Poster Awards
We’re excited to announce this year’s theme for the Planet Poster Awards: Systems Disruption.
At Icarus Complex, we believe climate change is not the disease. It’s a symptom. It’s a signal from a system that has deteriorated over time and no longer serves humanity, the planet, or the societies built on top of it.
This year, we invite artists, graphic designers, illustrators, and communicators to ideate with us: what do these systems actually look like? And what would it take to disrupt them?
This is not an invitation to anarchy, and not an invitation to simplistic syllogisms. We want you to get creative, yes, but more than that, we want you to go deep. Draw the invisible threads. Find the fault lines you’ve come to see around you, and show us where they run.
How to Enter
Email your poster design to submissions@icaruscomplexmagazine.com along with a short explanation of your methodology and thinking behind the work.
Deadline: November 13th, 2026
Entrants must follow us on Instagram @icaruscomplexmagazine and on LinkedIn and sign up to our newsletter.
To be eligible, post your submission (or a preview of it) on Instagram, tag @icaruscomplexmagazine, and use #SystemsDisruption2026. This is how we’ll discover and share your work beyond the judging process.
AI-generated work is not eligible for submission.
What do you win?
A 1500 € cash prize, publication in the 2027 edition of the print magazine.
Announcement
The winner will be announced in December 2026.
Meet the Jury
We’re bringing together an incredible group of creatives to help us push the envelope of creativity even further:
Roshi Rouzbehani (Instagram)
Zipeng Zhu (Instagram)
In 2024, we received nearly 100 submissions from artists and designers around the world, each responding to the theme “Let’s Get Political.” Our jury carefully deliberated to select one winner and 16 additional entrants, whose work was featured in Icarus Complex Magazine Issue 6.
Browse through some of the entries included in Issue 6
