Building on the success of 2007's The Seattle-Havana Poster Show, curator Daniel R. Smith has gone half way around the world to unite the graphic design communities of Seattle and Tehran. Co-curated with Tehran designer Iman Raad, The Seattle-Tehran Poster Show is a selection of 50 posters from each city in a variety of mediums sharing cultural themes such as music, film, theater and contemporary art. Artists included range from Tehran University Professor Reza Abedini, a powerful figure in contemporary Iranian graphic design, to younger talents born since the 1979 Islamic Revolution, such as the female design duo Soha Shirvani and Reyhaneh Sheikhbahaei. These Iranian designers’ posters are paired with the work of Seattle designers, such as Cornish College Professor Robynne Raye of Modern Dog, Coby Schultz and Barry Ament of the Ames Bros and many more. When The Seattle-Tehran Poster Show premiers at Bumbershoot in August 2008, it will be the first exhibition of contemporary Iranian posters hosted by the United States. In 2009 this exhibit will travel to Tehran where it will be shared with Iranian designers.

See The Seattle-Tehran Poster Show at Bumbershoot 2008, August 29 – September 1, in Seattle Center's Fidalgo Room. For more information and a complete schedule of events visit www.seattletehran.com.

This show is a collaborative curatorial effort between Seattle's Daniel R. Smith and Iman Raad in Tehran.

Exhibit made possible with the support of the American Poster Institute, AIGA Seattle, AIGA XCD, Fellowship of Reconcilliation (F.O.R.), IACA Seattle, Vérité Coffee and Cupcake Royale.