AIGA Atlanta Poster Show
‘Collected Matter’
Hand-cut collage using found printed materials, packaging, and textures.
18 × 24 inches
This poster is a celebration of Atlanta’s layered textures—its food, rhythm, signage, improvisation, and unapologetic self-expression. Composed entirely by hand using found materials, it reflects the city as a living organism—breathing, pulsing, always in motion.
Rather than designing digitally, I constructed the piece from fragments of packaging, discarded magazines, personal photographs, and street ephemera collected from neighborhoods across Atlanta. These scraps carry the imprint of the city itself—its pace, its past, its palette.
I was inspired by Atlanta’s instinct to transform—the way it reclaims what’s inherited or cast off and turns it into something vibrant and wholly new. Atlanta isn’t just a city—it’s a sensory loop. This poster is my attempt to chart that.
The 2025 AIGA Atlanta Poster Show open call invited designers to submit original poster designs reflecting the theme The Atlanta Influence. Centered on the city’s cultural legacy—its impact on music, fashion, art, activism, and beyond—the call asked artists to interpret what makes Atlanta iconic, unapologetic, and globally influential.
Selected entries were featured in a juried exhibition and in-person event in September, where posters were displayed, celebrated, and made available for sale. The top designs competed for the People’s Choice Award, with proceeds supporting AIGA Atlanta’s programming. All applicants received free admission to the show, whether or not their work was selected.
