WePlayDesign is a Swiss design studio run by Sophie Rubin and Cédric Rossel.
Our range of work spans across a whole spectrum; visuals identity, posters, motion design, fonts, webdesign, signage, book covers, catalogs and object.
Our approach to design is playful, since we believe it is a creative way to solve communication issues.
This perspective allows us to create projects that are diverse and to offer novel graphic solutions.
The play theme enables us to keep an experimental edge as well as an open mind to creative work.
ADC Switzerland 2022
Zurich
Silver award — Design category
Festival FILMAR en América Latina 21
Applied Arts 2022
Toronto
Winner — Entire Design Program – Campaign
Festival FILMAR en América Latina 21
Graphis Poster Annual 2023
New York
Gold award — Festivals category
Festival FILMAR en América Latina
Graphis Poster Annual 2023
New York
Gold award — Music category
Festival Archipel 2020
Indigo Awards 2022
Amsterdam
Graphic Design of the Year
Indigo Awards 2022
Amsterdam
Gold award — Poster and Brochure Design
Festival FILMAR en América Latina 21
Indigo Awards 2022
Amsterdam
Gold award — Integrated Graphic Design
Festival FILMAR en América Latina 21
IDA — International Design Awards 15th
Los Angeles
Gold — Corporate Identity
Festival FILMAR en América Latina
IDA — International Design Awards 15th
Los Angeles
Gold — Posters
Festival FILMAR en América Latina
European Design Awards 2021
Valencia
Agency of the year
European Design Awards 2021
Valencia
Gold award — Integrated Identity Application
Festival FILMAR en América Latina
European Design Awards 2021
Valencia
Bronze award — Poster
Festival Archipel 2020
ADC’E — Art Director Club Europe
Europe
Bronze — Design
Festival FILMAR en América Latina
IPT 2021 — International Poster Toyama
Toyama
Bronze — Poster series
Festival Archipel 2020
STA 100 2021
Chicago
Winner — Poster series
Festival FILMAR en América Latina
China International Poster Biennal
Hangzhou
Jury’s choice
Festival FILMAR en América Latina
China International Poster Biennal
Hangzhou
Silver award — Cultural Poster
Festival FILMAR en América Latina
DNA Paris 2021
Paris
Grand Prix 2021 – Graphic Design of the Year
Festival FILMAR en América Latina
DNA Paris 2021
Paris
Winner — Communication design
Festival FILMAR en América Latina
DNA Paris 2021
Paris
Winner — Typography
Les Concerts du mercredi 2019-20
DNA Paris 2021
Paris
Winner — Posters
Festival FILMAR en América Latina
DNA Paris 2021
Paris
Winner — Posters
Les Concerts du mercredi 2019-20
DNA Paris 2021
Paris
Winner — Posters
Festival Archipel 2020
Communication Arts 2021
USA
Winner — Design Poster series
Festival FILMAR en América Latina
ADG Laus 2021
Barcelone
Gold award — Poster series
Festival FILMAR en América Latina
ADC Switzerland 2021
Zurich
Gold award — Design category
Festival FILMAR en América Latina
CO|Show — Poster Biennale 2021
Colorado
Distinction — Non specific topic
Festival FILMAR en América Latina
CO|Show — Poster Biennale 2021
Colorado
Distinction — Event Identity
Festival FILMAR en América Latina
TIGDA — Taiwan International Graphic Design Award
Tapei
Best of Show
Festival FILMAR en América Latina
Poster Stellars
New Jersey
Silver
Festival FILMAR en América Latina
Poster Stellars
New Jersey
Bronze
Festival Archipel 2020
Poster Stellars
New Jersey
Nominé
Play It Again
Poster Stellars
New Jersey
Nominé
Festival Archipel 2019
Poster Stellars
New Jersey
Nominé
Les Concerts du mercredi 2019-20
Graphis Poster Annual 2022
New York
Gold award — Music category
Festival Archipel 2019
Applied Arts 2021
Toronto
Winner — Poster series
Festival FILMAR en América Latina
Applied Arts 2021
Toronto
Winner — Entire Design Program – Campaign
Festival Archipel 2020
Applied Arts 2021
Toronto
Winner — Poster series
Les Concerts du mercredi 2019-20
Indigo Awards 2021
Amsterdam
Gold award — Promotional materials (Posters)
Les Concerts du mercredi 2019-20
Indigo Awards 2021
Amsterdam
Silver award — Integrated Graphic Design
Festival Archipel 2020
Indigo Awards 2021
Amsterdam
Bronze award — Typography
Les Concerts du mercredi 2019-20
LICC — London International Creative Competition 2021
London
Finalist — Illustrate (Graphic)
Festival FILMAR en América Latina
100 Beste Plakate 2020
Winner — Poster series
Festival FILMAR en América Latina
IDA — International Design Awards 14th
Los Angeles
Silver award — Catalogs
Les Concerts du mercredi 2019-20
European Design Awards 2020
Valencia
Bronze award — Poster series
Festival Archipel 2019
ADG Laus 2020
Barcelona
Bronze award — Poster series
Festival Archipel 2019
STA 100 2020
Chicago
Winner — Poster series
Les Concerts du mercredi 2019-20
Ecuador Poster Bienal 20
Ecuador
Bronze award — Animated poster series
Les Concerts du mercredi 2019-20
ADC Switzerland 2020
Zurich
Bronze award — Design category
Festival Archipel 2019
Joseph Binder 2020
Vienna
Bronze award — Poster series
Festival Archipel 2019
DNA Paris 2020
Paris
Winner — Colorful project
Festival Archipel 2019
DNA Paris 2020
Paris
Winner — Posters
Festival Archipel 2019
DNA Paris 2020
Paris
Winner — Posters
Les Concerts du mercredi 2018-19
Indigo Awards 2020
Amsterdam
Silver award — Integrated Graphic Design
Festival Archipel 2019
Indigo Awards 2020
Amsterdam
Silver award — Promotional materials (Posters)
Festival Archipel 2019
Indigo Awards 2020
Amsterdam
Silver award — Promotional materials (Posters)
Les Concerts du mercredi 2018-19
Indigo Awards 2020
Amsterdam
Silver award — Typography
Les Concerts du mercredi 2018-19
LICC — London International Creative Competition 2020
London
Honorable mention — Application design
Festival Archipel 2019
Golden Bee Awards 2020
Moscow
Shortlist
Bauhaus 100
Communication Arts 2020
USA
Design competition 2020
Shortlist — Poster series
Les Concerts du mercredi 2019-20
Communication Arts 2020
USA
Design competition 2020
Shortlist — Poster series
Festival Archipel 2020
100 Best Plakate 2019
Nominated — Poster series
Festival Archipel 2019
100 Best Plakate 2019
Nominated — Poster series
Les Concerts du mercredi 2018-19
100 Best Plakate 2019
Nominated — Poster series
Play it again
Communication Arts 2019
USA
Design competition 2019
Winner — Poster series
Festival Archipel 2019
Communication Arts 2019
USA
Design competition 2019
Winner — Poster series
Les Concerts du mercredi 2018-19
Essence 19 2019
Switzerland
Shortlist — Poster
Festival Archipel 2019
Essence 19 2019
Switzerland
Shortlist — Poster
Festival Archipel 2018
DNA Paris 2019
Paris
Winner — Posters
Les Concerts du mercredi 2017-18
DNA Paris 2019
Paris
Winner — Typography
Les Concerts du mercredi 2017-18
DNA Paris
Paris
Honorable mention — Poster
Festival Archipel 2018
DNA Paris
Paris
Honorable mention — Poster
Play it again
ADG Laus 2019
Barcelona
Bronze award — Poster series (Posters)
Les Concerts du mercredi 2017-18
IPBL — International Poster Biennale Lublin 2019
Lublin
Honorable mention
Festival Archipel 2019
LICC — London International Creative Competition 2019
London
Shortlist — Application design
Festival Archipel 2018
Applied Arts 2019
Toronto
Winner — Poster series
Festival Archipel 2018
Applied Arts 2019
Toronto
Winner — Poster series
Les Concerts du mercredi 2017-18
Indigo Awards 2019
Amsterdam
Silver award — Promotional materials (Posters)
Les Concerts du mercredi 2017-18
Indigo Awards 2019
Amsterdam
Silver award — Promotional materials (Posters)
Festival Archipel 2018
ADC Switzerland 2019
Zurich
Bronze award — Design category
Festival Archipel 2018
IDA — International Design Awards 12th
Los Angeles
Bronze award — Poster
Festival Archipel 2018
How International Design Awards 2019
USA
Oustanding Achievement — Poster
Les Concerts du mercredi 2017-18
How International Design Awards 2019
USA
Merit award — Poster
Festival Archipel 2018
Communication Arts 2019
USA
Typography competition 2019
Winner — Poster series
Les Concerts du mercredi 2017-18
100 Best Plakate 2019
Nominated — Poster series
Festival Archipel 2018
STA 100 2018
Chicago
Winner — Poster series
Les Concerts du mercredi 2017-18
STA 100 2018
Chicago
Winner — Poster series
Festival Archipel 2018
European Design Awards 2018
Oslo
Bronze award — Poster series
Les Concerts du mercredi 2017-18
IDA — International Design Awards 11th
Los Angeles
Silver award — Catalogue
Les Concerts du mercredi 2016-17
iJungle Graphic Design Award 2018
Merit Awards — Poster series
Les Concerts du mercredi 2017-18
iJungle Graphic Design Award 2018
Merit Awards — Poster series
Festival Archipel 2017
Joseph Binder 2018
Vienna
Nominated — Poster series
Les Concerts du mercredi 2017-18
Joseph Binder 2018
Vienna
Nominated — Poster series
Festival Archipel 2017
European Design Awards 2017
Porto
Silver award — Poster series
Les Concerts du mercredi 2016-17
IDA — International Design Awards 10th
Los Angeles
Honorable mention — Poster series
Festival Archipel 2017
How International Design Awards 2017
USA
Merit award — Poster series
Festival Archipel 2016
100 Best Plakate 2017
Nominated — Poster series
Festival Archipel 2017
German Design Award 2017
Nominated — Poster series
Les Concerts du mercredi 2016-17
Aias / International Association of
Independent Art and Design
Design award
4th Shenzhen International Poster Festival
Shenzhen, China — March-May 2021
— Les Concerts du mercredi 2019-2020
— Festival Filmar en América Latina
Golden Bee 14
Arkhangelsk, Russia — February-March 2021
— Festival Archipel 2019
— Play it again
Joseph Binder 2021
Innsbruck, Austria — March-April 2021
— Festival Archipel 2019
Golden Bee 14
Krasnoyarsk, Russia — February-March 2021
— Bauhaus 100
— Peace be with you!
Golden Bee 14
Tula, Russia — January-February 2021
— Play it again
Joseph Binder 2020
Vienna, Austria — December 2020-January 2021
— Festival Archipel 2019
Ecuador Poster Bienal 20
Shenyang, China — December 2020
— Les Concerts du mercredi 2019-2020
Classical music poster (Golden Bee 14)
Moscow, Russia — November-December 2020
— Les Concerts du mercredi 2018-2019
Peace be with you! (Golden Bee 14)
Chelyabinsk, Russia — November 2020
— Peace be with you!
Bauhaus 100 (Golden Bee 14)
Moscow, Russia — October-November 2020
— Bauhaus 100
BICebé – Bienal del Cartel Bolivia 2019
La Paz, Bolivia — October 2020
— Les Concerts du mercredi 2018-2019
Golden Bee 14 Biennale of Graphic Design
Moscow, Russia — October 2020
— Les Concerts du mercredi 2018-2019
— Festival Archipel 2019
— Bauhaus 100
— Peace be with you!
— Play it again
Ecuador Poster Bienal 20
Quito, Equador — October-November 2020
— Les Concerts du mercredi 2019-20
La banane gallery
Cannes, France — July 2020
— Festival Archipel 2019
Fig. Liège — Festival de Graphisme
Liège, Belgium — February 2020
— Grid
Co|Show — Poster biennial
Colorado, USA — December 2019
— Les Concerts du mercredi 2018-19
— Festival Archipel 2019
— Play it again
BICeBé — Bienal del Cartel Bolivia
La Paz, Bolivia — November 2019
— Play it again
TIGDA — Taiwan International Graphic Design Award
Taipei, Taiwan — November 2019
— Play it again
CIPB — The 9th China International Poster Biennal
Hangzhou, China — September 2019
— Festival Archipel 2019
— Festival Archipel 2018
Graphic Matters
Breda, Netherlands — September 2019
— Information Superpower, moving poster
The Transfiguration Meeting Festival
Moscow, Russia — August 2019
— Peace be with you
ADG-FAD Laus exhibition
Barcelona, Spain — July-August 2019
— Les Concerts du mercredi 2017-2018
IPBL — International Poster Biennale Lublin
Lublin, Poland — June 2019
— Festival Archipel 2019
PosterFest
Budapest, Hungary — November 2018
— Les Concerts du mercredi 2017-2018
— Festival Archipel 2018
Shenzhen International Poster Festival
Shenzhen, China — November 2018
— Les Concerts du mercredi 2017-2018
— Les Concerts du mercredi 2016-2017
— Festival Archipel 2018
Grafik Schweiz 18
Zürich, Switzerland — October 2018
— Play It Again
Golden Bee 13 Biennale of Graphic Design
Novossibirsk, Russia — November 2019
Arkhangelsk, Russia — April 2019
Moscow, Russia — October 2018
— Les Concerts du mercredi 2017-2018
— Festival Archipel 2017
Soirée Graphique N°10
Hallo Deutschland
Bern, Switzerland — September 2017
Soirée Graphique N°9
Norden
Bern, Switzerland — September 2016
Design Calendar Type
Issue N°22
Les Concerts du mercredi 2018-2019
London — 2019
Essence 19
Best of Swiss Graphic Design
Festival Archipel 2019
Festival Archipel 2018
Switzerland — October 2019
Communication Arts Magazine
Design Annual 60
Festival Archipel 2019
Les Concerts du mercredi 2018-2019
Menlo Park USA — September+October 2019
Communication Arts Magazine
Photography Annual 60
Festival Archipel 2019 — WePlayDesign interview about our generative design process
Menlo Park USA — July+August 2019
Applied Arts
Design Annual 2019
Festival Archipel 2018
Les Concerts du mercredi 2017-2018
Toronto — 2019
ADG Laus Annual 2019
Les Concerts du mercredi 2017-2018
Barcelona — 2019
IDA Award 12th — Catalog 2018
Festival Archipel 2018
Los Angeles — 2019
Communication Arts Magazine
Typography Annual 9
Les Concerts du mercredi 2017-2018
Menlo Park USA — January+February 2019
PosterFest — Catalog 2018
Les Concerts du mercredi 2017-2018
Festival Archipel 2018
Budapest — November 2018
Etapes N°245
Les Concerts du mercredi 2017-2018
France — September+October 2018
Shenzhen International Poster Festival — Catalog 2018
Les Concerts du mercredi 2017-2018
Les Concerts du mercredi 2016-2017
Festival Archipel 2018
Shenzhen — 2018
Golden Bee 13 Biennale of Graphic Design — Catalog 2018
Les Concerts du mercredi 2017-2018
Festival Archipel 2017
Moscow — 2018
IDA Award 11th — Catalog 2017
Les Concerts du mercredi 2016-2017
Los Angeles — 2018
IDA Award 10th — Catalog 2016
Festival Archipel 2017
Los Angeles — 2017
Soirée Graphique Magazine #10
Feuille
Switzerland — September 2017
HOW Design Magazine
Festival Archipel 2016
USA — Spring 2017
Soirée Graphique Magazine #9
Ø poster
Switzerland — September 2016
WePlayDesign is available for lectures, workshops and consulting.
For more information contact us: hello[at]weplaydesign.ch
2021
Workshops x 8
2020
Workshops x 9
2019
Workshops x 8
2018
Workshops x 7
2017
Workshops x 5
2016
Workshops x 5
2015
Workshops x 4
2014
Workshops x 5
2013
Workshops x 4
2012
Workshops x 1
2011
Workshops x 1
2010
Workshops x 2
2009
Workshops x 1
2008
Workshops x 1