17th International Poster Biennial in Finland

An unparallel amount of entries was submitted for the 17th International Lahti Poster Biennial.

Nearly 2600 posters from as many as 49 countries from all over the world were offered for this year's exhibition, which exceeded the number of posters submitted for the 2007 event by more than 1000.

The competition committee of the Lahti Poster Biennial has chosen 252 posters to be displayed in the exhibition.

The criteria emphasized in the selection process included topicality, high-quality visual design, seeking new ways of expression and multicultural tendencies, which have always been central issues in Lahti Poster Biennial.

The 17th International Lahti Poster Biennial will be organized by Poster Museum, Lahti, Grafia ry and Poster Friends 14 June - 27 September 2009 at Lahti Art Museum.

There are two categories in the exhibition.

The general category includes social and ideological posters, commercial posters and cultural posters.

In addition, there is a special category for environmental posters in the exhibition.