Graphic designers create order out of chaos, give insight into complicated matters and have the power to create an emotional response. They visualize urgent topics so everyone can understand them in the blink of an eye.
In the post-digital age the poster is still a powerful tool to communicate important topics. With this Open Call Graphic Matters call upon designers from all over the world to design a poster on a topic they care about!
Theme: Information Superpower!
This is your chance to show your what you care about. Climate change, plastic soup, fast fashion, fake news, fear mongering, privacy or a personal matter. Everything is allowed, as long as you use your ‘information superpower’! Make a poster in the form of a data visualization, infographic, map or user manual. For the first time we also allow moving posters!
Keep in mind that your poster has to be legible from three meters distance
You can submit a maximum of 2 posters and 1 moving poster
You promise to submit new or previously unpublished work
What’s in it for you:
The winning posters will be exhibited during Graphic Matters from September 20th until October 27th
The winning moving posters will also be displayed during DEMO festival in Amsterdam on November 7th
5 VIP winners receive travel budget, an overnight stay and free entrance to the vernissage on September 20th and the festival
The remaining winners receive a free festival ticket
The winning posters will be printed as a limited edition during Graphic Matters
The winners receive their poster when they visit the festival
The winning posters will be published. The winners receive 1 publication
Specifications
A3 (29,7 X 42 cm)
max 5 MB / 200 dpi
CMYK color mode
Keep your explanations brief – 20-100 words
Keep in mind winners need to submit a new A0 file
You can submit a maximum of 3 posters
Moving Poster
Resolution 1080 x 1920 pixels
9:16 ratio
25 frames per second
MP4 (H.264 codec)
Video must be exactly 10 seconds
Upload your moving poster to Vimeo, Youtube, Dropbox or Google Drive and paste it in the form on the website.
Deadline
You can submit your poster till August 11th
Visit https://graphicmatters.nl/en/poster-project/ for more information
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