Since 2008, the graphic design studio Studio Nüssli+Nuessli has designed the iconic May Day poster for the 1.-Mai-Komitee Zürich. The committee, composed of over 50 political groups, has organised Zurich’s annual Labour Day demonstration and celebration since 1980.
The posters aim to capture the zeitgeist, translating it into a distinct visual language. They honour both the long-standing design tradition of political posters and the political significance of May Day. The design process balances realism, abstraction, agitation, tradition, utopia, kitsch and design. 

Now an 18-piece series, the posters are defined by a reduced colour palette and minimalist formal language. A recurring motif is the hand, used as an identity-free symbol of resistance. At the core is a pictorial typography built around four recurring characters: 1 M A I.