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.
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 Bruun’s posters one can always sense his typical tongue in cheek attitude, […]
In 1930 the artist duo Göran Hongell and Gunnar Forsström captured the maritime Helsinki with the Cathedral in the background. The poster was published in several different languages, at least in German, Finnish, Swedish, English and French. Who said Finland wasn’t international already back then? This thing about the Helsinki Cathedral is by the way […]
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 Bruun’s posters one can always sense his typical tongue in cheek attitude. […]
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 Bruun’s posters one can always sense his typical tongue in cheek attitude, […]
Ilmari Sysimetsä’s Olympics poster featuring Paavo Nurmi – the Flying Finn – is most likely the most famous Finnish poster ever. The poster is also a great example of recycling. For the Olympic Games which were to take place in 1940 a big travel poster contest was held. The price was shared by three contestants, […]
The route to/from Estonia was already popular in the 1930s, and the competition was just as tough as it is today. Aegna (at that stage without a proper name) was launched in Kiel in 1904. She served, as Adler, the Hamburg-Amerika line for many years, except during WW I. Later she was sold to a […]
The artist presents her art work: In my search for inspiration for my Vaasa poster I went for a walk in the town. Down by Korsholmanpuistikko, passing by the orthodox church on my way to the boardwalk. From there I walked back up to the main square along Hovioikeudenpuistikko. On my walk I took photos […]
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. The captain demonstrates that Finland welcomes refugees with love […]
3rd place: Finnish Travel Poster of the Year 2017! The artist presents her poster: When we lived in Finland some years ago, my daughter told a story about a girl, whose hair is so long that she can reach from Finland to Mexico. Her tale inspired me to draw this daydreaming girl, with a little […]
5th place: Finnish Travel Poster of the Year 2017! The artist presents his artwork: When I designed the poster I wanted to create a set of shapes and colors that represent different contrasts that you can find in Finland. Blue triangles representing the water, green triangles representing the forests, white triangles representing the snow and […]
The routes south to Tallinn, Stettin and Copenhagen and westwards to Stockholm had a double purpose. They sent Finns out into the world but also brought back a breath of fresh air from other countries. Traffic to Estonia was already popular in the 1930s, and the competition was just as tough as it is today. […]
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 […]
Surely travel posters can’t simply remain a cry from the past? Absolutely not. We live in a completely visual world where the picture is stronger than ever. That’s why the following question hit us: How would contemporary artists depict Finland of today? We could not let that thought go, so since 2016 we continuously arrange […]
In the words of the artist: A good paddling tour is so much more than paddling: napping on warm cliffs on the beach, eating your packed lunch on beach cobbles, reading a good book while you wait for the wind to calm down, camping, swimming, sauna bathing… My poster is about the Finnish lakes, rivers, […]
In the words of the artist: The spring always comes after a cold winter. The nature awakens simmering with life. I thought about a poster of a northern country of which two thirds are covered with forest. The forest is magical just its people are, full of strange stories and peculiar histories. A traveler gets […]
In the words of the artist: I became fascinated by the hand-painted typographies of the older posters when skimming the excellent Come to Finland -book. My starting point for the poster was working as the long gone artists did, by hand and without Photoshop. It was somewhat exciting to make everything look just as I […]
Katja painted her Come to Finland poster with nostalgic memories of girl guides and boy scouts, forests and maps. So, surely travel posters can’t simply remain a cry from the past? Absolutely not. We live in a completely visual world where the picture is stronger than ever. That’s why the following question hit us: How […]
The artist presents his art work: I draw by hand. That way I get the right atmosphere and human touch in the illustration. When I draw forms they tend to become round shaped. My lines are strict. My favourite drawing tool is the brush, I like it for the versatility it provides. The brush is […]
