We would like to say a huge thank you to everyone who participated in the International Poster Competition. 

It was an honour to welcome your work and see all of your inspiring posters.

The jury members were thoroughly impressed by the quality of work submitted and you made it an incredibly difficult process to select winners and the final selections for the International Poster Exhibition, International Poster Book and Poster World app. 

Each year a new jury is invited to review and critique the submissions. 

The 2026 jury includes Jiri Oplatek (Switzerland), Juliette Dupont-Duchesne (Canada), Ginko Yang (China), Anja Kaiser (Germany), and Warriors Studio (Scotland, UK).

All posters are considered however the jury keep a particular eye open for posters which alter perceptions or ways of thinking, offer creative solutions to problems, contribute to current affairs, open dialogues for debate, provoke discussions and make innovative use of media or medium.

The 2026 competition received 2,670 poster submissions from 78 countries, all designed between 2024-2026. 

We have curated 190 which we believe to be diverse and high quality for you to enjoy and consider.

These posters are showcased in the International Poster Exhibition in The Pyramid at Anderston, Glasgow between 13th – 22nd November 2026, in Olympia Gallery and through the Poster World app in collaboration with Nam Huynh and Sebastian Andre. You can also enjoy all of the posters, 8 interviews and complete jury comments on the winners in the International Poster Book.

67 posters were awarded with jury commendations and 4 posters (or poster series) were selected as winners.

The jury are pleased to present with you the winners of the 2026 International Poster Competition and the 67 posters which received jury commendations below:

Congratulations to Hans Frauchiger and Alessia Rohrer! Disko № 7  was awarded 1st place in the 2026 International Poster Competition.

The poster was created for Disko, (Event series in Zurich, initiated by Hans Frauchiger and Jonathan Lehnert). Every Disko poster is a collaboration between Hans, one of the 2 co-organisers of the series, and one or more friends.

“Me and Alessia lived in Paris while making it. The poster started with sketches on paper, it was then designed digitally to be printed on the back of 16 postcards that we found throughout Paris. We believe it’s always more interesting to try to control a process that evades control than to actively try to introduce randomness. Disko as an event series as well as a poster series emphasises things, processes and experiences that are real, raw and physical. It is important to us to always engage in an untypical and interesting process, self initiating allows us this freedom. The tear-off tabs and black and white print as well as guerilla pasting are staples of the series, again emphasising the rawness and realness the event series stands for.” Hans Frauchiger

Excerpted jury comments

“This poster shows what creativity is. Idea, technique and design go hand in hand here, resulting in what I consider an outstanding result. Postcards collected in Paris, a partly improvised printing process involving several steps, and an outstanding design that moves between tradition, elegance and punk bring the message, contemporary design and precise execution right to the point. Bravo!” Jiri Oplatek, Claudia Basel

“Conceptually, what I find most compelling about this series is its understanding of collaboration—quite apart from the fact that the work is executed at an exceptionally high graphic design standard. Collaboration is often underestimated in graphic design, even though the relationship between commissioners, designers, and modes of production is fundamental to the progression of the discipline. Here, collaboration itself becomes a design strategy. The posters do more than communicate an event; they become a space for investigating methods of production, materiality, and collaboration, ultimately functioning as a testing ground for future design commissions.” Anja Kaiser

You can read the complete comments from each jury member and an in-depth interview with Hans in the International Poster Book

Manon Bruet and Julia Andréone’s poster series Festival Parallèle 15 was awarded 2nd place in the 2026 International Poster Competition.

This series of posters were designed for the 15th edition of the Festival, in collaboration with french photographer Julia Andréone.

“Pa­ral­lèle is a plat­form that pro­vides sup­port to the in­ter­na­tio­nal emer­ging arts scene through pro­du­cing, dis­tri­bu­ting, and sup­por­ting pro­jects; arts pro­gram­ming; trai­ning and pro­fes­sio­nal in­te­gra­tion; in­clu­sive ex­pe­riences of the arts, and re­flec­tion on contem­po­rary is­sues. Taking place each year, Festival Parallèle is a multi- and trans-disciplinary event featuring dance, theatre, performance and visual arts in Marseille and Aix-en-Provence (France). This series of posters were designed for the 15th edition of the Festival, in collaboration with french photographer Julia Andréone. The series of posters we created originated from a set of videos we produced for the festival’s digital communication campaign. These videos were edited using footage from the performances presented during the festival. Each poster is based on a screenshot captured from a specific moment in one of these videos, transforming moving images into still visual compositions.”

Selected jury’s comments

“I find this series mesmerising. It immerses you in a bustling world of movement, sweat, physical touch and sound. You can almost feel the air while looking at these. The transience and raw human scenes captured in the images is contrasted perfectly with the simple, technical layouts and layered video frames which feel like frosted glass. These layers help to further destabilise the environment and create a disorientating push / pull effect while looking into the worlds framed by the posters. The unique visual language fits dance, theatre and performance perfectly without fibeing overly specific or prescriptive. The posters dance between abstract and literal, leaving space for the viewers interpretation. Emotive and practical, a truly excellent piece of work–both from both an artistic and design perspective.” James Gilchrist, Warriors Studio

“What strikes me about this series of posters is the designer’s ability to turn the photographic subject into a graphic element. The layering of blurred negatives adds dynamism to the composition and creates an effect of frost, coldness, and a window. These windows make a second, more complex reading of the poster possible, as they reveal details whose contours the audience has to decipher.” Juliette Dupont Duchesne

You can read the complete comments from each jury member and an in-depth interview with Manon and Julia in the International Poster Book

Thomas Couderc & Clément Vauchez’s poster series for Jazzdor La Saison! 2023/2024 was awarded joint 3rd place in the INTL International Poster Competition.

Designed for Jazzdor, jazz and improvised music scene in Strasbourg (France)

“These posters advertise the various concerts in the Jazzdor Season. The idea is to reflect the wide variety of musical styles and projects featured, and to present them as a single chronological narrative. The posters appeared in the streets of Strasbourg roughly every 2–3 weeks, ahead of each concert. The idea was to pique the curiosity of passers-by, to tell them: hey, there’s a new Jazzdor concert, something different from the last one. The visuals are our interpretation of the music, which we always listen to at length before starting the design.” HELMO (Thomas Couderc & Clément Vauche)

Excerpted jury comments

“Once you’ve seen the posters live, you understand why they’re among the winners. Design like jazz: wild, playful, rhythmic, anarchic, yet held together by a deliberate harmony. Helmo!” Jiri Oplatek, Claudia Basel

“Classic graphic design at its finest. You can feel the joy in these posters. Warmth, emotion, excitement and energy burst through simple visual forms, bold colours and playful typography. The series balances expression with considered restraint which creates a sense of joyful elegance. The boldness, unexpected rhythms, variety and tension create the perfect sauce for engaging the curious listeners of a jazz programme. I think it would be impossible not to stop and decode these posters on the street. Systems can sometimes feel prohibitive but HELMO have pushed the limits of the series to produce a truly varied, exciting and surprising body of work, which balances cohesion, singularity and originality. After discussing with HELMO, I have an even deeper appreciation for it – knowing that they were all created in one go. Congratulations!” Warriors Studio

You can read the complete comments from each jury member and an in-depth interview with Thomas and Clément in the International Poster Book

Haocheng Zhang poster series for Shan Gao Shui Chang (山高水长) was awarded joint 3rd place in the 2026 International Poster Competition.

The poster was designed for Shan Gao Shui Chang (山高水长), an interdisciplinary performance presented as part of the 2026 South Side Festival in Frankston, Australia.

“The work combines contemporary dance, sound art, visual art, machine learning, and traditional Chinese cultural elements such as water painting and tea ceremony. This was a commissioned promotional poster created for the Shan Gao Shui Chang performance and its presentation within the South Side Festival program. The client was the artistic team and festival presentation context associated with Shan Gao Shui Chang, rather than a purely self-initiated project. The poster aimed to communicate the work’s fusion of contemporary technology and Chinese cultural aesthetics to festival audiences. Inspired by the Chinese phrase “山高水长” (“mountains high, waters long”), the design evokes ideas of enduring relationships, movement across time and space, and the interaction between tradition and innovation. It also reflects the performance’s integration of dance, sound, visual art, and machine learning. The concept was developed around the visual language of Chinese landscape painting and the symbolic qualities of mountains and water. Rather than illustrating the performance literally, the design seeks to create an atmospheric and poetic visual experience that mirrors the work’s immersive nature.” Haocheng Zhang

Excerpted jury comments

“I find this series particularly poetic. Despite relying on simple visual codes; bold blocks of colour, strong lines, and a restrained use of elements, there’s something in the gesture of the line and the intentional use of negative space that connects directly back to the subject matter. The interplay between photography, colour, and illustration feels very deliberate and unapologetic, none of these elements tries to hide behind excessive textures or effects. That visual honesty gives the series a strong sense of clarity and works particularly well in this context.” Juliette Dupont Duchesne

“My first impression from seeing Shan Gao Shui Chang was: The author was definitely enjoying himself for this creative freedom from a client commissioned project. He was making good use of the context playground, where several artistic forms emerged to make the performance, therefore various graphic elements mixed together spontaneously and poetically on the posters. Good to see traditional oriental subjects being presented in a contemporary way.” Ginko Yang

You can read the complete comments from each jury member and an in-depth interview with Haocheng in the International Poster Book