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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.
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.
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.
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INTERNAL 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
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
Cultivator, Good Bad Habits
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Jan Khür, Julie Hrncirova
EXTERNAL TEAM
Bastien Baumann, Peter Hahn, Youri Hwang, Daniela Contreras
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