New Platforms

Grafisk identitet för New Platforms, en endagsfestival på Beckmans Designhögskola.

There is a longing for the internet as it was when it was a new platform full of endless possibilities. When you turned on the computer, an entirely different, boundless world opened up. The internet and the new operating systems were tied to a belief in the future and created a space that allowed you to be creative, joyful, curious, and active. It was a place for people to connect, and it became a new platform for organizing, learning, and socializing. We look back at the internet’s various visual and auditory expressions as escapist and optimistic—something that stands in contrast to the general perception of the internet today.

Today, there is still no obvious meeting place in Sweden for visual communication where professional designers, students, and enthusiasts come together for discussion, experimentation, and exchange. That is why we present New Platforms, a one-day festival at Beckmans College of Design, where we invite you to a new platform:

A meeting place for creatives to listen, be inspired, and playfully engage with the world we have created for a day.

The festival can be compared to an operating system — its interface made up of different applications that correspond to activities, talks, workshops, and exhibitions. Its identity is inspired by the utopian memories our group carries from our first encounters with digital platforms, back when everything actually was New Platforms.

Grafisk identitet:
Olle Svensson
Albab Rahman
Tyra Östlund
Stephanie Holmén

Kommunikation:
Edda Eliasson
Ella Farestam
Linn Sehlstedt
Wilma Reinchardt