Exhibitions
In 1983 JAGDA launched two poster campaigns, "JAGDA Peace Poster Exhibition" and "HIROSHIMA APPEALS" to help promote peace through poster creations. This activity roused the international design world, with the result that the show expanded into the 1985 "Exhibition of American and Japanese Peace Posters," and the "Peace Poster Exhibition," joined by 151 designers from 31 countries. In 1989 the Peace Poster Exhibition effort received the "Encouragement of Japan Design Award" at the Design Year Forum.
In an effort to publicize the many and varied forms of contemporary graphic design and transmit messages that meet the needs of our times, exhibitions such as "Environment," "World Heritage" and "DESIGN" have been held since 1990, with JAGDA members voluntarily creating posters on each occasion.
These exhibitions have toured the country as part of JAGDA's regional activities and efforts to have as many citizens as possible enjoy them. Recently, a postcard exhibition, the medium more familiar to the general public, has been started.
Major exhibitions and themes
- "Peace Poster Exhibition" (1983 - 1991)
- "HIROSHIMA APPEALS" (1983 - 1990) *
- Poster Exhibition "JAPAN" (1988)
- Poster Exhibition "WATER" (1989)
- Peace and Environment Exhibition "I'm here." (1992, 1993)
- Peace and Environment Exhibition "HIROSHIMA-NAGASAKI 50" (1995)
- Postcard Exhibition "100 Faces, 100 Favorites" (1996)
- Poster Exhibition "World Heritage" (1997) **
- Postcard Exhibition "Hana Hana Hana" (theme: flowers/1998)
- Poster Exhibition "DESIGN" (2000)
* At the suggestion of the Hiroshima International Cultural Foundation, JAGDA began cosponsoring the annual production of an original poster voluntarily designed by one of its members. The poster, devoted to peace and taking an anti-nuclear stance, is distributed around the world.
** The show took place in cooperation with the National Federation of UNESCO Association in Japan. It received the Gold Prize and the ICOGRADA Excellence Award at the "International Industrial Biennial Exhibition."