Swiss poster of the year
Swiss Poster of the Year (Swiss Poster Award) is an award. The prize has been awarded annually since 1941 in collaboration between APG and a jury of experts and is recognized by the Federal Department of Home Affairs .
The aim of the presentation on a public platform is to make the nationwide poster work accessible to a wider audience.
Categories
- Commercial posters - national campaigns : posters that were displayed in at least ten cantons and / or in the five largest cities of Basel, Bern, Geneva, Lausanne and Zurich. The posters must provide some form of information about companies, products, services or events.
 - Commercial posters - Regional and local campaigns : posters with regional and / or local significance. The posters must provide some form of information about companies, products, services or events.
 - Public service posters : posters from charities and public institutions.
 - Cultural posters : posters for cultural institutions or events such as theaters, museums, festivals.
 - Poster Innovations : New ideas based on the poster and bookable poster spaces.
 - Digital Out of Home : Digital posters with motion picture / text larger than 70 inches .
 
Events
- 1941–2000 Swiss poster of the year design competition
 - 2001–2008 n / a
 - 2009 Swiss Poster Award, Maag Event Hall, Zurich
 - 2010 Swiss Poster Award, Maag Event Hall, Zurich
 - 2011 Swiss Poster Award, Complex 457, Zurich
 - 2013 Swiss Poster Award, Complex 457, Zurich
 - 2014 Swiss Poster Award, Complex 457, Zurich
 
Award winners
| year | Award winners | Title / motif | 
|---|---|---|
| 2013 | Stephan Bundi | a total of 5 works awarded | 
| 2012 | Felix Pfäffli | There must be some kind of way out of here | 
| 2011 | Ralph Schraivogel | Black-and-white | 
| 2009 | Irma Boom | Every Thing Design | 
| 2007 | Bonbon, Valeria Bonin , Diego Bontognali | This side up | 
| 2000 | Yves Netzhammer | n / A | 
| 1987 | Jean Benoît-Lévy | the maze | 
| 1980 | Fred Bauer | n / A | 
| 1975 | Mark witness | |
| 1974 | Blaise Bron | Sample fair Basel | 
| 1974 | Mark witness | |
| 1963 | Mark witness | |
| 1959 | Mark witness | |
| 1968 | Blaise Bron | Sample fair Basel | 
| 1965 | Fred Bauer | n / A | 
| 1965 | Blaise Bron | Sample fair Basel | 
| 1959 | Mark witness | |
| 1952 | Blaise Bron | Mobiloil color | 
| 1951 | Blaise Bron | Mobiloil b / w | 
| n / A | Herbert Leupin | a total of 89 works were awarded | 
literature
- Thomas Bold: The first best - posters in the forties. In: Bulletin for the members of the Society for Swiss Art History , Vol. 42, 1991, pp. 360–369.
 - Walter Kern: 50 years of the Swiss poster. In: Architektur und Kunst , Vol. 28, Issue 9, 1941, pp. 248–252.
 
Web links
- Swiss Poster Award on the website of the Allgemeine Plakatgesellschaft
 - Swiss Poster Award on werbewoche.ch
 - Swiss Poster Award on the website of the Museum für Gestaltung Zürich
 
Individual evidence
- ↑ Kiki Lutz: Zeugin, Mark (1930-2003). In: Lexicon of the Jura. October 8, 2012, accessed October 15, 2017.