Tolerance Posters

When I agreed with David Howarth and Kevin Badni to have The Tolerance Poster Show in Abu Dhabi at Zayed University they told me they were going to print a catalogue along with the show. After the opening of the show I asked them to send me a sample of the catalogue, expecting I would receive some sort of 8 page fold out pamphlet. Instead of that, there arrived a 226 page book. What was really impressive is that all 111 posters I had during that time were printed in the book. Nothing was excluded or censored. Some of the images which contained frontal nudity would probably be censored by Facebook, but not in the book from Zayed University. Because of that I am very grateful to David and Kevin.         

On June 14th we had an opening of the Tolerance Poster show  in Mariupol, Ukraine.  Almost one hundred posters were exhibited, including  two posters of Ukrainian designers. The show was made possible and  organized  by  Platform You  and with support of  PLAN B  fest  and Rajko Bozic.

On June 4th we had an opening of the Tolerance Poster show at Anker’t in Budapest, Hungary. The venue is one of the largest beergardens in Budapest. 100 posters are displayed on the outside and inside of the building. The show is a part of the Pride Festival . This show was made possible by the generous efforts of Opla Projekt . The poster for the show was designed by KrisztiánGál .  

On May 21st we had an opening of the Tolerance Poster show at Yeditepe University in Istanbul, Turkey . The posters were displayed throughout the main halls of the campus. There are 120 posters exh ibited, including 10 Turkish designers who created posters especially for this show.    The show was opened by  Yeditepe University Rector   Prof. Dr. Canan Aykut Bingol. And a special attendance made by the founding president of Yeditepe University, Bedrettin Dalan. All of this was made possible by the efforts of Head of Graphic design and Assistant Prof. Ozlem Mutaf Buyukarman. The show was featured on Turkish national television channel TRT 2. The poster for the show was created by one of the most celebrated designers and illustrators in Turkey,  Gurbuz Dogan Eksioglu.  

On May 15th, we had an opening of the Tolerance Poster show at Zayed University at their Urban Satellite Space (ZUUSS), Warehouse 48, Alserkal Avenue. The show will be open until June 30th, 2019.  Due to the "sensitive nature", some of the posters were removed from the show. The organizer decided, rather than leave them out of the show altogether, they were included as a “sculpture” in the middle of the room so that there was an opportunity for discussion with the visitors. H.E. Noura Al Kaabi, Minister of Culture and Knowledge Development, visiting Tolerance Poster show. The June 2019 issue of   The Open Skies   inflight magazine for Emirates Airlines, featured   among others   the Tolerance Poster show.    

I am very proud to announce that six of the Tolerance Poster Show posters are accepted in Graphis Poster Annual 2020 . Not only did they get accepted but they all won awards. Gunter Rambow - Platinum Award, Kari Piippo - Gold Award, Kit Hinrichs - Gold Award, Ovidiu Hrin - Gold Award, Ariane Spanier - Silver Award, Finn Nygaard - Silver Award. Sincere congratulations to designers and thank you once again for your contribution to The Tolerance Project.