2026 OSLO
FREEDOM FORUM
2026 OSLO
FREEDOM FORUM
2026 OSLO
FREEDOM FORUM
2026 OSLO FREEDOM FORUM

BACKGROUND

BACKGROUND

Dismantling Dictatorship was the theme for the 2026 Oslo Freedom Forum — a three-day human rights conference in Oslo, Norway that brings together 1500 activists, journalists, technologists, artists and thinkers from around the world.

Dismantling Dictatorship was the theme for the 2026 Oslo Freedom Forum — a three-day human rights conference in Oslo, Norway that brings together 1500 activists, journalists, technologists, artists and thinkers from around the world.

CHALLENGE

CHALLENGE

The theme framed authoritarianism as something constructed, a system that can be dismantled. The challenge was to give visual form to the complex and abstract idea of dismantling authoritarian power, a regime as a structure that can be taken apart.

The theme framed authoritarianism as something constructed, a system that can be dismantled. The challenge was to give visual form to the complex and abstract idea of dismantling authoritarian power, a regime as a structure that can be taken apart.

SOLUTION

SOLUTION

The visual language treats authoritarianism like a machine, something that can be assembled and thus disassembled. Letterforms break apart, words disintegrate, motion is staccato and mechanical, with a color palette that draws from utility and workwear. Together, these elements create a visual identity that makes dismantling visible — reflecting the Forum’s proposition that authoritarianism is not inevitable, it is built and what is built can be taken apart, separated and dismantled.

The visual language treats authoritarianism like a machine, something that can be assembled and thus disassembled. Letterforms break apart, words disintegrate, motion is staccato and mechanical, with a color palette that draws from utility and workwear. Together, these elements create a visual identity that makes dismantling visible — reflecting the Forum’s proposition that authoritarianism is not inevitable, it is built and what is built can be taken apart, separated and dismantled.

ROLE

ROLE

Creative Director

Creative Director

INTERNAL TEAM

TEAM

Ria Roberts, Eric Hurtgen, Pearlyn Lii, Hadria Yazidi, Lucian French, Dan Romanoski, Nayla Saab, Acho Lee, Kyle Thompson, Michael Reece, Angela Chung, Claudia Rojas

DESIGN

DESIGN

DESIGN

Ria Roberts, Eric Hurtgen, Pearlyn Lii, Hadria Yazidi, Lucian French, Dan Romanoski, Nayla Saab, Acho Lee, Kyle Thompson, Michael Reece, Angela Chung

Ria Roberts, Eric Hurtgen, Pearlyn Lii, Hadria Yazidi, Lucian French, Dan Romanoski, Nayla Saab, Acho Lee, Kyle Thompson, Michael Reece, Angela Chung

Ria Roberts, Eric Hurtgen, Pearlyn Lii, Hadria Yazidi, Lucian French, Dan Romanoski, Nayla Saab, Acho Lee, Kyle Thompson, Michael Reece, Angela Chung

PROJECT MANAGER

Claudia Rojas

MOTION DESIGN & VIDEO

MOTION DESIGN & VIDEO

Cultivator, Good Bad Habits

Cultivator, Good Bad Habits

PHOTOGRAPHY

PHOTOGRAPHY

Jan Khür, Julie Hrncirova

Jan Khür, Julie Hrncirova

EXTERNAL TEAM

EXTERNAL TEAM

EXTERNAL TEAM

Bastien Baumann, Peter Hahn, Youri Hwang, Daniela Contreras

Bastien Baumann, Peter Hahn, Youri Hwang, Daniela Contreras

BRANDING

IDENTITY SYSTEM

SOCIAL MEDIA

EXPERIENTIAL

EVENT & ENVIROMENTAL DESIGN

PUBLICATION

VIDEO

PUBLICATION