 Studio Feixen, founded by Felix Pfäffli, is a Swiss design studio known for its bold approach to color, shape, and typography

Open newspaper spread with bold red and green overlays designed by Studio Feixen.

A newspaper page with a large purple "S" overlaying the text designed by Studio Feixen.

Portrait of Felix Pfäffli, founder of Studio Feixen.

Bold, colorful vertical letters against black background designed by Studio Feixen.

Partially eaten cake with intricate purple line design by Studio Feixen.

A colorful poster with abstract shapes in purple, green, orange, and red designed by Studio Feixen.

Artwork by Studio Feixen depicting a surreal image of a white cloud connected by a ladder to an opened human head with blue liquid inside.

Magazine cover with bold text "So you want to be a Graphic Designer?" designed by Studio Feixen.

Black poster with bold white text: "IT'S A WINDOW TO WHAT'S NEXT" and the Nike logo at the bottom.

Lots of people at an exhibition with artwork by Studio Feixen.

Cover art featuring a tangled web of red and white stripes resembling an American flag against a blue background.

Felix Pfäffli is a graphic designer based in Lucerne, Switzerland. Coming from a family of creatives, he never really decided to become one himself. He was rather shaped into one. Felix founded Studio Feixen in 2009 and became part of the Alliance Graphique Internationale (AGI) in 2013 as its youngest member ever.

His work includes projects in various design areas. Whether it’s graphic design, interior design, fashion design, type design or animation, the only constant remains the in-depth examination of color, shape and typography.

PAULA SCHER

Designer, advocate and teacher &#8211; Does Paulas day really only have 24 hours?
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Paula has been the first female principal in the New York office of the distinguished international design consultancy Pentagram since 1991. She is among the most successful designers of her generation. She cut a path for herself through the billboard-jungle of Pop, creating an approach to design that is open to influences yet decisively individualistic. Through her visual work as well as her generous efforts within her profession as a teacher, advocate, and agitator, she has helped put an intelligent face on the field of graphic design.
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She is an established artist exhibiting worldwide, and her designs are in the permanent collections of numberous museums and institutions. A documentary on Scher and her work can be seen in the Netflix series “Abstract: The Art of Design.”
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a human in a colorful morphsuit blending into a sculpture by WADE & LETA

WADE & LETA

Wade and Leta make music for your eyes.
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Wade Jeffree and Leta Sobierajski aren’t your average couple. They live together, work together, create together and inspire together.
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Their talk is about Creative Companionship. Wade and Leta live and work together. Their lives are intertwined. Through that they have learned to be completely truthful and honest with one another. Regardless of whether it is in intimacy or professionalism. In fact their relationship began as a personal project which they named Complements. By exploring the universal strangeness of love. After an unexpected success, Wade and Leta made the decision to start a studio together. So now they face the trials and tribulations of never being able to emotionally detach.
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Their studio combines purposeful eclecticism and performative design to create satisfying and emotional visual results. Therefore the spectrum ranges from conventional identities to colorful compositions and installations that utilize all disciplines.
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Finally, their client list includes Adobe, Bloomberg Businessweek, D.S. &amp; Durga, Google, Gucci, IBM, The New York Times, Refinery 29, Renault, Shiseido, Süddeutsche Zeitung Magazin, Target, Tate Modern, and UNIQLO among many others.
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Wade &#038; Leta will speak at the <a href="https://forward-festival.com/berlin/overview">Forward Festival Berlin</a> in September. Next to them, you will be able to hear Creatives like <a href="https://forward-festival.com/speaker/cachetejack">Cachetejack</a>, <a href="https://forward-festival.com/speaker/anthony-burrill">Anthony Burrill</a>, <a href="https://forward-festival.com/speaker/mr-bingo">Mr. Bingo</a> and many more.

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SNASK

SNASK is your future romance.
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Erik and Freddie will represent SNASK.
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A creative agency of misfit geniuses conquering the world through fine lookin&#8217; design and real emotions. They seek to challenge conservative frameworks and they do it with their backs straight, supported by their unbreakable values. They don&#8217;t cower away from the challenge, as they see that the magic lies within the unexplored. In order to be great &#8211; you have to be brave and bold. In order to be real &#8211; you have to stand up for your opinions and beliefs. And that is Snask &#8211; brave, bold and real.
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They excel at branding, design and film and refuse to do anything else than what they see as world class. They are doctors of disturbance, wizards of disruption and spokesmen of disobedience. They take on the responsibility to stay engaged, give a damn, and strive for empathy. There is a short word for this assumption of responsibility: Snask.
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SNASK will speak at the Forward Festival Vienna in October &#038; Forward Festival Berlin in August. Next to them, you will be able to hear Creatives like <a href="https://forward-festival.com/speaker/braulio-amado">BRÁULIO AMADO</a>, <a href="https://forward-festival.com/speaker/deveroe">DEVEROE</a> and many more.

a picture of a colorful sphere  by BAUGASM

BAUGASM

Consistency is Vasjen&#8217;s second name. 
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The Albanian visual designer and creative director Vasjen Katro, also known as Baugasm, came to graphic design through music &#8211; he was an electronic music producer years ago. When he signed his first contract with a label, he wanted to created the artwork of his first EP by himself. That was the first time he explored graphic design on a real product.
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Baugasm is well-known for his a-poster-a-day project. He has been creating one poster everyday for 2 years. Even when he ended up in the hospital with two broken ribs, he asked for his laptop and kept creating posters.
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“Most of the time, it’s just experimentation until I’m happy and tell myself to stop,” he says. 
“Knowing when to stop is part of being a designer. You have to learn when to finish a project. I could spend hours designing one poster.”
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Vasjen will speak at the Forward Festival Amsterdam in May. Next to him, you will be able to hear Creatives like <a href="https://forward-festival.com/speaker/anna-ginsburg" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Anna Ginsburg</a>, <a href="https://forward-festival.com/speaker/dadaprojects" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Dada Projects</a>, <a href="https://forward-festival.com/speaker/felix-pfaeffli" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Studio Feixen</a> and many more.

STUDIO FEIXEN

Felix Pfäffli: Shaped to be a designer.
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Founder Felix Pfäffli will represent Studio Feixen.
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Felix Pfäffli is a graphic designer based in Lucerne, Switzerland. Coming from a family of creatives, he never really decided to become one himself. He was rather shaped into one. Felix founded Studio Feixen in 2009 and became part of the Alliance Graphique Internationale (AGI) in 2013 as its youngest member ever.
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His work includes projects in various design areas. Whether it’s graphic design, interior design, fashion design, type design or animation, the only constant remains the in-depth examination of color, shape and typography.
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Join Felix as he delves into the creative process. What does it actually look like? How do you plan the unplannable, or is it even possible? Through the lens of various projects, Felix will illustrate how it has worked for him so far, his motivations behind his work, and the enigma of not always knowing why he does what he does. He will also explore why it&#8217;s often crucial to have a clear understanding of one&#8217;s actions to avoid quickly finding oneself in unpleasant situations.

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