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Hiroshima Appeals is a project run by JAGDA Hiroshima
(the Japan Graphic Designers Association Hiroshima branch),

the Hiroshima Peace Creation Fund, and the Hiroshima International Cultural Foundation.

With the goal of promoting peace at home and abroad, graphic designers work voluntarily to produce

a poster that communicates “Hiroshima’s Spirit” more powerfully than words alone.

 

The first poster, entitled “Burning Butterflies”, was created by Yusaku Kamekura in 1983,

and a new poster was produced each year for eight years.

The posters were exhibited in a nationwide tour called the Peace Poster Exhibition.

Internationally, they were gained prominence through display

in the Atomic Bomb Exhibition in Geneva, Switzerland in 1985,

and the “Hiroshima: A Message for Peace among People” exhibition that toured Europe in 1997.

The annual poster initiative was reinstated in 2005 to commemorate
the 60th anniversary of the end of World War II. TAKEO Co., Ltd. provides the poster paper.

 

For 2018, graphic designer Kazunari Hattori created the 21st poster, entitled “Question mark, 2018.”
The designer’s profile (English) and comments (Japanese), can be found at the following external website:
JAGDA Hiroshima website.

 

The paper for the poster is MILT GA SPIRIT super white 1091 x 788 mm S/G 128gsm.
It can be viewed at the Hiroshima Peace Poster Exhibition: “Pieces for Peace 2018” at the Former Bank of Japan Hiroshima Branch,
and at the “Hiroshima Appeals Exhibition” at 21_21 DESIGN SIGHT.