Kiia Beilinson wins UNICEF poster competition
13.06.2014
Kiia Beilinson, a student in Aalto University’s Master's Degree Programme in Graphic Design, was named the winner of the competition with her entry ‘be a tit’.
UNICEF Finland invited graphic design students from around the world to design bold, simple and contemporary posters to benefit children. The UNICEF poster exhibition will be on display in the City of Lahti at the market square on Aleksanterinkatu all summer.
The theme of the poster competition was reducing child mortality. The posters should impart the message that the topic is very serious, and the objective of the posters was to help young adults understand the significant results achieved through international cooperation and that no child should die, if the cause of death is at all preventable.
The message of the entries must evoke hope and motivate young adults to participate. The artists’ task was to find a contemporary and fresh visual language for the poster and avoid stereotypes related to the topic.
Ten art schools and universities from nine countries were invited to participate; entries came from Ecuador, Israel, Japan, China, Poland, Finland, the Czech Republic, Russia and the United States. A total of 100 entries by young artists were entered into the competition.
The competition’s jury includes graphic designers Timo Berry, Jenni Kuokka, Ilkka Kärkkäinen and Linda Linko. Jussi Kivipuro, Director of Communications at UNICEF Finland, was the jury’s chairman and Grafia ry’s Executive Director Katri Soramäki its secretary.
The exhibition is part of the Lahti Poster Triennial and Lahti’s UNICEF city 2014 programme. The poster competition was organised by UNICEF Finland and Aalto University in cooperation with Multiprint Oy.
UNICEF Outdoor Poster Exhibit 12 June –12 August 2014
Aleksanterinkatu market square, Lahti, on the wall of the parking area’s construction site
www.unicef.fi/julistenayttely