Good posters achieve their mission in condensed form. They lead the struggle to win our attention in day-to-day culture. They surprise, annoy, amaze, and leave a mark on our visual memory. "100 Best Posters" presents the most powerful examples in the MAK. Created back in 1966, the advertising poster competition is judged by an international expert jury and has gradually become the most important institution of its kind in the German-speaking countries. Thematically, the exhibition and catalogue deal with "Art versus Design".

With the MAK as venue, the exhibition has a proper location in Austria for the first time. Due to its size, the display arranged by the Library and Works on Paper Collection will take place in the MAK Exhibition Hall.

Curator Peter Klinger

Jury Members Dominik Geissbuehler, Tania Prill, Klaus Hesse, Jianping He, Kurt Dornig

  

Catalogue  "Keine Kunst / No art. 100 Beste Plakate 05. 100 Best Posters 05. Deutschland, Österreich, Schweiz / Germany Austria Switzerland", edited by 100 Best Posters Association, designed by Fons Hickmann m23, with an contribution by Gabriele Werner, German/English, 234 pages, Hermann Schmidt Verlag Mainz 2006, EUR 35 MAK Design Shop