The 100 Beste Plakate competition singles out 100 posters from Germany, Austria and Switzerland every year, aims to promote the poster as a powerful visual medium, as well as ensure its continuous reinvention and evolution.
The selected works are featured in a catalog and in a traveling exhibition, which opened at the Kulturforum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, and will be on view at ECAL’s l’elac gallery on January 14, 2027. The exhibition will also tour in Germany, Austria and Switzerland, as well as in Korea, Moldova and Romania.
The 2025 edition features numerous posters created by ECAL graduates and faculty members:
- “Fotoatelier Wolgensinger – Mit vier Augen” by Diego Bontognali
, Bonbon studio, Bachelor Graphic Design professor
- “Exhibition ECAL Diplomas 2025” and “ECAL Open Day 2025” by Benoît Brun
, Master Type Design graduate and graphic designer for ECAL’s Communications Department
- “Lausanne Underground Film & Music Festival 2025” by Alix Debraine and Martial Grin
, Bachelor Media & Interaction Design graduate
- “Unus pro omnibus, omnes pro uno” by Matthieu Huegi
and Luca Riva
, onlab studio, Bachelor Graphic Design graduates
- “Haus für Kunst Uri 2025” and “The Rhythm of Design” by Melina Wilson
, A Language studio, Bachelor Graphic Design graduate
Visual © Pia Niebling/Noa Liebl/Ina Schoof