The dynamics of a poster lies in its power of expression and directness of communication. Entering the age of digital technology in the 21st century, posters remains the prevalent form of communication among other forms of electronic media. In the eyes of designers, poster is their favourite form of design. You could experience the power of posters in this exhibition.
A total of 352 pieces of poster graphics were represented in three categories: Selected Posters: 159 posters selected from the total of 1,682 entries from 40 countries were showcased.
Works of Judges: Creative works from six judges: Pierre MENDELL (Germany), Makoto SAITO (Japan), Paula SCHER (U.S.A.), Henry STEINER (Hong Kong), YU Bingnan (China) and Alan ZIE (Hong Kong) were demonstrated.
Thematic posters: That included the works designed by prominent international designers on the theme of the "Living Heritage" echoing the mission statement of the new Hong Kong Heritage Museum "to preserve and interpret the cultural identity of Hong Kong in order to enrich the lives of present and future generation". Unique style of different social and historical scene were mirrored in this special category.
1. |
Britain |
John Rushworth |
A.G.I. Against Violence |
2. |
Bulgaria |
Bojidar Ikonomov |
The Theatre-That's me |
3. |
China |
Bao Bin |
If no Green |
4. |
China |
Bi Kai Min |
Marlboro World |
5. |
China |
Cui Shengguo |
Make a Fein to the East and Attach in the West |
6. |
China |
Dongling |
面具系列 1 & 2 |
7. |
China |
Du Feng Song |
人與自然系列: (1) 森林在減少
(2) 湖泊在萎縮 |
8. |
China |
Du Feng Song |
服飾與文化系列 : "綴" "紉""""絲" |
9. |
China |
Fang Chen |
We are one |
10. |
China |
Gray Gu
Johnny Chan |
毛筆篇 |
11. |
China |
Han Jiaying |
互動 |
12. |
China |
Han Jiaying |
城市發現 |
13. |
China |
He Ming |
Misfortunes Never Come Singly |
14. |
China |
Jianping He |
Chinese Fashion, Chinese Culture |
15. |
China |
Pan Qin |
Green |
16. |
China |
Shen Hao-peng |
Suzhou Image |
17. |
China |
Ting Zhang |
Tax Free |
18. |
China |
Wang Xu |
Poster for the Second International Ink Painting Biennial of Shenzhen |
19. |
China |
Wang Zhijun |
Anniversary |
20. |
China |
Wu Yong |
北京設計博物館成立 |
21. |
China |
Xiao Yong |
International Designers' Namecard Show |
22. |
China |
Zhao Zichun |
申奧招貼 |
23. |
Croatia |
Boris Ljubicic |
Love □&○ |
24. |
Denmark |
Gitte Kath |
Sydney 2000 Paralympics |
25. |
France |
Sebastien Courtois |
Against the Sexual Slavery of Children |
26. |
Germany |
Buttner Helmut Feliks |
International Year of Ocean |
27. |
Germany |
Dirk Bleicker |
Crazy Quilts |
28. |
Germany |
Dirk Bleicker |
Troja |
29. |
Germany |
Drewinshi Lex |
Hunger |
30. |
Germany |
Drewinski Lex |
Racism |
31. |
Germany |
Drewinski Lex |
Save Me |
32. |
Germany |
Drewinski Lex |
Stop AIDS |
33. |
Germany |
Drewinski Lex |
Money |
34. |
Germany |
Erhard Gruettner |
Cultural Posters from the Formerly GDR |
35. |
Germany |
Fans M. Hickmann |
All my Posters |
36. |
Germany |
Gesine Grotrain-Steinweg |
Orpheus+Eurydike |
37. |
Germany |
Langer-Rosa, Marina |
People to People |
38. |
Germany |
Matthies Holger |
Without a Trace |
39. |
Germany |
Matthies Holger |
Gutersloh Gyorgy Ligetiz |
40. |
Germany |
Matthies Holger |
Poster Graphic design from Humbry |
41. |
Germany |
Mayer Andreas |
Filmnight-Student Film Presentation |
42. |
Germany |
Uwe Loesch |
Overlap |
43. |
Germany |
Uwe Loesch |
www.shit.com |
44. |
HK |
John Au |
Imagine |
45. |
HK |
Chan Kin Pang |
Tai Chi |
46. |
HK |
Chan Wing Kei, Leslie |
Taiwan Image Poster Design in France |
47. |
HK |
Chan Yau Kin, Alan |
Poster for City Discovery |
48. |
HK |
Chan Yau Kin, Alan |
Poster for Shanghai International Poster Invitational Exhibition 99-White Cat Black Cat |
49. |
HK |
Chan Yau Kin, Alan |
One out of ten for Alan Chan Design |
50. |
HK |
Chan Yau Kin, Alan |
Promotional Posters for the Morisawa Publication......Tategumi Yokogumi |
51. |
HK |
Cheung Choi-lai, Max |
New Life |
52. |
HK |
Sandy Choi |
Homage |
53. |
HK |
Kan Tai Keung |
Eternity |
54. |
HK |
Kan Tai Keung |
Cities Discovery |
55. |
HK |
Kan Tai Keung |
Celebrating the New Born of the Museum of Design |
56. |
HK |
Kan Tai Keung |
Bornfree Recycled Paper Series:
(1) Playing Free
(2) Eating Free
(3) Sleeping Free
(4) Sitting Free
(5) Walking Free |
57. |
HK |
Lai Wai Kwan, Gideon |
Harmony |
58. |
HK |
Lau Siu Hong, Freeman |
Hong Kong Poster League Episode I-People (Black) |
59. |
HK |
Tse Wing Cheong |
You See What You See |
60. |
HK |
Stanley Wong |
People 1-9 |
61. |
HK |
Stanley Wong |
Black Cat White Cat |
62. |
Hungary |
Istvan Orosz |
Istvan Orosz Exhibition |
63. |
Hungary |
Istvan Orosz |
Faces |
64. |
Hungary |
Istvan Orosz |
The 'TOTS' |
65. |
Hungary |
Istvan Orosz |
Graphic Works by Istvan Orosz |
66. |
Israel |
Tartakover David |
United Colors of Netanyahu |
67. |
Israel |
Tartakover David |
Childhood is not Child's Play |
68. |
Japan |
Hiroyuki Matsuishi |
Africa Tanzania |
69. |
Japan |
Hisato Harutaka |
Shimauta-night 2000 |
70. |
Japan |
Hisato Harutaka |
IMS Autumn Selection 2000 |
71. |
Japan |
Itoh, Toyotsugu |
Witness-The World Heritage |
72. |
Japan |
Kazumasa Nagai |
10th International Design |
73. |
Japan |
Koji Mizutani |
Ryuko Tsushin |
74. |
Japan |
Masaaki Hiromura |
97 Kyoto Environmental Poster Design Exhibition |
75. |
Japan |
Masaaki Hiromura |
Takeo Paper Show |
76. |
Japan |
Masaaki Hiromura |
Muji Air Furniture |
77. |
Japan |
Masaaki Hiromura |
Muji Knit Campaign |
78. |
Japan |
Masaaki Hiromura |
Muji Price Campaign |
79. |
Japan |
Masaaki Hiromura |
Muji Breakfast Campaign |
80. |
Japan |
Masaaki Hiromura |
Muji Service |
81. |
Japan |
Masaaki Hiromura |
Muji Price Campaign 99 |
82. |
Japan |
Masaru Suzuki |
Thin as a Thread |
83. |
Japan |
Masayuki Terashima |
No Landmine |
84. |
Japan |
Masayuki Terashima |
Economic Life? |
85. |
Japan |
Masayuki Terashima |
John Hicks + Suzie Japan Tour 97 |
86. |
Japan |
Masayuki Terashima |
Charity Concert Hokkaido 2000 |
87. |
Japan |
Masuteru Aoba |
All Flesh is Grass |
88. |
Japan |
Masuteru Aoba |
Competition 2000 |
89. |
Japan |
Motoya Sugisaki |
Kaitensushi Totoyamichi |
90. |
Japan |
Pedro Yamashita |
Yang Jing Pipa Solo Concert |
91. |
Japan |
Shin Matsungana |
Iwasaki Lighting |
92. |
Japan |
Shuzo Kato |
Process Center Co.LTD |
93. |
Japan |
Shuzo Kato |
1.Perfect Combination 2.Power Communication 3.Positive Creation |
94. |
Japan |
Tadanori Yokoo |
Ka-sai |
95. |
Japan |
Tadanori Yokoo |
V&A |
96. |
Japan |
Tadanori Yokoo |
Gohatto |
97. |
Japan |
U.G. Sato |
Visual Communication |
98. |
Japan |
Yutaka Murakoshi |
Unheard of Style-1.Sudanese 2.Indian 3.Korean 4.American |
99. |
Japan |
Yutaka Murakoshi |
New Year Style-1.Japanese 2.English 3.Austrian 4.Jamaican |
100. |
Korea |
Bae, Sung Eic |
We Killing Nature |
101. |
Korea |
O-Yong Kwon |
Gulliver |
102. |
Mexico |
Angel Lagunes Rrodrigues |
Errant Chronicles |
103. |
Mexico |
Angel Lagunes Rrodrigues |
Fifty Posters and 500 Mights |
104. |
Mexico |
Jose Manuel Morelos Villegas |
Thirty Years of the Political Poster |
105. |
Poland |
Filip Iwanski |
Coca-Cola |
106. |
Poland |
Miroslaw Adamczyk |
Fotography in the Japanese Poster |
107. |
Poland |
Ryszard Kajzer |
18. Torino Film Festival |
108. |
Poland |
Piotr Szulkowski |
Amnesty International |
109. |
Poland |
Stays Eidrigevicius |
Stasys Exhibition in Warsaw Hoza Street |
110. |
Poland |
Tadeusz Piechura |
Kazimir Malevich 120th Anniversary of Birth 1878-1998
Kazimir Malevich 65th Anniversary of Death 1935-2000 |
111. |
Poland |
Wieslaw Grzegorczyk |
Poles and German Together in Europe |
112. |
Poland |
Zebrowski Leszek |
Galina |
113. |
Russia |
Yuri Gulitov |
Yuri Gulitov Typeface |
114. |
Russia |
Yuri Surkov |
Water for Human Kind |
115. |
Russia |
Yuri Surkov |
Culture Program |
116. |
Switzerland |
Bundi Stephan |
Troades (The Trojan Women) |
117. |
Switzerland |
Bundi Stephan |
Schuld und Suhne
(Crime and Punishment) |
118. |
Switzerland |
Grunig Urs |
Amnesty International |
119. |
Switzerland |
K. Domenic Geissbuhler |
Ilombardi |
120. |
Switzerland |
K. Domenic Geissbuhler |
Amore |
121. |
Switzerland |
K. Domenic Geissbuhler |
LuLu |
122. |
Switzerland |
K. Domenic Geissbuhler |
Liebesgarten Love Garden |
123. |
Switzerland |
Niklaus Troxler |
Ellery Eskelin - Han Bennink |
124. |
Switzerland |
Niklaus Troxler |
Daniel Bourquin - Leon Francioci |
125. |
Switzerland |
Niklaus Troxler |
Jazz Festival - Willisau '98 |
126. |
Switzerland |
Ralph Schraivogel |
AGI Seminar Zurich |
127. |
Switzerland |
Ralph Schraivogel |
Cinemafrica 97 |
128. |
Switzerland |
Rosmarie Tissi |
The Worst Case |
129. |
Switzerland |
Rosmarie Tissi |
Swiss Poster of the Year 1998 |
130. |
Switzerland |
Rosmarie Tissi |
Swiss poster of the Year 1999 |
131. |
Switzerland |
Siegfried Odermatt |
More Intormation : Later! Exhibition in APG Poster Eornm Hoven /Switzerland |
132. |
Switzerland |
Tean-Benoit Levy |
Days of Cinema'Solothuen/Switzerland |
133. |
Taiwan |
李根在 |
1. 中國‧台灣-和平
2. 中國‧台灣-戰爭 |
134. |
Taiwan |
李根在 |
悼念龜倉雄策 |
135. |
Taiwan |
李根在 |
戰勝愛滋 |
136. |
Taiwan |
李根在 |
旭銀企業-雙E紙張海報 |
137. |
Taiwan |
施令紅 |
Slaughtered Woman's Rights |
138. |
USA |
Cedomir Kostovic |
Racism & Racism |
139. |
USA |
Ivan Cher Mayeff |
Posters American Style |
140. |
USA |
Ivan Cher Mayeff |
Aiga Miami |
141. |
USA |
Joe Scorsone,
Alice Drveding |
Ethnic Cleanser, stress, risk |
142. |
USA |
Michael Bicout |
Architectural League of New York 'Light Years' |
143. |
USA |
Michael Gericke |
AIA Heritage Ball 'Face' |
144. |
USA |
Michael Gericke |
Inscape 'Eye', 'Man', 'Door', 'Lamp' |
145. |
USA |
Paul B, Davis |
Grand Illusion |
146. |
USA |
Paul B, Davis |
Ginza Graphic Gallery |
147. |
USA |
Paul B, Davis |
Art Is...... |
148. |
Yugoslavia |
Kapitans Atila |
Hamlet |
149. |
Yugoslavia |
Kapitans Atila |
Nightmare |
150. |
Zimbabwe |
Chaz Maviyane-Davies |
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