In Case of Nuclear War Lock the Door!
an antiwar letterpress poster, 2022
I am the author of this aphorism. This is an antimilitaristic poster. It was manually designed and printed at the Don E. Adleta TypeShop and Bindery during my artist residency at Ohio University in Athens, Ohio in 2022. The red background was made using a small hand ink roller and represents my fear of atomic explosion. In contrast to this loud background, the word ‘nuclear’ uses the 1960’s hippie style of typography. My goal was to create a humorous pacifist poster that will show the absolute irony of unnecessary wars.
2022: Selected for the 2022 Korea Institute of Cultural Product & Design Summer International Conference & International Invitational Poster Exhibition, Kyung Hee University, Global Campus, Yongin, South Korea
2023: Selected for No War, international antiwar poster exhibition, Ōgaki Poster Museum, Ōgaki, Japan (included in the museum’s collection)
2023: Selected for the 16th HumoDEVA International Cartoon Contest, Deva, Romania
2023: Selected for the 8th International Festival of Caricatures – Smile of the Sea, Palace of Culture, Novorossiysk, Russia
2024: Published in Graphis Poster Awards 2025, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA. Honorable Mention
2025: Selected for Mastering Type Second Edition: The Essential Guide to Typography for Print and Digital Design, Bloomsbury Publishing, London, England, United Kingdom (2005 designs were submitted. Only 272 artworks were chosen.)
