Le Fesses-tival 2022

Overview:
Art direction and visual identity for the 5th edition of Le Fesses-tival, a four-day festival in Geneva promoting a positive, inclusive and non-binary vision of sexuality. The identity was deployed across posters, social media and event materials.

Client, Date, Location:        

2022, Le Fesses-tival, Geneva – Switzerland

Challenges:

Designing a visual identity that reflects the festival’s values while remaining playful, bold and accessible across multiple communication formats.
Other editions:
2025  |  2024  |  2023  |  2022  |  2021







Moments from Le Fesses-tival 2022 edition, across live sets, lecture, performances, talks, exhibitions and live sets.








Vibrant typographic poster where the word “FESSES”, set in Wriggle by Vani Jain, intertwines with a large “5” to form a dynamic background. Event information in Freizeit by Polytype plays with layered reading across a vibrant palette of red, pink, yellow and purple.







The poster was designed as a double-sided foldout, with practical information and a small game printed on the back. It was distributed across the city together with a set of collectible stickers.







To celebrate its 5th edition, the festival launched “Le Fesses aux trésors”, a treasure hunt where participants had to collect 5 stickers across partner venues and stick them onto the poster to win a prize.









Web design, UI/UX and front-end development for the festival website, translating the visual identity into an interactive interface with a fluid typographic background reacting to mouse movement and a responsive layout presenting the full programme.








Social media visuals translating the festival’s visual identity into dynamic digital formats.








A screen-print graphic created for the festival, allowing visitors to print the design live on T-shirts and other garments.







The graphic identity was extended across multiple applications, including temporary tattoos featuring the festival logo and visual projections for the party at Le Groove Geneva.








The graphic identity was playfully adopted by the community, from bleached hair lettering to nail art by Nailz Evevev








Art direction & graphic design: êkhô studio (C. Bonnet & C. Thomas)
Webdesign & programmation: êkhô studio (C. Bonnet & C. Thomas)
Photos: êkhô studio (C.Bonnet & C. Thomas), Le Fesses-tival & Eli Penya
Nail Art: Nailz.evevev