At the New York Times book festival, their tent featured a large screen, colourful graphics, and panels on either side that served as the identity.

Edinburgh Book Festival

Festival-friendly identity for The New York Times, effectively communicating its cultural content as the sponsor.

The Principal Sponsor of the Edinburgh International Book Festival was The New York Times, adding cultural and lifestyle breath to that festival’s many European audiences.

The sensitivity of touch, adding the gravitas of The New York Times to a softer, festival-like tone, was the necessary creative approach in the multi-faceted festival context.

I worked on conceptualising and designing a contemporary visual identity through a colourful simplification of the NYT mobile UI layout. This vibrant approach aimed to captivate the festival audience, highlighting extensive content offerings. The tagline, ‘The World Is Yours to Read,’ encompassed diverse subjects, contributing to an immersive festival experience. 

The subsequent physical transformation of the venue included both a ribbon-style design displaying this message and a range of unique festival handouts.

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An animated GIF displaying an Instagram post from the New York Times promoting the Edinburgh International Book Festival in a colourful palette on an iPhone.
A photograph of an open book with a bookmark featuring the New York Times logo, wrapped in a colourful ribbon graphic representing the identity created for the Edinburgh Book Festival.
At the New York Times book festival, their tent featured a large screen, colourful graphics, and panels on either side that served as the identity. Shot from straight on.
At the New York Times book festival, their tent featured a large screen, colourful graphics, and panels on either side that served as the identity.
The photo of the New York Times tent at the Edinburgh Book Festival with event branding that says, "The world is yours to read."
A close-up of the colourful graphics on the wall at the entrance to the New York Times tent.
A photo of the New York Times tent at the Edinburgh Book Festival taken from a distance.