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 […]
Finalist in the MyFinlandPoster contest 2018! 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, […]
Finalist in the MyFinlandPoster contest 2018! In the words of the artist: Since I’m from Lapland myself I just had to take part in the contest. I tried to capture the joy of skating from my childhood: the skating field with big lights hanging above and a blanket of snow all around me. The illustration […]
In the words of the artist: My poster was made digitally and captures a group of reindeers who curiously observes a tent and it’s residents, who is unaware of the audience outside. I changed the usual perspective, so now you can see the Finnish nature from the animals point of view. They are probably as […]
The poster was commissioned by the Finnish State Railways. Artist Osmo K. Oksanen asked his daughter to pose in front of the family house drive way. There she was given Ms Oksanen’s make-up bag to hold and suddenly a little boy with a suitcase was created. Note the labels on the suitcase: Inari, Kuopio, Ivalo […]
