Our Poster 2024 competition is open, and we’re already receiving plenty of interesting entries. We’re happy to share some of the most interesting with you, as well as some of our favorite winners from this year’s competition.
Our first new design is from designer Lynda Decker of Decker Design and was created as a collaboration between her and director John Madere for Ditch Plains Productions and their movie, “Rocco Up” (above, left). This documentary is about an autistic boy whose father taught him how to surf as a way to nonverbally and more naturally connect to his son. The poster itself shows a yellow surfboard being ridden by a person in a black wetsuit as it traverses through the water and over the waves. Madere himself captured the image with a drone camera, and Decker curated and worked with the photograph, placing the movie title on top and making the poster reminiscent of a National Geographic magazine cover. The technical and aesthetic aspects of the design capture an intense, emotional state of mind that clings to the viewers the same way a surfer clings to their surfboard.
Another new entry from designer Meaghan A. Dee educates its viewers about the protests currently happening throughout Iran. “Women Life Freedom” (above, right) was created after Dee asked a friend if there was anything she could do to personally contribute to the demonstrations; this friend told Dee to make a poster to usher in more international awareness. In a bold move, the designer spells out the protesters’ rallying cry with her own hair, an ode to the brave women throughout Iran who are exposing or cutting off their hair in public spaces as an act of defiance against the unjust laws and expectations of their country. While the hair spells out the poster’s title in English, the message is written in Persian, the language of Iran, in the bottom right corner, implying that the cause for women’s rights is universal and should be for everyone.
