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.
VISION
SYSTEMS and VISION were created as part of an "Artist in Business" residency, in collaboration with Média Graphic employees (offset printing company). Inspired by printer calibration sheets, it’s composed using technical elements specific to the printing industry, and uses as its graphic material what is no longer visible in the final print.
It’s also an hybrid object, since a second overprint in screen printing transforms the object into a new composition, starting from a printing waste.
Finally, it is a tribute to the printing professionals, who, like these motifs, too often remain in the shadows.
Macula Nigra (Loïc CREFF)
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