The Triennial exhibition, arranged every third year, brings the latest top posters from Finland and from around the world to Lahti Art Museum June 9 - September 24, 2017. The side exhibitions of the Poster Triennial are arranged at Lahti Historical Museum and Lahti market place.
Approximately 2100 posters by almost 700 designers from 60 countries from around the world were submitted. The Competition Committee selected 345 posters from 33 countries to be displayed in the exhibition.
Iranian artist Mehdi Mahdian won a special prize and certificate of honour for his poster “Epopee Reading, Rostam and Sohrab Dramatic Quote”.
Mahdian has previously won international awards in the International Council of Graphic Design Associations (ICOGRADA), Warsaw Biennial, Slovakia Triennial, Taiwan Biennial, etc.
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