Posters are both a means of communication and a space for expression.
The works shown here include client commissions alongside posters created to address broader social themes.
Designer Pekka Piippo
Designer Pekka Piippo
A visual commentary on the world politics (2025).
Work for the invitational poster exhibition Designing Democracy in Germany, aimed at sparking public dialogue about the values of democracy (2025).
Work for the invitational poster exhibition Designing Democracy in Germany, aimed at sparking public dialogue about the values of democracy (2025).
The Shanghai Design 10 ✕ 10 Global Invitation Poster Exhibition, China Arts Museum in Shanghai (2022).
A poster for a commemorative exhibition honoring my dad, Homage to Kari Piippo (2025).
Competition poster for the Save Lapinlahti with a poster exhibition. The poster shows a person who is protectively hugging the Lapinlahti building (2023).
A poster celebrating the centre for culture and well-being of the former Lapinlahti psychiatric hospital area (2023).
Competition poster for the Save Lapinlahti with a poster exhibition, depicting how international development projects are threatening the future of the Lapinlahti cultural and well-being hub district (2023).
Debate, an event for frank and honest discussion held at the Theatre Academy of Finland (2007).
An invitational poster competition for an international nature film festival in Italy (1999).
Invitational poster initiative and exhibition with nine Finnish graphic designer, themed Energy. The poster has hidden words: life and energy (2021).
Invitational poster exhibition for the general meeting of the Alliance Graphique Internationale (AGI) in Brazil. The poster has an European frog trying to copulate with a South American counterpart (2014).
Social commentary on the multicultural nature of US (2019).
Social commentary on the divisive politics in US (2019).
Teaching the family values, a social commentary on what kind of view Russia forces on human relationships. (2014).
We are all connected, invitational poster exhibition 25 Years of International AIDS Awarness Posters, Massachusetts College of Art and Design (2010).
A poster to commemorate my professor at the University of Art and Design, and family friend, graphic designer Tapani Aartomaa (1934–2009).
A poster is in memory of the 22-year-old Iranian woman Mahsa Amini, who was arrested and killed by the authorities for not wearing her hijab correctly. Co-operation with Kari Piippo (2022).
A poster to commemorate the World War II resistance movement — a german shepherd becomes harmless (1997).
The theme of the spring fashion show at the University of Art and Design was Tabula Rasa. The Latin term means ‘a blank slate’—for a fashion designer, this could be an empty clothes hanger. The work is a collaboration with Maija Vallinoja (1995).
Poster about the Freedom of expression for Amnesty International Finnish Section (2002).
A play about Helmi Vartiainen, a spouse to abusive artist Tyko Sallinen (2003).
A melange of jazz performances at Ateneum Hall (2003).
A performance in two acts, studying the contact a dancer has to ground. (2003).
A dance performance about how ill-conceived information affects us (2002).
A collection of events held around Japan, promoting Finnish culture and know-how (2003).
An exhibition in Milan showcasing the works of upcoming new names of Finnish design (1999).
Graphic Designers Against Nuclear Testing, a joint project with international designers, drew attention to France’s unnecessary nuclear testing in the Mururoa Islands in the South Pacific. The poster features a radioactive wine bottle bearing the name of the president responsible for these environmentally unsound actions (1995).
