Poster depicting a frontal, partial silhouette of a man, against a blue, green, and yellow background (colors fade into each other, from top to bottom). The man is covered with colorful text and imagery, suggesting the power of mass communication. A spinning gear appears in place of his genitalia. Printed in blue ink, along top: THE BIGGEST VISUAL POWER SHOW; in blue and yellow ink, center: NEXT NATURE. Other text printed in red, yellow, orange, blue, white, and green in various places across man's body.

The image is © M. Gerritzen. There are 2 other images of this object. See our image rights statement.

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Object Timeline

2006	Work on this object began.
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Poster, Next Nature, 2006

This is a Poster. It was designed by Mieke Gerritzen and made for (as the client) The Biggest Visual Power Show. It is dated 2006 and we acquired it in 2009. Its medium is digital print on paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

This object was donated by Mieke Gerritzen. It is credited Gift of Mieke Gerritzen.

Black and white image of a large concentric circle within another lighter and larger concentric circle; inside these is a cube that reads: “ICSID ‘73”. Below: “SOUL AND MATERIAL THINGS.” Japanese characters and below this: “ICSID ’73 KYOTO / 8TH ICSID General Assembly and Congress […]”

Poster, Soul and Material Things, ICSID 1973, Kyoto, 1973
offset lithograph on paper, lined.
Gift of Unknown Donor.
1980-32-1237

Poster, International Design Center Nagoya: Matsunaga, 1996
offset lithograph on white paper.
Gift of Unknown Donor.
1996-129-7

Poster for International Design Center in Nagoya. Black line rendering of chandelier attached on ceiling with nine black cables attached to elliptically shaped light bulb fixture with twelve light bulbs attached. Each light buld has lilac and yellow streaks to represent emission of light. In center, from top blue and red twisted cable supports brain-like object in red, white, and yellow with streaks of lilac and yellow as center-piece of chandelier. Background is of-white with vertical brown lines scattered to achieve wood-grain effect. Irregular pink and yellow forms resembling paint spots scattered throughout.

Poster, Masayoshi Nakajo, Turn on the Light of Sagacity (for NAGOYA Design...
offset lithograph on white paper.
Gift of Unknown Donor.
1996-129-5

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die-cut offset lithography over silver foil on paper.
Courtesy of WORK.
s-e-1752

Black background. In top, large gold circle with smaller circles at its center. Smaller circles arranged to form a square with four layers in blue, green, purple and red. Japanese text below large gold circle in white, with interspersed English in gold: "1st INTERNATIONAL/ DESIGN FESTIVAL, OSAKA/ 1983/ INTERNATIONAL DESIGN EXHIBITION 10.22.-11.9. OSAKA-JO-HALL/ OPENING CEREMONY 10.7. EXPO-HALL DESIGN FORUM '83 11.1. MORINOMIYA PIROTI-HALL"

Poster, International Design Festival, Osaka, 1983, 1983
photo-offset lithograph on paper.
Gift of Sara and Marc Benda.
2009-20-16

Printed cover from General Electric Company's 1942 booklet on electronics, "Electronics—A New Science for a New World," featuring two hands emerging from the lower left corner holding an electronic glass tool with earth inside, surrounded by atomic illustrations and clouds against a blue sky. Printed in red, diagonally, along bottom: Electronics—A New Science for a New World. Verso: Black printed text about electronics on the right. Printed in black, center: REACHING FOR THE SKY.

Booklet Cover, Cover, Electronics—A New Science for a New World, 1942
offset lithograph on thick white paper.
Museum purchase with funding provided by the Buddy Taub Foundation, Dennis A.....
2016-54-270

Its dimensions are

70.2 × 50.2 cm (27 5/8 × 19 3/4 in.)

Cite this object as

Poster, Next Nature, 2006; Designed by Mieke Gerritzen (Dutch, b. 1962); Netherlands; digital print on paper; 70.2 × 50.2 cm (27 5/8 × 19 3/4 in.); Gift of Mieke Gerritzen; 2009-39-8

This object was previously on display as a part of the exhibition How Posters Work.

Short URL http://cprhw.tt/o/2E14T/
Accession Number 2009-39-8
Object ID 18730977