My vision of the origin of World War I, and selected as a finalist for the STRELKA 2014 Poster Action "World War I – 100"
International STRELKA Design Festival.
The design festival STRELKA 2014 will mark 100 years since the start of World War I. “World War I – 100” is a poster competition dedicated to the war that forever changed the world, led to the death of millions of people and to the emergency of fascism; the war that caused revolutions and destroyed empires. It’s the period when for the first time in human history weapons of mass destruction were used.
I had the honor to be selected as a finalist with my poster, together with many talented designers and another ecuadorian too. You can see the list here.
The works selected by the Selection Committee will be exposed at the festival and published in the final catalog of the design festival STRELKA.
BACKGROUND
Gavrilo Princip
Archduke Franz Ferdinand
For the poster, I wanted to rely on some elements that are not overused, like bullets, blood, war machines and so on.
When we discuss about the origin of World War I, we instantly picture the image of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, ignoring the name and face of the killer, Gavrilo Princip, so I wanted to conform in an image, using the two elements, a poster in a visually appealing way, giving the name "War Unmasked" as if Gavrilo took the place as the real cause of the start of World War I.
War Unmasked
EXHIBITION - RUSSIA
Newspaper regarding the ceremony of design festival "Strelka 2014, World War I - 100"
Opening Ceremony of Strelka Poster Action "100 Years of World War I" at "Varvarka 8", exhibition hall, 8/22 Varvarskay st.
Catalogue of the Design Festival STRELKA 2014
"War Unmasked" in the Catalogue of the Design Festival STRELKA 2014
Diploma of Participation
EXHIBITION - GERMANY
The poster was also part of the "Internationale Plakate anlässlich des Ausbruches des I. Weltkrieges" that was at the Leipzig Commerzbank at Thomaskirchhof in Germany, 2014.
Newspaper regarding the Exhibition.
All the posters
Featured in Rene Wanner's Poster Page
Featured in Rene Wanner's Pinterest
EXHIBITION - SERBIA
The poster was also selected for the Sixth World Biennial of Student Poster, in Serbia.
The list of the selected participants is available here
EXHIBITION - CHINA
The poster was also part of the 7th United Desings exhibition in Shanghai, China
The official exhibition poster.
Exhibition.
War Unmasked in the 7th United Designs catalogue
EXHIBITION - SLOVAKIA
The poster was selected to participate in the Trnava Poster Triennial 2015, in Slovakia.
The International Jury selected into the final 370 posters from the 3564 submissions with the help of online evaluation application. You can see the complete list of selected participants here.
The International Jury selected into the final 370 posters from the 3564 submissions with the help of online evaluation application. You can see the complete list of selected participants here.
Robert Paršo, curator of the Triennial, in the opening ceremony
Poster in the Jan Koniarek Gallery in Trnava
Poster in the Slovak Museum of Design
