Chicago International Poster Biennial

17 JUNE 2008
FINALISTS FOR THE FIRST CHICAGO INTERNATIONAL POSTER BIENNIAL

The First Chicago International Poster Biennial Exhibition will include the poster work of the following designers, listed by country or region, selected from over 1,600 total entries. In September, we will announce the gold medal, two medals of honor, and two special medals for typographic excellence and best poster with a social theme. More designers and posters may be included in the Biennial catalogue, which will also be announced by September.

AUSTRIA

Florine Kammerer

Belarus

Toreev Jouri

BRAZIL

Hugo Werner Freitas

CHINA

Cheng Ruei Cai
Hong Chong IP
Pazu Lee Ka Ling

DENMARK

Finn Nygaard

FINLAND

Hilppa Hyrkas
Kari Piippo

FRANCE

Philippe Apeloig
Michal Batory
Pierre Bernard
Francois Caspar + Violette
Ronald Curchod
Pierre Emm Meunier
Alain Le Quernec
Annette Lenz and Vincent Perrottet
Bruno Souetre

GERMANY

Lex Drewinski
Detlef Fiedler, Cyan
Gotz Gramlich
Pierre Mendell
Daniel Wiesman
Hong Zhang

HUNGARY

Istvan Orosz

IRAN

Farad Fozouni
Peyman Pourhosein
Iman Raad
Mehdi Saeedi
Iman Safaei

JAPAN

Takashi Akiyama
Hiroyuki Matsuishi
Shin Matsunaga
Toshiyasu Nanbu
Gaku Ohsugi and Yuriko Matsumura
U.G. Sato

MACAO, CHINA

Kuokwai Cheong

MEXICO

Jorge Matias-Garnica
Jose Manuel Morelos

NETHERLANDS

Michiel Schuurman
Harmen Liemburg
Edwin Vollebergh, Studio Boot

POLAND

Miroslaw Adamczyk
Tomasz Boguslawski
Elzbieta Chojna
Justyna Czerniakowska
Stasys Eidrigvicius
Joanna Gorska and Jerzy Skakun
Krzysztof Iwanski
Roman Kalarus
Lech Majewski
Michal Minor
Kasia Rogowiec
Wiestan Rosocha
Franciszek Starowieyski
Waldemar Swierzy

PORTUGAL

Liza Defossez Ramalho and Artur Rebelo, R2

RUSSIA

Igor Gurovich
Anna Naumava

SOUTH KOREA

Chan-Woo Cho
Jaewon Seok
Hung Sungil

SWITZERLAND

Eric Brechbuhl
Stephan Bundi
Remo Caminada
Domenic Geissbuhler
Melchior Imboden
Claude Kuhn
Bruno Monguzzi
Cybu Richli and Fabienne Buri
Niklaus Troxler

TAIWAN

Leslie Chan Wing Kei
Jheng-Chang Chen
Lin Horng-Jer
Shih Chieh Hung
Minglung Yu
Jen Ping Wu

UNITED KINGDOM

Richard Ardagh

USA

Ben Barry, The Decoder Ring Design Concern
Jennifer Beorkrem
Michael Bierut, Pentagram
Mike Burton, Little Jacket
Emek
Christian Helms, The Decoder Ring Design Concern
Dan Ibarra and Michael Byzewski, Aesthetic Apparatus
Kathleen Judge
Jason Munn
Rocco Piscatello
Post Typography
Paula Scher, Pentagram
Michael Strassburger
Scott Thares and Richard Boyton, Wink