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PIAF
Member of: Grafia, Finland
About the design
"PIAF" is a silk screened poster for the small Finnish theatre company
Mikkelin Teatteri in Mikkeli, Kari's home town. The poster received
several distinctive awards, including the Best Finnish Cultural Poster
in 1986, and the Icograda Award of Chaumont, 1990.
About the designer
Kari Piippo was born in 1945 in Finland, and in 1967 graduated from the
graphic design department of the School of Industrial Arts in Helsinki.
Since that time he has specialized in illustration and poster design,
founding his own graphic design studio in 1987. Piippo has taught
graphic design at the University of Art and Design in Helsinki from
1989 to 1997. He has held poster workshops around the world, and has
lectured in Mexico City, Moscow, Osaka, Istanbul, Seoul, Stockholm,
Beijing, Shanghai and Quito. Piippo has participated in many
international poster exhibitions, has held numerous personal
exhibitions, has won many national and international awards, and has
judged many international competitions. His work has also been widely
published. Piippo served as the President of the Helsinki Poster
Biennial from 1994 to 1998, and he is a member of AGI, ADC (NY) and
Grafia.
Client: Mikkelin Teatteri
Designer: Kari Piippo
Design Firm: Kari Piippo oy
Dimensions: 700 mm x 1000 mm
Copyright: 1986 Kari Piippo
Kari Piippo
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