Winners of the 17. International Poster Biennial Lahti (FI) 2009
Received 2009.06.12 from Ville-Matti Rautjoki, Curator Lahden Taidemuseo ja Julistemuseo / Lahti Art Museum and Poster Museum.
Please see the original web site or the Call for entries for more information.

On June 13, 2009, the jury ( Michal Batory, France; Timo Berry, Finland; Vladimir Chaika, Russia; Bruno Monguzzi, Switzerland; David Tartakover, Israel ) awarded the following prizes from almost 2600 entries received, from which the preselection jury ( Pekka Loiri, Tapani Aartomaa, Timo Berry, Esa Ojala, Kari Piippo) had chosen 252: Grand Prix (3500 Euro, donated by Ministry of Education) Svetlana Faldina / Anastasia Faldina / Alexandra Faldina / Alexander Faldin (Russia): Gastarbeiters, Thank You! Grafia Prix (3000 Euro, donated by Grafia ry) Alain Le Quernec (France): Ego 2nd Prize (1700 Euro, donated by the Regional Council of Päijät-Häme) Mohammad Jamshidi (Iran): The Human Meditation Tired Volume Environmental Posters, Lauri Tarasti Prize (3000 Euro, divided between two posters) Uwe Loesch (Germany): Requiem Best young designer Haruka Sugita (Japan): Ozone Layer Depletion Certificate of Honour Cedomir Kostovic (United States): A-I-D-S Hidden Danger Michal Miksa (Poland): Ornette Coleman / Jazz Jamboree '08

Here are some of the winning posters:

Svetlana Faldina / Anastasia Faldina / Alexandra Faldina / Alexander Faldin

Cedomir Kostovic

Alain Le Quernec

Mohammad Jamshidi

Uwe Loesch

Michal Miksa

Haruka Sugita