Summer Travels
Riso Open Call 2025

Join us!

Riso Pop welcomes you again to take part in our annual Open Call!
After last year's incredible response, we’re excited to launch a new edition — this time in our brand new studio space.

This summer, the theme is Summer Travels. As always, it’s open to interpretation. Tell us about your favourite summer ever, your travel rituals, how you pack your suitcase, a dreamy destination, or childhood vacation memories. Whether it's humorous, poetic, nostalgic, or abstract — we can’t wait to see what you come up with.

We have space to exhibit up to 30 artworks, which will be chosen based on how they work together in the space. The selected works will be part of a special exhibition during our Open Studio weekend in late June (21 & 22nd of June), and included in a new printed zine.

Want to join? Read below all the info

Aafke & Riso Pop team

 
 

Summer Travels

 

Just like last year, in order to create a cohesive look for the exhibition (as well as for the upcoming zine) we are providing you some guidelines for you to follow:

The guidelines:

  • Your main artwork should be made in a square format: 21x 21cm

  • We also ask for a one-colour postage stamp design: 6 x 9 cm (1:1.4 ratio)

  • The selected colour palette of four riso colours - Yellow, Fluo Pink, one of our Blues (Aqua, Blue and Medium Blue) and Burgundy.

  • Once you are done, you send your files to be printed at Riso Pop! *
    All selected artworks will be printed and featured in a collective zine.

    *     Your name and socials will always be shared. Riso Pop does not maintain any copyright to your work.

Selection Process

We have space to print and exhibit 30 artworks during the open studio weekend in June. Selection is based on how the works fit together visually as a group — but we aim to include everyone who sends in an entry.

Everyone who submits will still be part of the project.
All postage stamp designs will be printed and featured in the zine.

 

What Do You Get?


If your work is selected for the exhibition, you’ll receive:

  • Your piece displayed at Riso Pop during the Open Studio weekend + 2 weeks after

  • 10 copies of your artwork

    • We will ask for your contribution regarding shipping costs. Or you can pick up at the studio.

  • A maker’s discount on the zine,

  • The option to sell your work during the show.

If you submitted a post stamp design - you also get a maker’s discount on the zine.

Funding & Sales:
This project is entirely self-funded. We cover materials and printing through the sale of prints and zines, and hope the event brings new audiences to Riso Pop.

 
 

I want to join!

Please scroll down to download the PDF handout for instructions.

This handout explains the different steps that you have to follow to separate your layers, export your PDF files and other important details. The templates button will download all 3 templates for you, so you can choose one.

Don't worry, if you need some help or if you have any doubts or questions, please feel free to send us an email: hello@risopop.com

 


Quick step-by-step:

  • You will deliver two artworks: Your main piece and a post stamp design.

    • Your main piece, square format: 21 x 21cm

    • Your monochrome post stamp: 6 x 9cm

  • You can use analogue or digital techniques

    • Digital: Please work in high resolution 300dpi.

    • Analogue: scan your work in 300dpi before sending.

  • The riso colours we will print with are: Yellow, Fluo Pink, one of our Blues (Aqua, Blue and Medium Blue) and Burgundy.

    • You can use any combination of colours, but one of the blue has to be included!

    • Don't hesitate to mix them and use different opacities.

  • Please deliver your work as greyscale - black and white PDF’s

    • You should have separate PDF files, one per colour (example; 1 for Black, 1 for Yellow and 1 for Green).

    • Name your PDF’s with YOURNAME_COLOUR
      (for example: JOANNE_YELLOW).

  • Send a colour JPEG that we can use as reference for printing

  • Don't forget to share your details with us (social media, name etc)

 
 
 

Deadline - 30th of May

Please, send us your PDF files no later than Friday the 30th of May, otherwise they will not be considered for this project.

What happens next?

  • We will check all files and make the selection of the 30 artworks.

  • We then start printing! You will be tagged and we’ll share the process as we print.

  • On the 21st of June the official launch of the Exhibition will take at the studio. You are all invited!

  • After the Open Studio event, we will start working on the zine publication and send you your prints.

So there are no excuses to join ;)  We can’t wait to see your ideas! 

~Riso Pop Team

Ready to submit your piece? Fill in the form below!