PLOP #02 Examines Polish Poster as Protest, Export, and Myth

Slanted Publishers has released PLOP #02, a 32-page graphic design revue that scrutinizes the Polish poster tradition. The A4 saddle-stitched publication (21 × 29.7 cm) is printed in full color offset, with proportions echoing the poster format. Designed by Marian Misiak and Lars Harmsen using the Dioda typeface by Jan Estrada-Osmycki (in collaboration with Three Dots Type Foundry), the issue features essays by Katarzyna Matul on the Polish poster as a communist-era export commodity, and by Karolina Pietrzyk and Paweł Starzec on graphic design's transition from street walls to gallery frames. Contributors critically examine biennials, festivals, civic practice, and AI tools, questioning whether the poster communicates, decorates, or ritualizes its legacy. The revue positions itself as graphic design criticism in a portable, affordable format.