You can now get your hands on the International Poster Book. This is the second bound publication we’ve published alongside the International Poster Exhibition but this marks the evolution of the catalogue into a book.

The 176 page perfect-bound book features the 140 shortlisted posters exhibited at Graphic Design Festival Scotland 2017, interviews with 10 designers and special features with comments from the jury on the winning posters. All posters submitted as series a series have been included in the book as a complete set.

Book introduction:

“This book provides a snapshot of contemporary poster design from around the world. Selected from 6,095 works from 82 countries, designed predominantly within 2017, we have curated 140 pieces which we believe to be diverse and of a high quality for you to enjoy and consider. Some of the 140 pieces of work included are represented by a larger number of posters within a series however within this book, these are considered as one single feature. The posters included are diverse in concept, style, subject, purpose, motivation, physicality, geography, means of production and are not categorised in any way. We hope you can find your own associations and connections. This year, we are taking a more critical approach to how we display and communicate our selections. Alongside the 140 posters, we speak with the designers behind the work; fresh-faced students, independent designers and established studios displayed alongside one and other as a global community. We’re asking more questions; of ourselves, our colleagues, the designers who submitted and of the jury. The topics of our questions, often leading to discussion or debate include format, purpose, value, quality, trends, modes of display, shifting definitions, emotion… and what actually defines a poster?”

The book is designed by Warriors Studio and printed in Glasgow by J Thomson.

The cover is litho printed with white ink using the latest KBA LED UV technology on 270gsm GF Smith Colourplan Bright Red. The inside is litho printed on Superfine Ultra White Eggshell 118gsm kindly provided by Mohawk.

Printed in a run of 3,000 – limited copies available.