100 Beste Plakate 25: Germany Austria Switzerland

As an indispensable time capsule of graphic design, this yearbook compiles the one hundred most groundbreaking poster designs of the year from the German-speaking region into a concentrated dose of visual inspiration.

This newly released June 2026 compendium offers a rich tactile experience that goes far beyond a fleeting digital scroll: meticulously produced as a softcover with striking hot-foil embossing and traditional thread stitching, the book celebrates the materiality of printed communication through its alternating paper stock and brilliant full-color offset printing. We selected this milestone edition—marking 25 years since the unification of the DACH poster competition—for the dashpress shelves because it documents the poster not merely as a form of visual aesthetics, but as a powerful social and political catalyst.

Designed by Ira Ivanova and Lou Hillereau under the editorial direction of the 100 Beste Plakate e. V., this substantial 344-page volume assembles around 200 illustrations that range from radically minimalist black-and-white typography to experimental analog techniques using cress seeds, olive oil, or risography. Each piece is complemented by detailed credits and personal contextual commentaries from the designers, turning the book into an invaluable archive of contemporary cultural production. An absolute must-have for graphic designers, typographers, visual chroniclers, and collectors who want to feel the design pulse of our time.

Secure this freshly printed benchmark volume and bring the year's most visionary poster art to your library.