This 1989 poster was created for the Ciclo de Actividades Multidisciplinarias en Conmemoración de la Ilustración, organized by the University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras and held from October 23 through October 27. Contemporary UPR documentation confirms the dates and title of the multidisciplinary program. The event brought attention to the Enlightenment, the intellectual movement that transformed European and Atlantic political, philosophical, scientific, and cultural thought through ideas concerning reason, individual rights, secular inquiry, education, and political reform. Its occurrence in 1989 was especially resonant during the bicentennial era of the French Revolution, when institutions internationally were reassessing the political and cultural legacy of Enlightenment thought. The poster translates that intellectual history into a playful contemporary visual language, combining an 18th-century seated figure with exuberant ornamental forms and historical imagery along the lower edge. It reflects the UPR’s tradition of using graphic design not merely for advertising but as an extension of academic and cultural discourse.
This 1989 poster was created for the Ciclo de Actividades Multidisciplinarias en Conmemoración de la Ilustración, organized by the University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras and held from October 23 through October 27. Contemporary UPR documentation confirms the dates and title of the multidisciplinary program. The event brought attention to the Enlightenment, the intellectual movement that transformed European and Atlantic political, philosophical, scientific, and cultural thought through ideas concerning reason, individual rights, secular inquiry, education, and political reform. Its occurrence in 1989 was especially resonant during the bicentennial era of the French Revolution, when institutions internationally were reassessing the political and cultural legacy of Enlightenment thought. The poster translates that intellectual history into a playful contemporary visual language, combining an 18th-century seated figure with exuberant ornamental forms and historical imagery along the lower edge. It reflects the UPR’s tradition of using graphic design not merely for advertising but as an extension of academic and cultural discourse.
