Pietari Posti is a Finnish illustrator who lives in Barcelona, Spain. He has worked with a wide range of clients in advertising, publishing and products. His work has been featured in numerous publications, including The New York Times, The Guardian, PRINT Magazine, and Playboy. His clients include Starbucks, Citibank, British Airways, American Express and many more.
Born in Helsinki, Finland and inspired by comics such as Asterix and Tintin. Posti preferred to stay in and draw all day. He decided to study graphic design at Lahti Polytechnic. Throughout university, to earn extra money, he illustrated for magazines and newspapers. After graduating, for a short time, he worked as a graphic designer before moving to Barcelona. In Barcelona, he decided to concentrate on illustration. He set up Studio Posti, a design studio specialising in illustration and image making.
The commission started to come in, and pretty soon he landed his first big international client, American Airlines. For whom he created a series of illustrations for their American Way Magazine. Since he has worked for magazines and brands worldwide. He designed a series of stamps for the Finnish Post. In , Posti w
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Studio Posti is a design studio based in Barcelona specialised in illustration and image making operated by Pietari Posti. My work has appeared in publications like The New York Times, The Guardian, Wired, Runners World, Playboy among many more. Also I´ve worked with Random House, Iittala, Nokia, Omega, American Express and many more brilliant clients.
I´ve been lucky enough to been showcased in several books such as Illustration Now, Taschen, Over&Over by Mike Perry, Secrects of Digital Illustration by Lawrence Zeegan, Naive, Gestalten and Illustrators Unlimited, Gestalten.
Exhibitions
Ellas. Dias Nordicos. IED Madrid.
Som Animals. Sala Mutuo, Barcelona.
Not For Rental. 71a Gallery, London.
Pekka is Here. Guns & Butter Gallery, Amsterdam.
The Christmas Strangers. Mitte Gallery, Barcelona.
Shop Magazine Cover Illustrations. Kemistry Gallery, London
Pekka of Finland. Recycleart Gallery, Brussels.
Now Showing. Vallery, Barcelona & COSH Gallery, London.
GIANTS! Galeria Garabat, Bilbao.
BAC! Festiv
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Studio Posti is a Barcelona based creative studio by Pietari Posti. Studio Posti specializes in illustration and works with wide range of international clients in advertising, publishing and editorial. Pietari Posti is a Finnish born illustrator who studied graphic design in Finland. After completing his studies he moved to Barcelona where he founded his own studio.
His bold shapes and expressive style has attracted a diverse range of clients including: Apple, Nespresso, Random House, Starbucks, Monocle, The New York Times, The Guardian, Wired, The Washington Post, Runner’s World and Iittala. Pietari won the Victor & Albert Museum Best Book Cover Illustration award with the Arthur Ransome´s Swallows & Amazons Book covers.
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Further reading, interviews and articles:
Illustrator´s Lounge
El País (in Spanish)
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Biography
After graduating from Lahti Polytechnic with a Bachelor's degree in
graphic design in , Pietari worked briefly as a graphic designer before moving to Barcelona where he pursued his career as a professional illustrator. Since then he has been working with wide range of clients in advertising, editorial, products and publishing. Clients include: Penguin Random House, Starbucks, Citibank, The New York Times, The Guardian, Wired, American Express and many more.
Pietari has participated in several group exhibitions around the
world, including the Now Showing Exhibition – Exploring the Lost “Art”
of the Film Poster in London's Cosh Gallery in His work has been
featured in the 3x3 Professional Illustration Annual and Print
Magazine's European Design Annual in and in Gestalten's Naïve:
Modernism and Folklore in Contemporary Graphic Design in
In Iittala released aseries of dinnerware featuring Pietari's prints and in and
the Finnish Post released a series of stamps with his designs.
In Pietari won the Best Book Cover Illustration award in V&A Illustration awards.
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