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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.

Awards

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

Exhibitions

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

Publications

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

Workshops

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