100 Best Posters: Switzerland dominates competition with 62 awards
The jury for the «100 Best Posters 25» competition has selected the winning posters from Germany, Austria, and Switzerland. Out of 2,297 submitted posters, 100 made the cut. Switzerland leads with 62 award-winning entries, well ahead of Germany (30) and Austria (8).
Following the final jury session on February 26 and 27, 2026, at the Medienhaus of the UdK Berlin, the winners of the «100 Best Posters 25» poster competition have been announced. The international jury, chaired by Hans Malte Martin, selected the 100 best posters and poster series from among 2,297 submitted entries.
Swiss Poster Art Impresses the Jury
The distribution of the award-winning entries shows a clear dominance by Switzerland: 62 posters come from Switzerland, 30 from Germany, and 8 from Austria. A total of 676 entrants submitted 1,061 individual posters and 349 series.
The five-member jury consisted of Enrico Bravi (Vienna), Malte Martin (Paris), Sascia Reibel (Berlin), Sven Tillack (Stuttgart), and Annik Troxler (Riehen near Basel). Following an online preliminary selection, 658 posters from 239 entrants were presented at the final jury meeting.
Exhibition opens in Berlin in June
The inaugural exhibition of the award-winning works will open on June 11, 2026, at the Kulturforum of the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin. The exhibition will then go on tour through Germany, Austria, and Switzerland, as well as to Korea and other locations.
To accompany the exhibition, the yearbook «100 Best Posters 25» is being published in collaboration with Slanted Publishers from Karlsruhe. It was designed by Ira Ivanova and Lou Hillereau from Berlin, who are also responsible for the corporate design of the 25th edition. The complete collection of all winning designs will be published to coincide with the exhibition’s opening.
The comprehensive online archive of all posters dating from 2001 onward is available at 100-best-posters.de retrievable.
Publisher: 100 Best Posters, Inc. Presidents: Prof. Susanne Stahl, Prof. Fons Hickmann (Berlin) Board Members: Christof Nardin (Vienna), Jiri Oplatek (Basel), Dr. Hermann Büchner (Berlin, Press Office) Management: Johanna Ellerhold CD 100BP25: Ira Ivanova, Lou Hillereau (Berlin)
