Founded in 2003 in Hangzhou, the China international Poster Biennial (CIPB) is China' s premier poster design competition and a landmark event in global graphic design. The 12th CIPB is jointly hosted by the China Academy of Art and the Zhejiang Artists Association, and co-organized by CAA' s School of Visual Communication, the Graphic Design Committee of CAA, the China Design Museum, and Brita Art Community, fostering diverse exchange and cross-cultural learning in the field.
In a digital-saturated era, this edition restores object-based judging, returning to the poster's material core: paper fiber, ink body, and the breath of printcraft. The key visual begins with the CMYK halftone dot; magnified, it discloses organic textures, opening a vantage between abstraction and figuration and foregrounding the poster's materiality and conceptual depth.
This year, the biennial received 2,017 submissions from 846 designers across 30 countries. After two rounds of rigorous judging, 172 works were selected for exhibition, with 20 receiving top honors, including three Gold Awards.
By bridging cultures and disciplines through visual dialogue, the CIPB continues to reaffirm design as what organizers call “a poetics of problem-solving” — and a mirror of its time.
The exhibition runs until January 18th at the China Design Museum, CAA, with a parallel documentary exhibition at the Brita Art Community, 131 Gallery.
