Visual Identity / Online Platform & Website Design / Print Design
Celebrating the art of non-fiction, Open City Documentary Film Festival creates an open space in London to nurture and champion the art of creative documentary and non-fiction filmmakers. The organisation aims to challenge and expand the idea of documentary in all its forms by providing a platform for emerging talent as well as established masters working within the documentary form. The festival consists of international contemporary and retrospective non-fiction film, audio and cross media, as well as filmmaker Q&As, industry panels, workshops, networking and parties.
Due to the covid pandemic, the 2020 festival had to be reimagined as a digital edition for the first time. This year, films were screened online in blocks which were available to rent as a set, or as individual films. Open City required a refresh of the visual identity that would continue to reflect documentary film as an art form, but in a new and fresh way. We created a spray paint graphic asset (that conceptually helped to achieve a literal connection with ‘art’), and combined the signature neon red we introduced a couple of years ago with a new vibrant palette to achieve this. We also created a fully responsive online platform to contain the festival, as well as a printed programme that was sent to ticket holders to help elevate the festival experience.
As the festival had to exist entirely online, we also created two interactive microsites for special events ‘Expanded Realities’ & ‘Voyages’. For Expanded Realities, the brief was to create an online exhibition, so we used a map layout to create the feeling of walking through different gallery rooms to view each exhibit. Voyages was one of these exhibits, and we created a second fully responsive microsite that took the form of an interactive essay, using various visual elements and functionality within the text to make it feel fully immersive for the viewer.
Alongside these key pieces of the visual identity, we also designed posters, Zoom backgrounds, digital slides for awards ceremonies, delegate packs, accreditation, adverts, social media content, merchandise, awards laurels, iconography and a post-festival report.
Founded by Jonathan Finch and Rosalind Stoughton in 2012, Passport is an independent branding and design studio based in Leeds, UK. We collaborate with a wide variety of businesses and individuals both locally and internationally, providing services that include; branding, creative direction, print design, illustration, packaging, typography and web design. We create thoughtful and effective visual identities by gaining an in-depth understanding of your audience, and then using design to communicate to them in the most appropriate way. We deliver unique resolutions that are carefully crafted and well executed as a result of constant research and experimentation into unconventional materials and processes.
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Passport is an independent branding and design studio based in Leeds, UK. We partner with clients from around the world and across various industries; creating honest and impactful work that leaves a lasting impression.
check-in@wearepassport.com
+44 (0)7850 981901
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