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Vojd's brave, bold and ever-changing branding for Berlin's brilliant CTM Festival

“Fear, Anger, Love” was the theme of this year’s ever-extraordinary celebration of electronic music, CTM, and the Berlin-based festival made itself known through some equally extraordinary graphics.

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CTM Festival 18th edition poster with "Fear Anger Love" typography overlaid on abstract marbled imagery and festival programme details on black background

The festival has made a name for itself for programming and curating some of the most brave, bold and brilliant music and art around, allowing the graphic designers tasked with branding the thing a bit of licence to dabble in the weird and esoteric, too. Berlin-based agency Vojd created the 2017 graphics, releasing a suite of photographic images warped into marbled, melting abstractions. These were brought to life in animated stings before live shows, as well as across posters, programmes and flyers, where they formed the backdrop to some neat sans serif type.

Such a campaign meant that at almost every turn, festival goers (or potential festival-goers) were presented with a new image, keeping the identity feeling fresh and dynamic. Subtle modifications to otherwise simple typefaces created an extra dimension of modernity, with an additional bar on the “E” and a cross image formed within the “N” of “Anger.”

Vojd is headed up by Marius Rehmet, and other clients include INDES Politikmagazin, Goethe-Institut Nowosibirsk, Magda-PERM Records and ICAS Festival. Alongside the agency’s visual work, it also offers free audio downloads in the name of “widening its emotional range.” Thanks guys!

CTM Festival 18th edition poster with "Fear Anger Love" in large white sans serif type overlaid on abstract marbled and melting photographic imagery, with festival details and artist line-up listed on the right
Abstracted, melting photographic forms in pink, grey and dark tones, warped into fluid, marbled shapes against a black background
CTM Festival 18th edition poster with "Fear Anger Love" text overlaid on swirling marbled abstract forms in pink, purple and blue tones
Abstract warped photographic image with marbled, melting textures in cream, brown and coral tones with white outlines, created by Vojd for CTM Festival's 2017 branding
CTM Festival 18th edition poster featuring the words "Fear Anger Love" overlaid on a warped, marbled abstract image of a human face in cream, gold and brown tones
Vojd's branding campaign for CTM Festival 2017 displayed across a poster, programme and promotional materials with marbled abstract imagery and modified sans serif typography
Overlapping pages from CTM Festival 2017 programme showing event schedules, venue information and performance details with black text on white backgrounds and gold-toned marbled abstract imagery
CTM Festival 2017 poster featuring the words Fear, Anger, Love in bold sans serif typography with modified letterforms, including a crossbar on the E and cross through the N
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