HIVE FESTIVAL

HIVE FESTIVAL

HIVE FESTIVAL

CI (Re-)Design, Webdesign, 3D Animation

CI (Re-)Design, Webdesign, 3D Animation

CI (Re-)Design, Webdesign, 3D Animation

Client

HIVE FESTIVAL

Category

BRAND / WEB / MOTION
Branding for HIVE Festival by 9R Studios, featuring a massive crowd at an open-air music event set in an industrial landscape with towering metal structures and shipping containers. The bold red HIVE Festival logo dominates the scene, encapsulating the festival’s raw energy, immersive stage design, and cutting-edge visual identity

01 / Brand identity

One festival. One visual world.

One festival. One visual world.

One festival. One visual world.

HIVE’s logo, colour palette and typography form one visual identity. Industrial imagery and a dimensional steel chain give the system a distinctive graphic language.

02 / Earlier applications

Identity beyond the poster.

Identity beyond the poster.

Identity beyond the poster.

Earlier passes and guideline layouts show the HIVE identity across physical and digital touchpoints. These applications sit alongside the current brand guidelines as a view of the system in use.

Earlier HIVE brand guidelines, showing logo, typography and identity applications

03 / The stage system

Ten stages. One family.

Ten stages. One family.

Ten stages. One family.

Each stage has its own icon, colour and dimensional badge. The shared hexagonal structure keeps Techno Castle, Groove Beach and the wider festival map connected.

04 / Digital experience

The identity goes live.

The identity goes live.

The identity goes live.

The HIVE website was designed and built from the ground up, carrying the festival’s visual language into its digital presence.

05 / Techno Castle

A world that keeps moving.

A world that keeps moving.

A world that keeps moving.

An ongoing content system combines 2D and 3D animation for artist announcements and campaigns. Techno Castle is one expression of that shared art direction.

06 / Groove Beach

Same world. Different atmosphere.

Same world. Different atmosphere.

Same world. Different atmosphere.

Groove Beach brings another stage identity into motion, within the same festival-wide art direction.

07 / Artist announcements

Built for the lineup.

Built for the lineup.

Built for the lineup.

Artist announcements bring the HIVE identity into moving image, with individual compositions held together by the same visual world.

08 / Wayfinding

The festival, mapped.

The festival, mapped.

The festival, mapped.

The HIVE Festival Map 2026 brings the festival world into one detailed view. A shared visual language connects the individual stages.

HIVE Festival Map 2026

LET’S BUILD TOGETHER.

LET’S BUILD TOGETHER.

LET’S BUILD TOGETHER.

Tell us what you have in mind. We’ll listen, bring a point of view and make a clear plan.

© 9R STUDIOS