if you’re a music fan, you probably missed attending gigs and festivals in 2020. well, to help ease the pain, TOPAFF has compiled 100 of its favorite posters from festivals across france. it’s the 9th consecutive year that TOPAFF has created the list and despite the ongoing pandemic, the countdown celebrates artists and graphic designers while highlighting some of the most eye-catching poster illustrations.

TOPAFF ranks the top 100 french festival posters from 2020 designboom

01 – festival les embellies

poster design by yoann buffeteau

 

 

with a total of 900 posters to consider, the final list took five months for TOPAFF to compile. the team included both canceled and realized festivals and awarded the best visuals according to four criteria: originality, idea and meaning, graphic performance, visual impact (layout, space, typography, etc.). above all, they considered the illustrations and not the communication strategy of the posters.

TOPAFF ranks the top 100 french festival posters from 2020 designboom

02 – festival maintenant

poster design by joanie lemercier + pierre vanni

 

 

‘it is a passionate opinion, referenced, worked… but it remains an opinion. like all awards, it is subjective and open to criticism. the most important is the highlighting of works, creations, authors. the classification allows disagreement, reflection, opinion and therefore debate. talking about it means bringing these illustrators, graphic designers, painters, photographers, designers, and artists into existence’,  says TOPAFF. you can check out the full top 100 list on konbini here

TOPAFF ranks the top 100 french festival posters from 2020 designboom

03 – festival hello birds

poster design by playground paris

TOPAFF ranks the top 100 french festival posters from 2020 designboom

04 – festival hellfest

poster design by mush

TOPAFF ranks the top 100 french festival posters from 2020 designboom

05 – festival les trans musicales

poster design by kelsey brookes + minuit studio

TOPAFF ranks the top 100 french festival posters from 2020 designboom

06 – festival maad 93

poster design by les soeurs chevalme +studio aperçu

TOPAFF ranks the top 100 french festival posters from 2020 designboom

07 – festival astropolis

poster design by CLMNT

TOPAFF ranks the top 100 french festival posters from 2020 designboom

08 – festival tribu

poster design by magali baracco

TOPAFF ranks the top 100 french festival posters from 2020 designboom

09 – festival motocultor

poster design by fortifem

TOPAFF ranks the top 100 french festival posters from 2020 designboom

10 – festival art rock

poster design by eliseo h. zubiri + le jardin graphique

TOPAFF ranks the top 100 french festival posters from 2020 designboom

11 – festival jazzdor

poster design by helmo

TOPAFF ranks the top 100 french festival posters from 2020

12 – festival flamenco nimes

poster design by alain clement

TOPAFF ranks the top 100 french festival posters from 2020

13 – festival dream nation

poster design by madkobra

TOPAFF ranks the top 100 french festival posters from 2020

14 – festival reperkusound

poster design by tristan perreton + quentin stock

TOPAFF ranks the top 100 french festival posters from 2020

15 – festival rock in the barn

poster design by inaniel swims + justine roussel + gwennina moigne

 

 

article via TOPAFF