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International Poster Design Competition “Goran V. Janković”
Theme: #NotAStereotype

Srbija, Bosna i Hercegovina, Indonezija: Imamo tri najbolja postera na temu #NotAStereotype

Dragana Ilić, from Serbia, is the author of the work “Cut the Label”, which was declared the best at the International Poster Design Competition “Goran V. Janković”, organized by Aquarius group.

The second best work was submitted by Tijana Popović, from Bosnia and Herzegovina, entitled “Expiration Date”, while the third place went to Ardi Chandra, from Indonesia, for the work entitled “Slay Stereotypes”.

More than 150 works from all over the world were submitted for this year’s competition theme #NotASterotype. It was taken from the name of the campaign that the Aquarius group agency implemented in June 2024 and which focused on the stereotypes that all women are exposed to, because of which they are still often on the pillar of shame in various aspects of life.

With the aforementioned competition, the story was expanded to include all types of stereotypes, so young creatives were able to submit solutions that speak to gender, age, religious, national… and all other social anomalies, and in this way, with their creativity, not only point them out, but also engage the entire public to do the same.

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“Our competition is named after one of the founders of the Aquarius agency and a pioneer of advertising in the Balkans, Goran V. Janković, who, unfortunately, left us too soon. A painter, designer, doctor of economics, professor and founder of the Department of Graphic Design at the Academy of Arts, University of Banja Luka, Goran was a cheerful and talented man who fought for creativity without borders throughout his professional and academic career, and against divisions, prejudices and stereotypes. Therefore, we wanted the younger generations of artists to continue his mission in a way with this competition,” recalled Brankica Janković, director of Aquarius.

The topic #NotAStereotype was clearly inspiring for young artists, as evidenced by the fact that authors from numerous countries responded to the invitation to submit their creative solutions, starting from our region, through Indonesia, to China.

The expert jury, consisting of Prof. Dr. Mladen Miljanović (Academy of Arts – UNIBL, Intermedia Arts Department), Dejan Šijuk (Creative Director – Fuse) and Aleksandar Živanić (Creative Director – Aquarius), selected not only the three best works from the submitted works, but a total of 31 works that were presented at the exhibition in Kamena kuća, Banja Luka, on December 2. At the same time, at the opening ceremony of the exhibition, the authors of the three best works were officially announced, for which cash prizes in the amounts of 2,000, 1,000 and 500 marks were provided.

“I am glad that we managed to turn this project, which is important to us in many ways, and which last year had a regional character, into an international competition to which authors from all over the world applied. It was a really hard job to select and award the best, but it was also a great pleasure for us,” said Živanić.

The best works will be exhibited in the Stone House until December 8th, and you can find and/or follow more about the selected posters, as well as the atmosphere from the exhibition opening, on the Aquarius Instagram and Facebook accounts.

Competition winners

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I

Dragana Ilić

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II

Tijana Popović

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III

Ardi Chandra

Slay Stereotypes

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Andrea Aleksić
i Marko Škrbić

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Azra Kurtović

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Boris Pehar

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Darko Karać

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Danica Stamenković

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Danica Stamenković

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Dragana Mikan

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Harun Karić

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Miloš Lazić

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Mona Gandomkar

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Nika Romanić

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Pavol Roško

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Ines Radović

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Jana Petrić

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Jana Pitalo
i Marin Tokić

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Lana Milosavljević

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Peng WANG

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Teodora Vukajlović

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Tijana Popović

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Vanja Veseli

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Veera Kemppainen

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Wang Peng

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Ajdin Heldovac

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Ana Ćatić

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Stefan Dželetović

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Milica Ličanin

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Marko Tomić

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Marko Tomić

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Goran V. Janković

Our competition is named after Goran V. Janković, one of the founders of the Aquarius agency and a pioneer in advertising in the Balkans, who sadly passed away too soon. Goran was a painter, designer, economist, professor, and founder of the graphic design department at the Academy of Arts at the University of Banja Luka.

Above all, he was a cheerful and talented individual full of positive and creative energy who dedicated his entire professional and academic career to promoting openness, collaboration, and creativity without boundaries, and fighting against division, prejudice, and stereotypes.

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The competition is closed.

A professional jury will select the best works and award three prizes as follows:

First Prize

1000 eur

Second Prize

500 eur

Third Prize

250 eur

The official opening of the exhibition and award ceremony will be held at the new exhibition hall in Banja Luka, on November 16th, 2024.

We look forward to your creative and bold solutions.

Competition Rules

  • The competition is international and open to all creatives under 35 years old.
  • The The poster should be designed in B2 format, 500x707 mm (vertical). Submit the print-ready file in TIFF or PDF format (CMYK) via https://wetransfer.com/. For evaluation and online use, submit a digital version of the poster in JPG format, 2500x3500 pixels.
  • Submissions must be sent exclusively via the web address aquarius.ba/konkursgoranvjankovic.
  • Designers, professionals, students, and other interested creatives may participate.
  • Each participant may submit a maximum of three works, which can be created in any technique.
  • The three awarded authors are required to provide the original files of the works (ai, psd, or PDF in Illustrator default format).
  • The three awarded works become the property of Aquarius group, which retains the rights for further use, adaptation, and reproduction of the works.
  • The poster must be an original work. Copying and using others' creative ideas is not permitted. It does not need to have any visual or thematic connection to the #nisamSTEREOTIP campaign by Aquarius Group.
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Jury:

  • Prof. Dr. Mladen Miljanović
    (Academy of Arts - UNIBL, Department of Intermedia Art)
  • Dejan Šijuk
    (Creative Director - Fuse)
  • Aleksandar Živanić
    (Creative Director - Aquarius)

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