This catalog presents the winning posters from 100 Beste Plakate 24 with large full-color reproductions, detailed credits (designers, clients, and printers), and short description.

Forewords by the association president and jury chair are followed by an introduction in which jury members share their own work and reflect on the selection process.

This year’s concept centers on the certificates awarded to each winning designer—reframing them as playful objects that sit between formality and affectionate parody.

The yearbook includes the texts "Post Pop vs. Politics" by Fons Hickmann and Susanne Stahl, as well as "Nothing is done!," a conversation between Fons Hickmann, Klaus Staeck and Götx Gramlich on the role of political posters. 

100 Beste Plakate is an annual competition that grew out of Die besten Plakate des Jahres, first held in 1966, and has taken its current form since 2001. Open to designers, clients, and printers from Germany, Austria, and Switzerland, it recognizes one hundred posters each year, which are then published in the yearbook and presented in a touring exhibition.

Each competition annual is commissioned to a different designer — 2024's was designed by Tristesse, a Basel-based trio of two graphic designers and a filmmaker/photographer; the book’s layout, typography, and photography were all produced in-house. The winning posters appear as leading actors on a stage, presented with the Swiss studio’s characteristic freshness and irreverence.

Jury members included Adeline Mollard (Zurich), Anouk Rehorek (Studio Anouk Rehorek, Vienna), Hans Günter Schmitz (schmitz Visuelle Kommunikation, Wuppertal), Stephanie Specht (Specht Studio, Antwerp), and Jonas Wandeler (Atlas Studio, Zurich).

Concept and design by Tristesse

Published by Slanted Publishers, 2025
Bilingual, in English and German

Softcover, 352 pages, full color offset, 6.5 × 9.45 inches

ISBN: 978-3-94-844084-8