Tolerance Posters at Constitution Hill, South Africa

The Tolerance Traveling Poster Show opened at Constitution Hill, Johannesburg, South Africa on July 16. Constitution Hill is a famous prison site where Mahatma Gandhi, Nelson Mandela, and other notable activists were imprisoned for various periods of time. It has since been refashioned as a public museum that retells the local history.

This Tolerance show was part of the celebrations for the 100-year anniversary of the birth of Nelson Mandela. On July 17, Barack Obama gave a speech at the nearby Ellis Park Arena on the topic of Tolerance.

Myself and all of the participating designers were honored to be able to show at such an important, historic site. This exhibition would not have been possible without the generous organizing effort of Ravi Naidoo and Design Indaba.

Below, you can see some press coverage that this exhibition received, from City Press, The Sunday Independent, and The Sunday Times.

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2nd Tolerance Posters Show in Zagreb, Croatia

On November 16th, the International Day of Tolerance , the Tolerance Poster Show was displayed in the center of Zagreb on the fence of the Botanical Garden . Here is a link to a short video of the show . Unfortunately only 24 hours later, the show was "attacked" by Neo-Nazis graffitis. On the posters, they wrote "NDH", which is the abbreviation for Nezavisna Država Hrvatska (Independent State of Croatia) a Second World War puppet state of Nazi Germany. On others, they graffitied the letter "U" which is the symbol for Ustaša the Second World War Croatian fascist organization. And they even wrote "Smrt Srbozločincima" (Death to the Serbian criminals). Luckily, the organizers of the show figured out how to remove this hate speech and the symbols. Outrage over this vandalism, was expressed through all news media in Croatia. Here , here , here , and here are some of the local media reactions. You can see the video of the show here . This show

Tolerance Poster Show in Taipei, Taiwan

On November 24th, we had the opening of the Tolerance Poster Show in the Ximen Red House in Taipei. The Red House is a historical building that has over 500 visitors per day. The Tolerance Poster Show takes place alongside the Taiwan International Student Design Competition Award Ceremony. This not only enriches the exhibition of the award-winning designs but also introduces more teachers and students in Taiwan to The Tolerance Project. This show was made possible by the effort of Prof. Apex Lin, Prof. Leo Lin and Miira Lin. The announcement poster for the Taipei show is created by Leo Lin.

Masterclass at DesignSummer academy (DSa), Hangzhou

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.

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