About the opportunity
What this programme is offering
7th Bolu International Poster Design Competition – Free Entry
The 7th Bolu International Poster Design Competition invites graphic designers and creative professionals from around the world to explore sustainability, innovation and global responsibility through visual communication.
Organized by the Department of Graphic Arts, Faculty of Fine Arts, the competition provides an international platform for designers to use poster design to raise awareness, stimulate dialogue and imagine new possibilities for a more sustainable future.
The theme for the 7th edition is:
“Beyond Horizons: Designing a Sustainable Future”
Competition Theme
The theme “Beyond Horizons: Designing a Sustainable Future” encourages participants to explore new perspectives that move beyond established boundaries in thinking, design, technology and society.
Designers are invited to develop creative visual interpretations that address:
Sustainability
Innovation
Global responsibility
Social transformation
Economic transformation
Technological development
Future possibilities
Participants are encouraged to interpret the theme through their own visual language, creative approach and conceptual perspective.
Sustainability and the Sustainable Development Goals
The competition connects the theme with selected United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), including:
SDG 4 – Quality Education
SDG 8 – Decent Work and Economic Growth
SDG 9 – Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure
SDG 12 – Responsible Consumption and Production
SDG 17 – Partnerships for the Goals
Participants are encouraged to develop visual narratives that engage with these issues and challenge audiences to think beyond existing approaches to sustainability and development.
What Can Participants Create?
Submissions may take different creative approaches, including:
Critical and thought-provoking posters
Symbolic visual narratives
Experimental designs
Conceptual interpretations
Awareness-focused posters
Creative visions of sustainable futures
The competition encourages designers to use poster design as a tool for visualizing ideas, raising awareness and stimulating meaningful dialogue about the future.
Awards and Recognition
All participants whose works are accepted for exhibition by the jury will receive a digital Certificate of Participation.
The creators of the top three works will receive the symbolic digital BIAH Achievement Certificate.
First-Place Winner
In addition to the achievement recognition, the first-place winner will have the opportunity to serve as a jury member at the next BIAH event.
International Exhibition
The competition aims to create an international platform where selected poster designs can be exhibited and used to promote dialogue around sustainability, innovation and global responsibility.
Having a work selected for exhibition also provides participants with international recognition and a digital certificate of participation.
Who Can Participate?
The competition is open internationally to designers and creatives interested in exploring the theme through poster design.
Participants are encouraged to develop original works that communicate their own interpretation of “Beyond Horizons: Designing a Sustainable Future.”
Organizer
The competition is organized on behalf of Bolu Abant İzzet Baysal University by:
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Orhun Türker, Department of Graphic Arts, Faculty of Fine Arts
Dr. Abdurrahman Özdemir, Research Assistant, Faculty of Fine Arts, Design and Architecture, Tekirdağ Namık Kemal University
Entry Fee
There is no entry fee.
The 7th Bolu International Poster Design Competition is free to enter.
How to Apply
Interested designers should visit the official competition website to review the full theme brief, submission requirements, technical specifications and application procedure before submitting their work.
Official Website: Visit the official Bolu International Poster Design Competition website for complete details.
How to apply