Tolerance Posters

At the first Tolerance Poster Show in Ljubljana, Slovenia in March 2017, many posters were defaced or torn down . This March, we held another exhibition in Ljubljana to mark the seventh anniversary of the first exhibition, and the vandalism of posters happened again.  This kind of treatment of Tolerance posters occurs often, but exclusively in Eastern European countries. Why? We can talk about that. One thing is certain: whenever a local politician or wannabe politician publicly speaks out against the exhibition , the vandalism of the posters begins the following day.  

On Tuesday, March 4th, at 12 PM, I gave a lecture titled "Design Activism" at the Faculty of Social Sciences at the University of Ljubljana in Slovenia. The lecture was organized by Maja Budec Stanicic and Aljosa Puzar.  

The Tolerance Posters Show inspired and motivated the   Friends of Youth Association of Maribor   to organize a youth-oriented project in Maribor, Slovenia. On the International Day of Tolerance, the   Maribor National Liberation Museum   hosted a contest called "100 PEOPLE, 100 WONDERS" for the best slogan and posters to promote tolerance and acceptance of diversity. 765 slogans and 11 posters on the subject of tolerance were submitted to the competition. From these, a committee consisting of Kornelija Kaurin (Association of Friends of Youth Maribor), Uroš Dokl and Jan Malec Svetel (Museum of National Liberation Maribor) and Tanja Cvitko (cultural producer, Idea Box Association), selected the winners. They are currently displayed at the youngsters' exhibition at the Museum of National Liberation Maribor. We are expressing our gratitude to the young authors of the selected slogans and posters: Timotej Vališer, Lili Makuc, Til Trinkhaus, Ana Kovše, Idol Vrella, Mia Br...

We are happy to share that a small booklet called Tolerance Kids was published accompanying The Tolerance Poster Show and workshop activities with children in Maribor, Slovenia. "Tolerance Kids are the future world leaders who will create a kind, tolerant, inclusive, and open society. Let us listen to them. Let us amplify their voice for our common, dignified future in all our diversity." The booklet was edited, and the workshop was organized by Tanja Cvitko. You can download the link for the PDF of the booklet here . And you can see more photos from the Tolerance Kids Workshop in Maribor here .     

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 .  

Tonight was the opening of the "Student for Tolerance" show. The poster exhibition explores the question of what tolerance is and  how it can be represented visually.  Design students from Dortmund, Graz, Ljubljana and Zagreb dealt with the question of how strong visual concepts and messages on the topic of tolerance can be developed with the help of various design techniques. The results were translated by the students into individual posters, which are presented as part of the exhibition “Students for Tolerance”. The resulting works are characterized by diverse design approaches and range from the classic poster to the mixed reality poster to  Tonight is the opening of the Student for Tolerance show. The poster exhibition explores the question of what tolerance is and  how it can be represented visually.  Design students from Dortmund, Graz, Ljubljana and Zagreb dealt with the question of how strong visual concepts and messages on the topic of tolerance can be...

On April 11th, the workshop "Students for Tolerance" kicked off with my lecture to the students from Zagreb/Croatia, Dortmund/Germany, Ljubljana/Slovenia and Graz/Austria. They will be working together on Tolerance posters for this entire week. 31 students from 6 nations are participating in the workshop, and they have been working on individual design concepts for Tolerance posters. The posters created in the workshop, as part of the  Design Month Graz , will be displayed in a show that takes place at Joanneumsviertel Graz on May 12th.  The following 4 colleges are participating in the workshop: The University of Zagreb Fachhochschule Dortmund - University of Applied Sciences and Arts The Academy of Fine Arts and Design of the University of Ljubljana FH JOANNEUM - University of Applied Sciences I would like to recognize the relentless efforts of Tomislav Bobinec, professor at FH JOANNEUM Design & Kommunikation in Graz, who conceived the idea for the worksho...

At the Tolerance Poster Show in Ljubljana , two Ukrainian and two Russian posters are hanging together.