From humorous advertising slogans to socially critical statements, the MAK exhibition 100 BEST POSTERS 17: Germany Austria Switzerland offers a diverse spectrum of contemporary poster designs. 
27.6.2018—23.9.2018
MAK Design Lab
On show from 27 June 2018 are the one hundred winning posters that this year’s international jury of experts chose from entries to the annual competition. The posters, all of which are considered equal winners, range from student projects to commissioned work by established graphic designers and advertising agents. In 2017, the selection manifests a pronounced trend towards serial poster combinations and unconventional graphic solutions.
 
The five-person jury for the graphic design competition, which is by now a well-established tradition, comprised communications designer Jens Müller (Düsseldorf, Chair), poster artist Peter Bankov (Prague), the graphic designers Albert Exergian (Vienna) and Michael Kryenbühl (Bern/Lucerne), as well as designer Daniel Wiesmann (Berlin). They received a record number of 2 293 posters from 657 different participants. During the two-stage selection process, 45 entries were chosen from Germany and 50 from Switzerland, along with one German-Swiss cooperation and four further entries from Austria.
 
The competition 100 BEST POSTERS: Germany Austria Switzerland has been presented in the MAK since 2006, and is displayed this year for the first time in the MAK DESIGN LAB. As in previous years, the winning works are to be incorporated as new entries in the MAK Works on Paper Collection.
 
The exhibition is accompanied by the catalog 100 Beste Plakate 17. Deutschland Österreich Schweiz/100 Best Posters 17. Germany Austria Switzerland, Verlag Kettler, Dortmund 2018. Those responsible for the corporate-design of the catalog, web visuals, and printed materials are Jakob Mayr and Kilian Wittmann from the Class for Ideas at the Institute of Design at the University of Applied Arts Vienna. Available at the MAK Design Shop and at MAKdesignshop.at.
 
The exhibition is also to go on tour and be displayed at further locations in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland. Details of exhibition venues as well as winners from the years 2001 to 2017 are available on the Verein Beste Plakate e. V. homepage.
www.100-beste-plakate.de
 
A cooperation between the MAK and the association 100 Beste Plakate e. V.

Curator: Peter Klinger, Deputy Head, MAK Library and Works on Paper Collection