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The best pieces by Anna Sailamaa

March 3, 2020 1:00 pm Published by

Finnish Travel Poster of the year 2020, 5th place! The artist presents her artwork: The poster is drawn digitally in Photoshop. I used the colors of Helsinki’s coat of arms; blue, yellow (gold), white (silver) and ruby red. Blue + yellow was used to color the birch leaf, red + yellow was used for the […]

Delicious place Helsinki by Natsuki Nakamura

March 3, 2020 1:00 pm Published by

Finnish Travel Poster of the year 2020, 4th place! I designed this poster with Photoshop. When I’ve visited Helsinki for a few times, an attractive building always grab my attention when I walk by. The days of Helsinki were always very fulfilling and delicious. In my poster I wanted to include some humour. So I […]

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Come to Helsinki by Jolanda Kerttuli

March 3, 2020 1:00 pm Published by

Finnish travel poster of the year, 2020! The artist presents her artwork: I love cities that are by the water – by the sea or by a lake. In Helsinki, nature is ever-present and part of the city that belongs to everyone. I was inspired by nature and wanted to highlight the fact that even […]

Modern Helsinki by Henna Gaus

March 3, 2020 1:00 pm Published by

Finnish Travel Poster of the year, 2020, 3rd place! The artist presents her artwork: My poster was inspired by autumn walks on the seashores of the Töölö neighborhood where the amazing Sibelius monument is located. The poster combines vector illustrations with vintage paper textures. Surely travel posters can’t simply remain a cry from the past? […]

Light in the Night by Joonas Kavasto

March 3, 2020 1:00 pm Published by

Travel Poster of the year, 2020. Runner-up! The artist presents his artwork: I drew my inspiration from the old days. I love the styles, textures, and use of colours from the 20’s to 60’s. Other big inspirations while creating this poster were Captain Haddock, Tove Jansson, 1940’s in general, and of course one of my […]

Poster of woman swimming in Saimaa

Come to Saimaa by Sanna Ahola

April 15, 2019 2:56 pm Published by

Finalist in the travel poster contest My Finland Poster 2019 The artist presents her artwork: The core idea in my Come to Saimaa poster Uimarit (translated as “swimmers”) is the balance between the nature of Saimaa and the human being. In the illustration the Saimaa ringed seal swims with the person right under the surface, […]

Saimaa is calling you by Yuta Ikeya

March 19, 2019 12:26 pm Published by

Finalist in the travel poster contest My Finland Poster 2019 The artist presents his artwork: The poster is largely inspired by my experience on a lake behind a student dormitory during my student life in Stockholm. Winter in Scandinavian countries may be regarded as a cold and dark season which is not very appreciated generally, […]

Poster of bird flying over Saimaa

The beauty of Saimaa by Pekka Kurki

March 19, 2019 11:39 am Published by

4th place, Finnish travel poster of the year, 2019! The artist presents his artwork: I remember being in Saimaa once or twice when I was a kid. Otherwise my connection to Saimaa is pretty shallow. When I started creating ideas for my poster I knew that I wanted to make it simple but beautiful. To […]

Poster of lake Saimaa

Pommi by Annika Mannström

March 19, 2019 10:59 am Published by

5th place, Finnish travel poster of the year, 2019! The artist presents her artwork: My poster is inspired by a bike ride from Mikkeli to Savonlinna. I made the trip with a friend of mine, and the day was so warm and beautiful so we just had to stop in Sulkava for a refreshing dip. […]

Explore lake Saimaa poster

Explore Lake Saimaa by Chen Yu

March 19, 2019 10:21 am Published by

Runner-up: Finnish travel poster of the year, 2019 The artist presents his poster: The poster illustrates a lovely autumn scenery of Saimaa lake. It is inspired by the enjoyable journey that I had from Lappeenranta to Taipalsaari by cycling. Throughout the journey, I was impressed by the vast lake, the maze of islands, the colourful […]