Poster Monday: Less War

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: World Without Vladimir Putin

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Poster Monday: World Without Vladimir Putin

For this monday we bring you a poster from Ulvi Gulusoy born in 1994 in Jalilabad, Azerbaijan, now live in the capital Baku; Ulvi have been teaching Graphic Design in the leading design academy and is an official representative of Adobe and Autodesk in Azerbaijan: Baku Design Academy since 2019, also an Adobe Certified Professional with a badge of “Visual Design” He started his design career in 2013.
“The idea behind this poster is to symbolize the terror Vladimir Putin bought to the world in recent months. The phrase “миру мир но не владимир. (Miru mir, no ne Vladimir)” means that the world needs peace (mir) not war (symbolically Vladimir). In this case, the word mir in Russian means both world and peace. And by removing (scratching) mir from Vladimir Putin’s name I tried to visualize that the actions of Putin go against the principles of a peaceful society” tell us Ulvi.
If you would like to know more about Ulvi Gulusoy  we invite you to visit his personal behance and Instagram account where you can also find more posters and projects from him. 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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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: Save Mariupol

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Poster Monday: Save Mariupol

This Poster Monday spot came from Tbilisi, Georgia designed by Irakli Bokuchava a doctor, bloger and publicist.

“Mariupol is new Guernica. This is Ukrainian city, which is blocked during month by Russian fascist invaders and bombing 7/24. Half of residents died, children, women. They were in the basements of the building houses. So this poster represents humans in the basement of the city, heroic Mariupol, which is bombarded day and night” tell us Irakli.

If you would like to learn more from Irakli Bokuchava opinion and situation in the region visit this link. 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: Venus Cry

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Poster Monday: Venus Cry

Today’s Poster Monday comes from Oman, designed by Salim al-japri and titled “Venus Cry” and tells us about the obsession to achieve beauty.

In the now globalized Western culture, the search for beauty has some facets that cannot be considered beautiful. An ordinary person is exposed to the thousands of messages that present beauty with obsessive standards, creating addictions that not only affect the body but also mental and social health, where depression, anxiety and other mental disorders are becoming more frequent among people from ages as young as nine years old up to thirty years old and more.

If you would like to learn more from Salim’s work visit his behance, and Don’t forget 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: Refugee

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Poster Monday: Refugee

Today Poster Monday comes from Brasil, it belongs to Marcos Minini and its title is “Refugee” He studied Graphic Design at the Federal University of Paraná. Over the last 30 years worked at different advertising agencies and design studios, like senior designer, Master Comunicação (design creative director), Brainbox Branding 360 (associate creative director) and Aurora Branding (partner). Marcos is one of the founders of Clube de Criação do Paraná (Creative Club of Paraná) and Prodesign PR (Paraná Design Association) teach Poster Design and also run lectures and workshops on creativity. His posters published in several books around the world, 4 platinum prizes at Graphis Poster and several golds and silver awards at Graphis. His poster had been in several Biennials too, like Golden Bee, Warsaw Poster Biennial, BiCebé Bolivia, Poster Biennale Lublin, Ecuador Poster Bienal, Bienal del Cartel in México, Poster Fest Budapest, Shenzhen International Poster Festival among others.

In the world the refugee problem is growing, wars, violence, revolutions, droughts, economic crises and totalitarian governments cause more and more people to leave their place of origin in the most precarious conditions possible, many of them instead of to find the peace and tranquility they seek, they end up imprisoned in another country. In reality, in one way or another, they are prisoners of violence all their lives.

If you would like to learn more from Marcos Minini and his work visit his website 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: Natalia Volpe Manifesti

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Poster Monday: Natalia Volpe Manifesti

This Poster Monday spot of the day belongs to Natalia Volpe from Buenos Aires, Argentina for her poster entitled “Natalia Volpe Manifesti”. Natalia Volpe, is a graphic designer graduated from the Faculty of Design and Urbanism of Buenos Aires and obtained a Master’s degree in Literature from the Autonomous University of Barcelona. She is currently a university professor and work in her study, where develops graphic, editorial and artistic projects, dividing her time between Buenos Aires and Lyon, where she currently resides. Natalia has been a member of international juries in different poster calls: Uruguay Cartel, Golden Turtle Eco-Poster, Ecuador Poster Biennial, Listen to my voice, Poster Biennial in Bolivia, among others, also is a founding member of the Onaire Collective, where she develops a working method called “Graphic stew”, which serves as a tool for her collaborative artistic work. Committed to the design of social posters, she allocates part of her production to works that challenge society, which have been recognized and exhibited in different parts of the world.

The poster was created for the exhibition ” Natalia Volpe Manifesti ” where more than 70 posters by Natalia Volpe are presented. The posters are about social and cultural issues, divided into three ways of approaching design: individually, based on her work in her own studio; collectively, with Onaire Colectivo Gráfico; and in a community way through the workshop Graphic Stew. A look with three colors that invite you to see and inhabit the world.

If you would like to learn more about Natalia Volpe visit her studio site. If you want to see your design published on Poster Monday visit our submission page.

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Poster Monday: Tears in sea

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Poster Monday: Tears in sea

The first Poster Monday spot of the day belongs to Çağdaş İnci from Turkey. He was born in 1983 in Izmir is graduated from Art Teaching. Çağdaş is an art director and graphic designer for 14 years. Now working as graphic designer in an organic farming firm. “I’m keen on art and illustration. I see art as a part of life” says Çağdaş.

At the International Reggae Poster Competition on human trafficking, my work “Tears in sea” was ranked 11th in the top 100 among 2190 poster designs by 1157 artists from 70 countries. In this design, I wanted to describe the difficulties people experience during the migration process and their loss at the hands of human smugglers. The sea cries for people. People are traveling in the boat of tears.

Learn more about Çağdaş İnci ‘s work visit his behance. If you want to see your design published on Poster Monday visit our submission page

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Poster Monday: La Catrina

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Poster Monday: La Catrina

“La Catrina” is the first Poster Monday spot of November and belongs to Gyula Molnár from Hungary. He is a graphic designer and art teacher. His first posters are characteristic Pop Art works, later he switched to drawing and painting in a very detail oriented style. In 1983 he designed a famous Hungarian travel poster, displaying an interesting emblem of the country. His posters are often provocative and erotic. Today he is a member of the Hungarian Poster Association (MPT). Gyula now is retired from teaching but he is still very active as an artist, his newest works focus on provocative topics of sex and politics.

The poster “La Catrina” was made for the collection Calacarteles 5 an event organized by Autopsia Colectiva for the Day of the Dead celebration; that day in Mexico is one of the most important cultural celebrations of the year in which loved ones who have already died are remembered with a rich and colorful event full of symbolic elements among which we find “La Catrina” who is an elegantly dressed skeleton. and it was created by the engraver José Guasalupe Posada as a criticism of people who appear to have or to be something that they are not. The Day of the Dead is celebrated in Mexico on November 1 and 2.

If you would like to learn more from Gyula Molnár and his work visit his website and If you want to see your design published on Poster Monday visit our submission page

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Poster Monday: Disinformation

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Poster Monday: Disinformation

For the last Poster Monday in October we present the poster “Disinformation” designed by Wes Karchut from Colorado, United States. He has been a fine artist for over 25 years. “Originally I worked exclusively in oils and now have moved almost exclusively to digital art. I am mostly self-taught as much as anyone is self-taught with all of the wonderful design content on the web (clearly a good use of technology). I am a Colorado native and worked in a number of boring business jobs, but always doing design work personally and professionally”.

We asked Wes about the concepts behind his “Disinformation” poster and this is what he tells us: “The concept behind my poster is the displacement of traditional media with social media along with its attendant addictive qualities. The upside down orientation reflects how our world view has likewise been turned upside down and our brains manipulated by deep, psychological means built into these social media platforms. The backstory on this poster was a poster contest that I never entered, but for which I designed this poster. The contest theme was “disinformation and new media” I don’t know how to solve the problem of disinformation and social media, but I do believe raising awareness through a poster and other means is a good first step”.

If you would like to follow Wes work visit his behance and Instagram acount. And remember to submit your posters to be featured in our coming editions of Poster Monday.

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