MUMEDI, the Mexican Museum of Design, represented by MUMEDI Foundation, convened for the sixth time, designers, students, teachers, professionals and anyone interested in the subject, to participate in the International Poster Contest "To Death with a Smile 20017-2018" to promote the exercise of good design. The theme of the poster was on the subject of death, be it a personal reflection, the meaning it has in our culture or country, as we fear, celebrate or overcome it. Again the enthusiastic participation in the call, took us to receive a huge number of proposals, which was now of over 30,000 proposals from 157 countries. After much work MUMEDI team, we have made a selection of 541 finalists that will be shown physically in different halls and areas of the museum.
Participating countries: Iran, Uruguay, Canada, Bolivia, United States, Colombia, Venezuela, Argentina, Chile, Brazil, England, France, Spain, Portugal, Czech Republic, Croatia, Slovakia, Russia, Poland, Italy, Cyprus, Greece, Germany, Switzerland, Latvia, Sweden, Finland, turkey, Iran, Philippines, Egypt, Russia, Dubai, India, China, Japan, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Nepal, Thailand, Singapore, Latvia, South Korea, Cyprus, Pakistan, Australia, New Zealand, Indonesia, Serbia, South Africa, Peru, Ecuador, Macedonia, Ireland, Vietnam, Serbia, Bielorussia, Belgium, Ucrania, Switzerland, Hungary between many others. The exhibition was open to the public at a cost of 45 pesos, from the 1st day of November and the end of March 2018. In February 2018, a selection of some of the best posters from the collection will be exhibited in the poster museum of Lahti in Finland. One of the main purposes of the exhibition, is the production and marketing of signs, so MUMEDI makes photo-quality reproductions of all posters are on display and for sale in the museum shop. Each of the authors receives royalties from the sale of its own poster.
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