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.

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Object Timeline

2006	Work on this object began.
2009	We acquired this object. We photographed this object.
2015	We photographed this object. We exhibited this object.
2019	We photographed this object.
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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.

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Poster, Soul and Material Things, ICSID 1973, Kyoto
offset lithograph on paper, lined.
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"

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photo-offset lithograph on paper.
Gift of Sara and Marc Benda.
2009-20-16

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offset lithograph on paper.
Gift of Shin Matsunaga.
1992-144-25

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