Poster has black edges at the top and right and green edges at the left and bottom, with a black and purple background divided by a diagonal line. In the top and bottom edges is "The Names Project". Vertically up the left edge is "Opening December 1, 1993 - World AIDS Day" in black. Vertically down the right edge is "Portland Memorial Coliseum - December 1-5" in green. Across the top is "Quilt" in beige with "AIDS Memorial" over the top in red. At the center is a square formed by nine smaller squares with stylized color images of hands. Centered below the image is "The / Names / Project" in purple. White text to the top right and bottom left of the image provides a description of the Names Project and details on the event.