An investigation of international social poster competitions and posterland.org application example

The poster is an important communication tool for the individual and society. Posters, which play a major role in commercial, cultural and social aspects, are one of the most important graphic design elements that allow people to learn and to be aware of something. Because the posters, festivals of the announcement of the cinema, concert, theater screenings related to the design, humanity, environment, war, etc. They are used in many areas ranging from publicity banners to commercial posters, where a product and service are introduced, and in places where people are busy. The aim of this study is to conduct an examination of the Poster Contests with International Social Content and to perform an application example with the identity of incel Posterland.org based on the data obtained. In this context, the institutions carrying out international social posters, purpose, corporate identity design, target group, subject, supporting organizations, technical details of the specifications and number of participants are examined and a poster with a social content that contains an innovative perspective and original values is obtained. Posterland.org international poster competition was designed and implemented. In addition, items such as the analysis of this competition and the participant views of Posterland.org Poster Competition have been made and necessary corrections have been made. In the research, online evaluation system is objective, ease of use and so on. As it provides advantages, it is concluded that it should be used in similar competitions. In addition, the target audience of one of the international poster competitions was limited to only the students, while the target audience of others was general. Keywords: Poster, Poster Design, Social Poster Design, Poster Competitions, International Poster Competition