ECO-Posters

Professional jury

• Dariush Allahyari

  Iran

  Dariush Allahyari was born in Tabriz, Iran, in 1987. He graduated from high school in Tabriz in 2003. After that, he passed the entrance exam and began studying graphic design at Urmia Shahid Beheshti Technical University, continuing his education at Shiraz Eram University. Dariush completed his bachelor’s degree in 2013. After completing his military service in 2015, he took the entrance exam for a master’s degree and is now studying at UCNA. Dariush has been designing social posters since 2007 and has participated in more than 60 domestic and international events, becoming a winner or finalist in many of them. He loves designing social posters because it allows him to reflect on what is happening in the world. As a designer, he sees his duty as raising awareness about these issues and enlightening people’s minds.
• Luka Prstojević

  Serbia

  Luka Prstojević is an artist and designer from Novi Sad, Assistant Professor at the Academy of Arts in Novi Sad on poster design and typography. In his work, the poster is most used as an expression instrument, but often goes out of his borders and conventions dealing with other media in cooperation with colleagues from other fields of art. His work shows the forms of social art, as well as the synthesis of applied and fine art. He is multi-award winning, world-wide, for work in the field of poster design in competitions like United States International Poster Biennial, World Biennial of Student Poster and Segunda Llamada International Poster Competition, and has actively participated in more than 80 exhibitions in the country and abroad. He is the founder and President of the Cultural Center Lab, where more than 1,000 educational, music and cultural events have been held for more than 10,000 people since 2017. Through his work he brings together self-employed professionals, creative groups and companies that work in the field of creative economies, social entrepreneurship and culture.
• Maria Bastamova

  Russia

  Maria Bastamova is a graphic designer, artist, member of the Union of Artists of the Russian Federation, and a creative professional. Maria actively participates in various exhibitions and competitions, showcasing her work on the international stage. Among her achievements: • Finalist at the International Graphic Design Festival «Skopje Poster Festival» (Macedonia, 2015). • Participant in the «Graphic Design» exhibition in Belarus (2018). • Winner and prize-winner of the «Saint Petersburg Interior Fashion Week» (team work, 2018 and 2019). • Finalist of the 5th International Conceptual Photography Award «35AWARDS» (2019). • Co-organizer of the international Symposium on Sculpture «Art without Borders» in Karelia (2020 and 2023). • Finalist at the International Wild Nature Festival «Golden Turtle» in the «Eco-Poster» category (2020). • Participant in the international charity exhibition of social posters «Escucha mi Voz» in Mexico (2020). • Designer of the project to create the Museum of the Neolithic Era in the Cultural and Historical Park «Bastion» (Sortavala, Karelia, 2021). • Finalist of the international biennale of graphic design «Golden Bee» (2022). • Finalist of the «Golden Trezzini Award» (project designer, 2022). • Finalist of the international wild nature festival «Golden Turtle» (2024). Maria has participated in more than 15 individual and joint exhibitions.
• HuiMin Su

  China

  Graphic designer. Participated in more than ten international poster competitions. Has been on the Jury of numerous awards globally, including the Design Cup graphic design event, Muse Creative Awards and the Peru Design Biennial.
• Teija Hohl

  Austria

  Teija Hohl is a native Finn living in Austria. She has participated in several international poster exhibitions focusing mainly on social issues, either as a result of taking part in competitions – such as Poster For Tomorrow, Virtual Biennale Prague or Green For Good – or as an invited participant in a poster project. Her art can be found in many prominent museums around the world. Examples include the Victoria & Albert Museum in London (UK), Dansk Plakatmuseum in Aarhus (Denmark), and Center for the Study of Political Graphics, Culver City (USA).
• Erich Brechbühl

  Switzerland

  Erich Brechbühl is a Lucerne based independent graphic designer and is mainly known for his diverse poster designs – his preferred mode of graphic expression. After studying typography, he became an apprentice graphic designer under Niklaus Troxler and finally opened his own studio, Mixer, in Lucerne in 2003. In 2009 he was co-founder of the Weltformat Graphic Design Festival in Lucerne and started the regular exchange meeting for graphic designers called Show & Tell in 2012. For his posters he won numerous international awards and since 2007 he’s a member of the Alliance Graphique Internationale (AGI).