Ruhrfestspiele

Three posters with photographic motifs and typographic glass overlays. — Poster series

Three different motifs on hanging fabric banners. — Banners at the Festspielhaus

Poster with a glass R over a dancer and an info block: 1 May to mid-June 2027, Recklinghausen — Poster with festival information

System sheet: idea, type, colour, three kinds of glass and the poster grid — System · Type, colour, glass, grid

Open booklet with textured and reeded glass over photographic gestures. — Programme · Drama section opener

Open programme booklet with a reeded-glass image and an editorial spread on the festival's history — Programme · History 1946/47

Designs for a ticket and a backstage pass, front and back — Ticket and backstage pass

Website home view on desktop and phone: title Nähe und Widerstand, dates, tickets — Website · Desktop and mobile

Social media set: two 4:5 feed posts and one 9:16 story — Social · Feed and Story

Motion · The glass slides into the poster

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Ruhrfestspiele / 2026 · Self-initiated, not commissioned by the Ruhrfestspiele

Closeness and resistance.

A visual identity for the 2027 season. The R and the F of the Ruhrfestspiele turn into glass: the person behind it remains visible, but never entirely. The shift between clear photography and refracted view carries the festival from poster, flags and programme to ticket, website, social and motion.

The motto “Nähe und Widerstand” (closeness and resistance) is my own invention. These are design proposals, not produced festival media; the dates follow the festival's announcement.

Services

Culture / Visual identity
Concept · Art direction · Typography · Editorial · Out-of-home · Web & social · Motion
Imagery AI-assisted with Adobe Firefly; brand, typography and layout set by hand. Reeded glass in the motion piece rendered in Blender.

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