13.12.2023 – 18.02.2024

100 Poster Battle

Design students from Dortmund University of Applied Sciences and Art guest at Die Neue Sammlung
View of the exhibition, 100 Poster Battle, 2023.
Photo: Die Neue Sammlung (K. Mewes)

About the Exhibition

“100 Days, 100 Posters” – taking this as their motto, some 50 students from Dortmund and Cairo spent a semester exploring the potential of poster design. For them, “The 100 Poster Battle” meant designing a new poster every day, inspired by current events and social debates.

The objective behind the project was to enable students to experiment with all manner of techniques and forms of expression and tease out the limits of design. Two focal points were the topics of tourism and gentrification, which all the students had to address.
This resulted in a vibrant exchange of ideas, views, and draft proposals.

The results have already been showcased in Lisbon and Dortmund and will now go on display in Die Neue Sammlung in a prominent place next to the typecase at the entrance to the design section.
The presentation features a selection of 108 posters in hanging textile banners that the students themselves curated. The students were invited to exhibit their designs in the context of the major installation Paula Scher – Type is Image that has been on show since June at Die Neue Sammlung – The Design Museum.

Photo of the wall with posters. A total of 108 colourful posters are arranged in a rectangle. In front of them are three armchairs in orange, pink and red.
Exhibition view poster wall, 100 Poster Battle, 2023.
Photo: Die Neue Sammlung (K. Mewes)

Posters of the exhibition
Poster, Nele Kreuger, No Place, 2023.
© Nele Kreuger
Poster, Jona Kranzusch, AI, 2023.
© Jona Kranzusch
Poster, Jule Orlik, Aerial Attack, 2023.
@ Jule Orlik

Impressions of the opening

The photo shows six people from behind in front of the poster wall. A young man with a cap is pointing at one of the posters.
Students talk about their ideas, 100 Poster Battle, 2023.
Photo: Die Neue Sammlung
The photo shows several people in front of the Setzkasten. They are looking at the wall on the right, where a wall with posters can be seen. The photo was taken from above.
Opening of the exhibition 100 Poster Battle, 2023.
Photo: Die Neue Sammlung
The picture shows a man from behind. He has long grey hair tied back in a plait and is wearing a black overall. He is taking a photo of the poster wall.
Man taking a photo of the poster wall, 100 Poster Battle, 2023.
Photo: Die Neue Sammlung

Curated by:

Caroline Fuchs and
Lars Harmsen

Cooperation partner:

Fachhochschule Dortmund