN ARTIST TO CREATE UNIQUE POSTERS, PRODUCED IN DIFFERENT SILKSCREEN WORKSHOPS AROUND THE GLOBE. ALL POSTERS ARE SILKSCREEN PRINTED BY HAND OR WITH OTHER DIGITAL OR ANALOG TECHNIQUES. EACH SESSION HAS ITS OWN TOPIC. POSTER REX ALSO OFFERS WORKSHOPS FOR STUDENTS. BY NOW, THE COLLECTION COUNTS OVER 2,000 UNIQUE POSTERS.
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OLGA TERESHCHENKO
Where are you living right now? Did you have to leave your home because of the war?
OA No, I haven’t left my home because of the war, I am still in Kyiv. My husband is here, so I stayed with him.
What role does social media play since the war broke out in Ukraine? To what extent has the use of these tools changed for you?
OA In my opinion, social media is an easy way to share information and connect with people, helping and staying together even if you are in different parts of the world. I understand the importance now, especially in times of Coronavirus and the war in Ukraine. Now I am checking my social media to get more information on current war news. I try to follow only official news pages and share information that is important to me. Also, I try to limit my time seeing the news, because often it is difficult to digest it mentally and I have to live my real life in the here and now. So, using social media is one of the ways for me to stay in touch with people who are important to me in my life.
Looking at the posters from our session together, what do you think about them today?
OA I think it was a great time and a powerful point in my life and my creativity. For me the symbolism of the project was strong, first of all, it is our connection. We worked together, exchanged our talents, experiences, ideas, and finally created sophisticated multilevel, and an energetic work. Not only our posters were important, but the process was even more significant to me. It is a story about friendship, trust, and opening boundaries. Our posters couldn’t be more powerful! Our shared experience had and still has a huge impact on me and my life—such a great memory!
What do you think about the power of posters or graphic design in general to make the world a better place? Utopia?
OA I think it is not a Utopia, if even one person in the world believes that graphic design can make the world better, then it makes sense. For me, designing posters is one of the ways to express your feelings. It is art and it has the power to help—first of all its creator, the author of the creation. The poster can be the channel to say something out loud or, in case you have no words, to describe them. I think, a poster can be a powerful instrument to be honest about your feelings, emotions, your position, and your point of view. It is your voice on paper.
What is the role of the graphic sheet and its message? In times of social media, isn’t it more important to explain connections?
OA In my eyes, the main role of graphic sheets is to tell a story. It can be your personal story or your client’s story that you are trying to tell society in a best visual way. I think visual communication combines different levels but it is always the instrument. I am personally up to the idea of freedom in your self expression and in the stories you tell through design.
How much has your life changed since the war? Do you still work as a designer?
OA Yes, my life has changed completely since the war started. I still work as a graphic designer but most current projects I am working on are more dedicated to the war, safety, and medicine in Ukraine. Also I take care of my health more than ever.
What did your life look like in 2017 when we were in Kyiv, what does it look now and what do you hope for the future?
OA In 2017 my life was different, I just arrived from my scholarship program Gaude Polonia from Warsaw, after half a year living there. It was a very inspiring and growing time for me, time for my huge art and design progress. And when I finally came back to Kyiv we created a super cool project together with Poster REX. It was a new experience in my career. Together we created very powerful and exclusive works of art, I guess. Also as a process, it was exchanging knowledge, energy, ideas, and just a warm and magical time. Now it looks like a part of my history and we still communicate. So, I think it was the start of a good friendship.
Now there is a war in Ukraine and we are living in hard, unstable times. I try to make more of what I love, what I need, and what interests me now. And to not waste my time doing something that doesn’t make sense to me. It is not always easy, but I try to make it real. Try to realize my dreams and my creative potential. The war somehow helps me to understand that there will be no better time to do things I love than now. Of course, I have my plans and dreams about the future and make all I can to reach it. I believe, more than anything, that my best future is now—and to live it as foolishly as I can.
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THANKS
We would like to thank all 434 participants who have contributed to this publication and by this supporting ARTHELPS and MSF—Médecins Sans Frontières.
A special thanks to those who have worked for this charity project cheaper or even volunteered their efforts: Jack Dignam, who found the right words for the announcement of the project and the call for submissions. Florian in der Beek & Andreas Bayer (TecBits) who realized the website and submission tool. Viola Dessin, who wonderfully designed the key visual and the basic structure of the book. Vicky Blake, who worked devotedly to contact a lot of people around the world to get them excited about the project.
Steven Heller for the wonderful foreword.
Markus Lange for putting together the PosterRex posters. Olga Tereshchenko, Jakub Stepień, and Anton Bukoros from Ukraine for the touching interviews.
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GLOBAL DRAMAS CAN LEAD US TO QUESTION OUR OWN CREDIBILITY AND THE SIGNIFICANCE OF OUR OWN LIVES AND / OR ACTIONS. RECENT EVENTS IN UKRAINE HAVE LED US, THE SLANTED TEAM, TO ASK WHAT OUR WORK IS REALLY FOR? CAN WE ACCELERATE THE TRANSITION TO A SUSTAINABLE, FAIR, AND JUST SOCIETY THROUGH THE POWER OF DESIGN? WITH A GLOBAL CALL, WE INVITED THE DESIGN COMMUNITY TO CONTRIBUTE WITH A PIECE OF WORK AND A DONATION. 434 PEOPLE FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD PARTICIPATED IN THIS PROJECT AND ALMOST 700 POSTERS WERE SUBMITTED. ALL THE PROCEEDS HAVE BEEN DONATED TO TWO SELECTED ORGANIZATIONS THAT WE APPRECIATE FOR THEIR WORK: ARTHELPS AND MSF—MÉDECINS SANS FRONTIÈRES. WE BELIEVE IN THE PROBLEM-SOLVING POWER OF DESIGN. WE WANT TO WORK EVERY DAY TOWARDS A VISION OF THE WORLD THAT IS SUSTAINABLE, INCLUSIVE, EQUITABLE, AND SAFE. THIS BOOK IS AN EFFORT TO BRING THE GLOBAL CREATIVE COMMUNITY TOGETHER TO TAKE A SMALL BUT VALUABLE STEP TOWARDS SOLVING THE BIG PROBLEMS OF OUR TIME.
