Plaktivat 18: Fast Fashion – Poster Design Competition

TAM-TAM is calling for applications to its 18th Plaktivat poster design competition, themed Fast Fashion.
Participants are invited to reflect on our relationship with clothing, the environment and the values fashion represents. The competition is open for city posters that awaken a sense of value and bring fashion back to where it belongs: as an expression of identity, not consumption.
The best posters will be awarded with Plaktivat awards. Special attention is given to students who will compete in the Fresh Blood category, where a separate winner will also be announced.
The jury will select a winning poster from all the entries, which will be printed and publicly displayed at 500 TAM-TAM poster sites across Slovenia. It will be entered into the competition sections of the Slovenian Advertising Festival – SOF and the Biennial of Slovenian Design – Brumen. The winner will receive the MEGAFON Plaktivat and the winner’s plaque, the finalists will receive a silver plaque, and all qualified runners-up will receive an e-plaque of participation awarded by the Plaktivat organiser, the TAM-TAM d.o.o.
Details about the creative challenge are available on the official website.
Fast fashion refers to clothing that is produced quickly and cheaply, imitating the latest trends and frequently rotating on store shelves. This system is based on mass production, low prices, and short wear cycles. Brands create a constant flow of new collections that encourage impulsive buying and a “ throwaway ” culture. As a result, fashion loses its original role of expressing identity and becomes a disposable consumer good with a very short lifespan.
Behind every cheap garment lies a high price paid by people and the planet.The fast fashion industry generates enormous amounts of CO₂ emissions, waste, and polluted water, exploits workers (mostly women in developing countries), promotes irresponsible consumption, and erodes our sense of the true value of clothing. The result is a culture where fashion is no longer an expression of personality, but a consumer habit with destructive consequences.
The call is open to all graphic creators – individuals, independent designers, students, high school students, as well as agencies or legal entities wishing to co-create the shared living environment.
Plaktivat is a project by TAM-TAM, run by the TAM-TAM Institute. It is an international socially responsible competition and an activator of social awareness, inviting the creation of city posters and encouraging positive shifts in society. The competition is held once a year and is intended for designers and design groups from all over the world. Students may also participate. Submitted works are evaluated by professional juries, composed of internationally recognized creatives and designers.
No Entry Fee!
It’s free to enter.