Tolerance Posters

  As a present from my friend, I received this beautiful painting by Brad Holland . He was probably the most influential American illustrator after the WWII.   Not only was I gifted the painting, I also received two pieces of reference material Brad used to create his painting—a Polaroid of his assistant Jonathan Twingley and the yamaka which he was wearing in the polaroid.   Brad turned the yamaka with concentric rings into an archery target by adding characteristic colours. He painted this to create a poster for my Tolerance Project Inc. , the traveling Tolerance Poster Show.    Brad Holland was my friend. His work and personality had tremendous influence on me. Because of his illustration, " The Junkie " from 1971, I became a professional illustrator.   I miss him a lot.      

On December 5th, Mirko Ilić gave a lecture on design and activism in front of more than 200 guests at the Faculty of Architecture in Skopje, North Macedonia. The lecture is part of Ilic’s visit to Skopje, which accompanies the opening of the Tolerance Poster Show. Ilić's lecture was introduced by the Dean of the Faculty of Architecture, Prof. Dr. Ognen Marina, and a speech was also given by the founder of Vidi Vaka, Goran Igić, who also organized these events. Among the attendees were high school pupils from the School of Art and the gymnasium Orce Nikolov, deputy minister of Police, Mr. Vlatko Mitkovski, with teachers from the Police Academy, activists, representatives of the civic sector, Open Society Foundation, NDI and representatives of the design and comic books community. During the two-hour lecture, which was followed by numerous questions from the audience, Ilić spoke about activism in art, emphasizing the role of design. He shared his personal experiences a...

On Friday, September 13th, an exhibition of Tolerance posters opened at the DSa gallery, located in a former cement factory in Hangzhou, China. The posters are designed by participants of the  Masterclass of Visual Design Exploration , which I led. The participants' posters are exhibited alongside the  Tolerance Poster Show , which opened in the same space on Sunday, September 1st. In the coming months, among others, Fons Hickmann, Shun Sasaki, Dan Solbach, Lin Shaobin, Peter Bankov, Mao Yiting, René Grohnert, Taku Satoh, Sven Ingmar Thies, Kakinokihara Masahiro, Marc Schütz, Chimo, Nikita Iziev, Yu Yuequ, Lizzy Onck, and Nejc Prah will teach at the  DesignSummer academy (DSa) . This masterclass is part of the DesignSummer academy (DSa), organized by  hesign studio  and the  Center for Visual Arts Berlin . Special thanks go to  Jumping He  and his hesign studio, whose relentless efforts made this workshop and the show possible....

First announcement of our upcoming Tolerance Poster Show in Detroit. The show is opening on September 22nd, 2024, and will be part of the Detroit Month of Design . This show is organized by Donna Jackson the owner of DMJStudio .    

And the show goes on. We had the Tolerance Poster Show in Belo Blato in Serbia on April 23, 2023. I visited Belo Blato recently and I noticed that remnants of the Tolerance Poster Show are still there.   Here you can see some photos of show from April 23th.    

On May 17th there was a lecture and workshop called CITIZEN DESIGNER by  Ovidiu Hrin   (Typopassage Tm) and I at the  National University of Arts in Bucharest . At the same university on May 17th through 21st, a Tolerance Poster workshop was organized and held for design students and young professionals by Ovidiu Hrin and I. The lecture and workshop was part of "I ❤️ DOC” project, promoting excellence in graphic design and documentary cinema. It was organized by Insula 42 and National University of Arts in Bucharest. The posters created by the students at the workshop will be displayed at Amzei Creative Corner in Bucharest, a venue dedicated to creative industries run by  The Institute  in Bucharest.

On May 4th, the European Committee of the Regions and its CIVEX Commission had their Open Day when the general public visited their buildings in Brussels. The show is in Foyer 5 of the Jacques Delors building. This is a slightly different presentation of the show that originally opened on April 16th. You can see more about that show here .  

Angelina Lippert   is the chief curator and director of content for the  Poster House  in NYC, which, believe it or not, is the only museum dedicated exclusively to posters in the United States. She totally amazed me by writing this article in real-time for the Poster House blog about today's pop-up show at Union Square.  Here, you can read the whole article.    

We are pleased to share with you that on June 29th, 2023, the Tolerance Poster Show was displayed in front of the Sports Association Center Maribor in Town Park in Maribor, Slovenia. This exhibition was special because the main audience, besides the general public, were children aged 6-12. After viewing the posters and having a discussion about the word Tolerance, the children were encouraged to explore their understanding and artistic talent through a workshop.  We are grateful to Tanja Cvitko whose relentless effort made this show and workshop possible. You can see more photos from Maribor here .