2021 Taiwan International Student Design Competition – Official Statement

The poster Cyber Violence (Figure 1) was originally awarded with the 2021 Lahti International Poster Triennial Special Award in this year’s TISDC, by the Lahti International Poster Triennial which is held by Lahti Art Museum. However, this award-winning piece was reported for plagiarism in November 2021 for being highly similar to the cover design of The Economist (Figure 2) which was published on June 10th 2017. It is decided by the chair and the juries of the Lahti International Poster Triennial that the special award and the qualification of the Cyber Violence are being revoked. The designer of the Growth, a poster that came in second this year, withdrew from the competition due to personal reasons. The organizer hereby announces that the 2021 Lahti International Poster Triennial Special Award will remain vacant.

Figure 1: Cyber Violence    

Figure 2: Cover published in 2017/06/10