The Prelude Exhibition of The First Shanghai Graphic Design Biennale – TopoPoster: International Poster Design Exhibition, after six months (June – December, 2025) of planning and preparation, was successfully held from December 13 to December 22, 2025. As one of the larger-scale exhibitions in recent years featuring an international selection of works in China, it showcased over 300 representative poster designs from 153 influential contemporary designers and studios active in the forefront of the field across 28 countries.

Neunte

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What do we have in mind, when we think of classical music? What images come to mind and where do they come from? How can we visualize the complexity of Beethovens music and the chronological sequence of sound in a rigid medium such as a printed poster? What forms and textures emerge from surrendering to music while designing? The interaction of music and graphics, of time and silent media such as print have always sparked my interest.

Jonas Bader

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