World Graphics Day is observed annually on April 27.
Several meetings, workshops and an exhibition of posters have been arranged for the three-day event, the organizers announced on Tuesday.
This year’s symposium aims to connect the art of graphic designs with other kinds of art, while it also is intended to help elevate the level of students and introduce young promising artists in this field.
Ashkan Qazanchi, Mehdi Mahdian and Onish Aminollahi are the members of the symposium jury.
World Graphics Day was established by the International Council of Graphic Design Associations (ICOGRADA), which was founded on April 27, 1963. World Graphics Day is a chance to recognize communication design and its role in the world.
The day will also be celebrated at Tehran’s Idea Gallery, which plans to hang a selection of posters by the world and Iranian renowned graphic designers in an exhibition that will open on Friday.
Fifty-eight posters by artists, including Armando Milani from Italy, Alexander Faldin from Russia, Milton Glaser from the U.S., Ryszard Kaja from Poland, David James from the UK, Dogan Arslan from Turkey and Santiago Gómez from Ecuador, will be showcased in the gallery.
Works by Kambiz Derambakhsh, Sirus Salimi, Mohammad Ardalani, Nasser Nasiri, Mehdi Mohammadi, Dariush Mokhtari and several other Iranian artists have been selected for the exhibition.
The exhibition will also display a collection of posters by students from the Idea Graphic School.
Source: Tehran Times