POSTER REX was founded in 2014 by the graphic designers Lars Harmsen (Munich) and Markus Lange (Leipzig) from Studio Farn. For each session, they invite an artist to create unique posters, produced in different silkscreen workshops around the globe. All posters are silkscreen printed by hand or with other digital or analog techniques. Each session has its own topic. POSTER REX also offers workshops for students. By now, the collection counts over 2.00 unique posters. A set of posters have been curated for exhibitions.
Lars Harmsen (Munich) and Markus Lange (Leipzig) from Studio Farn met the first time when they gave the Arial-workshop at the University of applied sciences Dortmund, where Harmsen is Professor for editorial design and typography. Half a year later they worked together on the SLANTED Cuba issue, published in 2013. Along, a series of posters have been printed, each of them being a unique piece, playing with accidents that occur due to random overprinting. The series was awarded by the TDC NY. In summer 2014, Lars and Markus returned to Havanna to see all the designers they met a year before. For three days they printed posters in a small printshop in the centre of Havanna, mixing Salsa with Bauhaus. The idea for POSTER REX was born.
BAUHAUS vs. SALSA / 23–24.08.14 / HAVANNA
with Giselle Monzon Calero, Michele Miyares Hollands,
Nelson Ponce, Edel Rodrigez, Raupa Raúl,
Valdes González, Darwin Fornés Báez, Natalie Seisser,
Falko Gerlinghoff, Gabriel Lara
Print: Taller de Serigrafía René Portocarrero
Exhibition: Fábrica de Arte Cubano
ATOMIC / 11–13.12.14 / LEIPZIG
with Frank Höhne
Print: Rainbow screen print workshop
Exhibition: Graphic bookstore MZIN in Leipzig
FROM OUTER SPACE / 12–14.03.15 / AMSTERDAM
with Edwin van Gelder / Mainstudio
Print: Amsterdams Grafisch Atelier
Exhibition: SSBA Salon
FROM OUTER SPACE / 04.15 / KIEL
Muthesius Kunsthochschule KIEL
FROM OUTER SPACE / 04.15 / KARLSRUHE
HFG Hochschule für Gestaltung Karlsruhe
RAUSCH / 23–24.09.15 / MUNICH
with Mirko Borsche
Print: Ahrens Siebdruck
Exhibition: Provisorium
REFUGEES / 13–14.10.15 / BOLZANO
Free University of Bozen
GOD / 16–17.10.15 / BASEL
with Jiri Oplatek
Print: FHNW – Hochschule für Gestaltung und Kunst
ON THE STREET / 21–22.04.16 / BERLIN
with Stefan Guzy and Björn Wiede
Print: Handsiebdruckerei
REFELEXION / April 2016 / HEIDELBERG
with Götz Gramlich
Print: Serigrafie Lauer
FUTURE / 8.–9.06.16 / WARSAW
with Gregorz Laszuk
Print: Kwiaciarnia Graphic
COLLECTIVE UNCONCIOUSNESS / 4.-6.11. 2016 / PORTO
with Oficina Arara
Print: Oficina Arara
MELANCHOLIA / 9.-12.2.2017 / Łódź
with Krzysztof Iwański & Jan Wasiński
Print: Krzysztof Iwański
EXIT / 7.-8.4.2017 / ATHENS
with Miltos Bottis
Print: Mama Silkscreen
DOG EAT DOG / 23.-27.7.2017 / ISTANBUL
with Yetkin Basarır & Malgorzata Gurowska
and Rene Wawrzkiewicz
at Marmara University
suported by SdpZ
MEGALOMANIA / 27.7.-2.8.2017 / MOSCOW
with Peter Bankov & FILIP ZAGORSKI
and Rene Wawrzkiewicz
at Piranesi Lab
suported by SdpZ
BALANCE OF POWER / 2.8-6.8. 2017 / KIEV
with Jakub Stępień & Olga Tereshenko
and Rene Wawrzkiewicz
at Izone , Silkscreen Workshop
suported by SdpZ
WOODSTOCK /1.7-3.7. 2019 / KIEV
with Ariane Spanier, Katia Fouguet, Frank Höhne
at Drucken3000
NO RACISM / July 2019 / BERLIN
with Patrick Thomas
at Patrick Thomas Studio
ACT NOW! / November 2019 / LISBON
with students at IADE UNIVERSIDADE EUROPEIA
at Fábrica IADE
REMIXING BAUHAUS / February 2019 / CAIRO
with students at GERMAN UNIVERSITY IN CAIRO during
the 100/100 Graphic Design Conference
at GUC – workshops
THIS IS CAIRO / March 2020 / CAIRO
with students at CONTEMPORARY IMAGE COLLECTIVE
at CONTEMPORARY IMAGE COLLECTIVE
TIME IS RUNNING / October 2020 / BERLIN
with contributions by Marc Lotus, Giulia Lantier, Florian Haberstumpf, Ariane Spanier, Raban Ruddigkeit, Bianca Schill, Yumiko Soga, Olena Smetanka, Marta Ustvarja, Deborah-Lois Sery, Anja Lutz, Lana Soufeh, Florian Brugger, Sebastian Dietel, CH Ernst, Martina Wember, Miltos Bottis, Filip Zagórski, Salma Khairy, Manuel Viergutz, Amelie, Agnieszka Weglarska, Thomas Marutschke, Lisa Panitz, Cihan Tamti, Martin Gnadt, Klaudia Mazur, Raupa Gonzales, Melis Guenoglu, Philipp Heinlein, Julia Kahl, Nina Engel, Daniel Hahn, Max Schürmann, Paula Hornickel, Jois, Eva-Maria Offermann, Jacco Bunt, Katharina Gschwendtner, Stefan Vogtländer, Rafael Bernardo, Daniel Hicks, Vincent Bord, Alex Branczyk, Lars Harmsen und Markus Lange (POSTER REX), Frank Höhne
at A-Z Gallery, Berlin
in collaboration with Drucken3000