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Rene
Wanner in Echirolles, 2002. Photo by Pedram Harby
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Hard
work, pure pleasure
by Majid Abbasi
In the community of Iranian graphic designers especially the younger
generation there are few who haven't heard of the name Rene Wanner
and Poster Page. He is a poster collector, and he has one of the
most important internet sites which works as an international information
center for poster art and design. He was one of the guests in the
8th Tehran International Poster Biennial 2004.
Lately after facing a lot of technical problems he finally made
several pages about Tehran Biennial. In these pages you can find
a complete view of the city of Tehran and street graphics, the environments,
accompanying exhibitions, designers, his choice, Moorteza Momayez
and the awards.
Rene has made these pages with a wise and critical mind, they will
surly be a big part of posterpage, he always works hard and he gets
pure pleasure from the work results. The important thing is that
these pages shows us the organization of the Biennial and it's big
influence it also reflects the participation of international designers
from all over the world. The society and peoples culture and their
environment are always important for him and this time is not an
exception either. He wrote in introduction:
"After the first international biennial in Tehran, it is obvious
that the ambitious goal has been reached in a very short time. Not
only have some of the worlds best designers contributed and participated
in Tehran, but iranian graphic designers have won international
recognition and are treated as equals in world competitions.
Personally I feel that the best part is still to come once the world
realizes the unique role that iranian graphic design can play due
to it's long tradition of calligraphy and typography."
for more details: http://www.posterpage.ch/exhib/ex91_teh/ex91intr.htm
Rene Wanner was grown in Zurich and educated in Switzerland,
Canada, the United States, and Germany. He has a PHD in physics.
He now lives in a calm city, Rheinfelden, near Rhein river beside
the German borders; the big pages of posterpage are made in his
small office.
We all are grateful for having Rene as a friend.
Vive Rene!
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