Poster for peace
Date
Credits
- U.G. Sato 3 Graphic Designer
Format
- Poster 2473
Typefaces
Locations Made
- Japan 564
- Tokyo 82
- Tokyo Prefecture 78
About / Biographic Information:
U.G. Sato studied at the Kuwasawa Design School in Tokyo and established Design Farm Inc. in Tokyo in 1975. He is a member of the Alliance Graphique Internationale (AGI) and JAGDA, and his work has received numerous international awards, including gold prizes at the International Biennale of Graphic Design in Moscow and the International Poster Biennale in Lahti. Sato is deeply influenced by the Ukiyo-e woodcut printing of the Edo period, as well as the humor of Raymond Savignac and the illusory visions of M.C. Escher. His development as a designer was significantly shaped by a 1972 exhibition of silkscreen prints titled My Theory of Evolution, which focused on ecological issues.
The "Poster for peace" was created in 1999.
Description:
The poster features a powerful visual metaphor: a chain-link fence where several links have been broken and bent into the silhouette of a dove in flight. This imagery is set against a soft purple and blue gradient background. The text on the left reads: "never-ceasing effort to remove its barrier shall we make for PEACE". The work exemplifies Sato’s hallmark use of "humorous images and illusory vision" to communicate serious social and environmental messages.
