25.06.-08.09.2025
Luonnos-ikkuna
Ympyrätalo, Siltasaarenkatu 18-20, Helsinki

Freedom of Expression
– Poster Design Summer School 2025

What happens when seventeen graphic design students from three different countries come together? The result is a series of powerful posters that boldly capture the students’ unique perspectives and experiences with freedom of expression. The poster exhibition will be on display at Luonnos-ikkuna until September 8.

The Poster Design Summer School is a course organized by three different schools, LAB Institute of Design and Fine Arts, Estonian Academy of Arts and Vilnius Academy of Arts. It’s made in collaboration with Lahti International Poster Triennial, a world-renowned competition in visual communication design. The Triennial’s poster exhibition will be on display until September 7, 2025, at the Lahti Visual Arts Museum, Malva. This year marks the 50th anniversary of the Lahti International Poster Triennial, bringing designers together from around the world.

The theme of these posters, Freedom of Expression, provides a platform to investigate the complexities of freedom in modern society from multiple angles. Through the theme, the poster exhibition highlights human rights and different societal, political and economic aspects of freedom.

The designers:
Anastasiia Ermakova
Eemil Friman
Nikita Gavrilenko
Julius Gendvila
Ria Heinola
Julija Jakaitytė
Grittel Kastan
Tini Kopra
Hanna Kuisma
Kamilė Medelytė
Touko Miikkulainen
Ilmari Pohjolainen
Vilma Škuratovaitė
Jacob Söderström
Vakarė Valiukaitė
Mark Albert Villand
Mary Wilson

Organizers: LAB Institute of Design and Fine Arts, Estonian Academy of Arts & Vilnius Academy of Arts
Mentors: Marion Robinson, Marius Žalneravičius & Pekka Piippo
Exhibition design: Sara Kuusisto & Minni Tapio
Collaborators: Lahti International Poster Triennial, Lahti Museum of Visual Arts Malva