POSTER MONDAY: No War

POSTER MONDAY: No War

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POSTER MONDAY: No War

Last place for September goes to Mikhail Lychkovskiy and his poster “No war”. He is the contemporary designer and poster artist. His works are based on typographic treatment and mixing of national graphic styles.

“The poster was made in the last days of February this year and it relies on the aesthetics of designers, whom I consider saints for various reasons. To pay tribute to Peter Bankov, I used acrylic paint, a tired brush and a broken toothpick. The rocket peels off like a sticker (or like a plaster) — to honor Shigeo Fukuda, as a designer who survived a terrible war and left the strongest statements about it. I don’t really believe that people who start wars can listen to the sayings on the poster. But. In a sense, the work was done out of helplessness and to overcome helplessness. This is a question that is important to ask yourself and find an answer to it: What can you do to stop the war? You can always do at least something to make the world a better place (or at least not make it worse)” tell us Mikhail.

If you would like to learn more from Mikhail and his work visit his web page and stay tuned with us until we reveal the next Poster Monday spot, visit our facebook page and find out more about poster news, events and competitions.

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POSTER MONDAY: PUT OUT

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POSTER MONDAY: PUT OUT

For the last Poster Monday of August we have the honor to present Keith Kitz’s “PUT OUT” poster. Keith Kitz (born in Cincinnati, Ohio) is an artist, graphic designer, and educator living in Boston, Massachusetts. He is the founder of Keith Kitz Design, a practice that has supported clients in the realization of their visual goals for over a decade. Kitz is also the Program Director (BFA and MA), and an Assistant Professor, Graphic Design in the College of Arts & Sciences at Suffolk University. His coursework runs the full spectrum of student development from fundamentals, the creation and implementation of multi-channel design campaigns, and theses. Kitz’s award-winning work has been chronicled in periodicals, books, exhibitions, and permanent collections throughout the United States, and globally in over 50 countries. He has also had the honor of contributing as juror to several poster competitions and a variety design events.

“PUT OUT a word play on Putin, is a call for an immediate withdrawal of Russian forces from Ukraine. This poster was designed for Stand With Ukraine, an open-ended poster campaign initiated by The 4th Block (Ukraine) and PosterTerritory (United States) inviting socially responsible designers to express their views on the undeclared war on Ukraine. The poster was made using a multiple step analog/digital process to generate the photocopied texture—a visual metaphor for Putin’s continuous nefariousness” tell us Kitz.

Outside of classroom and client commitments, Kitz established his 365 Poster Project. Since 2014, this purely experimental space has allowed him to embrace his passion for the form, generating a minimum of a poster a day annually. Kitz’s daily making has generated several thousand entries and represents a comprehensive range of personal, social, and political topics. If you would like to learn more from Keith Kitz and his work visit his website and typographic posters page.

Remember that all submissions are considered each week. If you would like to submit a poster to be featured on Poster Mondays find all the info you need in our submissions page, facebook and twitter.

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Poster Monday: No War

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Poster Monday: No War

The first Poster Monday spot of July  belongs to Chia Hsiang Lee from Taiwan for her poster entitled “No War”. Chia Is a social observer specializing in creative pop art design. Hundreds of awards have been won in major design competitions, not only in Taiwan but also around the world including France, Dubai, Spain, Slovenia, Peru, South Korea, China, Argentina, Poland, Finland, Ukraine, Ecuador, Turkey, Mexico, Russia, Cyprus, India, Iran, Jamaica, etc. Recently invited to serve as one of the judges of the Turkish Bolo Poster Award and Taiwan posters from the 2022 Russia GOLDEN TURTLE Jury Coronavirus International Poster Competition has great enthusiasm for poster design, and develops design education and speech.

Chia Hsiang Lee tell us “The war between Ukraine and Russia gave me the idea; using the English word NO, it is converted into the shape of a tank, symbolizing the concept of anti-war, and showing the creativity of not war. The influence of the social environment inspired my creative inspiration”.

If you would like to learn more from Chia and his work visit his facebook  and remember to submit your poster for the next edition of Poster Monday. Find all the info you need in our submissions page, and facebook.

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Poster Monday: Peace for Ukraine

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Poster Monday: Peace for Ukraine

The designer on the spot today is Pawel Pacholec a graphic designer from Poland. He studied graphic design at the Academy of Fine Arts in Gdansk and photography at the University of Arts in Poznan.

“This poster is my graphic manifest and reaction to the situation in Ukraine. I’m not a politician, nor a soldier. As a graphic designer this is what I can say in the form of a visual message. Two fingers shaping V letter is a very universal peace symbol across the globe. Peace is what Ukraine needs the most right now. To colors, blue and yellow that stand for Ukraine’s flag, and black background that represents Russian terror and aggression, as well as deep ignorance of Russia. “Peace for Ukraine” is a digital illustration. I spend some time making the proportions of the hand to the background just right. The black (or missing thumb) reminds us that freedom and peace is not given once and for all, and there has to be a constant fight to keep it. The symbolism is simple and direct: peace is all that matters for Ukrainian people these days” tell us Pawel.

If you would like to learn more from Ian Perkins and her work visit his Behance and Instagram
Remember to submit your poster for the next edition of Poster Monday. Find all the info you need in our submissions page, and facebook.

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Poster Monday: Less War

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Poster Monday: Less War

In our first Poster Monday of may we present a series of posters entitled “Less War” created by Ian Perkins from UK. He was born and studied design and illustration in the UK, worked in design and advertising for many years, in the cities of NYC, London, Shanghai, Tokyo, Singapore and Taipei.
For the last 9 years Ian have run Name & Name design studio, based in Asia, working on graphic design and visual brand communication projects across Asia, China, UK and USA.

The Ukraine conflict is in the news. People are dying. “We were asked by Taiwan creative representatives to create a poster that could be passed on and used by Ukraine creative groups for peace promotion. For the poster with the peace symbol showing where there are no guns, the concept was “where there is no fighting (represented by the guns and weapons), there is peace”.
For the poster with the 2 guns pointing away from each other a heart is created where the handles meet – representing that when weapons are not pointed at each other, love (and peace, kindness and associated feelings) can be found. As a designer who creates mass messaging, usually to sell things, it is nice to use my skills to promote peace and to inspire others, and I am hoping for an end to this (and the other conflicts currently less in the news)” tell us Ian.

If you would like to learn more from Ian Perkins and her work visit Name&Name web page and remember to submit your poster for the next edition of Poster Monday. Find all the info you need in our submissions page, and facebook.

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Poster Monday: Fake Peace

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Poster Monday: Fake Peace

The designer on the todays Poster Monday is Elshan Valijanov from Azerbaijan. He was born in 1984 in Dashkasan. In 1994 moved to the capital Baku. “As a child, I loved to draw abstract pictures, and this is one of the main indicator that I became a designer in the future. I am an ecologist by profession and I love nature and people”. Elshan work as a freelancer with many countries, he have won many foreign and local design competitions also working as a Graphic Designer and Art Director in the biggest holding in Azerbaijan.

The “Fake Peace” poster tells us about a phenomenon that is repeated in the world more times than we wish. “According to the lies of dictatorial politicians, there is no peace and security in the world. The world does not need a fake peace. It is a political poster. In this poster, I have tried to show the face of dictatorial politicians. Not every word they say is serious and good for the nation. They often say they want peace, but they see peace in war. They even kill people for their own interests. Dove is a symbol of peace, but their lies prevent the dove from flying away. Poster designs and design in general are very closely related, I love this art and the art of design is an inseparable part of my life” tell us Elshan.

If you would like to learn more from Elshan Valijanov and work visit his social connections behance and Instagram. If you want to see your design published on Poster Monday visit our submission page.

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Poster Monday: Coercion, War is a Violation

Coercion war violation by Emese Deschmann
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Poster Monday: Coercion, War is a Violation

The first Monday Poster of April its titled Coercion, War is a Violation and was designed by Emese Deschmann. She was born in Buapest (Hungary) to an art patronizing family, after spending a year at the Merz Academy (Hochschule Für Gestaltung, Kunst und Medien) in Stuttgart, then she graduated from the Faculty of Arts of the University of Pécs with a degree in painting (2000). Emese have gained most of her knowledge from the masters, Sándor Pinczehelyi and Ferenc Lantos. After working in the field of advertising graphics and graphic design work for more than 10 years – therefore gaining a lot of professional and human experience – she have found her way back to artistic poster design and illustration.

“The war next to us sparked the idea, but what I wanted to say is a little more general. Coercion, war is a violation of life itself. Whichever way it ends up, whatever it results in – a collective trauma is inevitable. Whatever the purpose of war is –  an exercise of power, financial or territorial increment, – violence is the humiliation of life” tell us Emese.

If you would like to learn more from Emese Deschmann and her work visit her instagram and remember to submit your poster for the next edition of Poster Monday. Find all the info you need in our submissions page, and facebook.

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Poster Monday: Belarus

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Poster Monday: Belarus

The last poster of March is “Belarus” designed by Ivan Volyanskyi, a 28 years old motion designer born in the industrial city of Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine.
Protests erupted in the former Soviet country last August after Lukashenko claimed a sixth presidential term in a vote that the opposition and Western diplomats said was rigged. Police in Belarus have detained more than 100 people, including five journalists, local media and a rights group have said, as they gathered for fresh rallies against President Alexander Lukashenko “The concept is to show clearly what is happening in the neighboring country – Belarus. There was no creative approach even during the examination … I just looked at the news and immediately a picture appeared in my head my contribution, although small … but I think it is… it is publicity and cultural protest against the dictatorship and violence! The poster is still alive and a very important communication tool and will be for a very long time! I always make posters as I have free time” tell us Ivan

If you would like to know more about him visit his personal behance and remember to submit your poster for the next edition of Poster Monday. Find all the info you need in our submissions page, and facebook.

 

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Poster Monday: Armenia lovin it

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Poster Monday: Armenia lovin it

Nuriman Zakiroghlu from Azerbaijan is the author of the Poster Monday that we present today “Armenia lovin it”. He is a freelance graphic designer specialized in visual communication and visual solutions. Nuriman currently works as a graphic design instructor.

This poster was created as a sign of protest against the one-sided position of brands such as McDonald’s, Burger King, Papa Johns in Azerbaijan during the war between Azerbaijan and Armenia in late 2020. The poster shows a map of Azerbaijan and McDonald’s bombs falling from Armenia to Azerbaijan. One of these bombs refers to a war zone, and the other to the civilian cities of Azerbaijan, which are not war zones, bombed by Armenia. McDonald’s, which started this in Azerbaijan, criticized other brands’ position in this challenging time for the country. As a consequence of invalid Armenian propaganda, famous brands’ erroneous and unfair position is clearly expressed in McDonald’s slogan (armenia lovin’ it) related to the corresponding situation.

If you would like to learn more from Nuriman’s poster visit his behance acount, and remember to submit your poster for the next edition of Poster Monday. Find all the info you need in our submissions page, and facebook.

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Poster Monday: Karabakh is Azerbaijan

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Poster Monday: Karabakh is Azerbaijan

Nuriman Zakiroghlu from Azerbaijan is the author of the Poster Monday that we present today. He is a freelance graphic designer specialized in visual communication and visual solutions. Nuriman currently works as a graphic design instructor.

The poster “Karabakh is Azerbaijan“ indicates the current leaders of Armenia and Azerbaijan on the territory of Nagorno-Karabakh through the negative space. Armenia has committed genocide against the civilian population by involving ASALA and many other terrorist organizations in the Karabakh region of Azerbaijan, and about 1 million Azerbaijanis have been expelled from their homeland.
Despite the fact that for almost 30 years UN resolutions and most countries of the world recognize the genocide committed by Armenians against Azerbaijanis, and the Karabakh being the official territory of Azerbaijan, Armenia did not step back from its aggressive politics, even continued to violate the ceasefire.
Finally, on September 27, Azerbaijan responded to the Armenian aggressors’ violation of the ceasefire and attacks on Azerbaijani lands again. Since 30 years of peace talks did not yield any results, the Azerbaijani government rightfully started to resolve the conflict by protecting the territory from the occupation of Armenia.
However, instead of fighting on the front line, Armenians started killing civilians as always by sending missiles to other Azerbaijani cities outside far from the front which is a complete violation of the terms of the current Geneva Convention. Nevertheless, Armenian lobbies continue to spread false information without any evidence and to try to convince the countries of the world to intervene in the situation.
On the poster, you can see the current prime minister of Armenia, Nikol Pashinyan, on the left side of the map, and the current president of Azerbaijan, Ilham Aliyev, on the right.

Visit this behance to find more about Nuriman and his work and if you would like to submit a poster to be featured on Poster Mondays find all the info you need to participate in our submissions page.

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