Erik Bruun (born 1926) is a merry rascal whom everyone gets along with. He is the grand old man of poster art in Finland and the question is if anyone else has done more than he has to attract travelers to Finland.
In the words of the artist: My original plan for this poster was to show the best things from my neighbourhood Munkkiniemi in Helsinki. Before my eyes I saw an illustration of the old Cadet school at dusk or youngsters having a party at the beach. But one autumn day when I was walking around […]
In the words of the artists: VombatCombat joined the project with a pleasure. Poster art entails the right to think big and bold. We love it! With the poster we wish to show that Finnish women are strong and independent, full of sisu, that is perseverance. We ignore the xenophobia that has recently spread in […]
In the words of the artist: The four seasons makes Finland very special for me. Thus my posters depicts spring and autumn (the other one will be published at a later date) when trees and bushes are naked and build graphic patterns in black and grey. I made a series of ”Odd Birds” among other […]
In the words of the artist: Finland is still quite young as a country. A teenager when compared with other countries. This is the Maiden of Finland having a pause to think and ponder. The autumn has arrived and surrounded her. Her richness is: a tiny piece of land and great responsibility to carry. She […]
Finalist in the ”Come to Ostrobothnia” poster contest, 2016! The artist presents her work: My home is in a small Ostrobothian village from where I took the inspiration for my Come to Finland poster. Dancing the tango into the small hours on a magic summer night is a common occurrence, and if you are lucky […]
Finalist in the ”Come to Satakunta” poster contest, 2016! In the words of the artist: I got the inspiration for this poster from a storm that surprised us at the beach of Yyteri in Pori on the west coast of Finland. We had ”ordered” sunny and hot weather for our day off, but ended up […]
This is the runner up in the 2018 “My Finland Poster” contest arranged by Come to Finland! The theme of the contest was to capture the region of Finnish Lapland in a travel poster in an appealing, stylish and why not humouristic manner. Here’s the artist Emma Chudoba’s description of her poster: ”When I started […]
