Newport Rising Festival
For this project we created:
Logo / Brand identity / Print / Signage / Digital /
In 1839 John Frost led The Chartists in the last large-scale armed rebellion against the British authority, known as Newport Rising. To celebrate this important milestone on the road to modern democracy, a non-profit grass roots festival was created called 'Newport Rising'.
Newport rises each year in November to remember this and retraces the steps of The Chartists, from Belle Vue Park to The Westgate with a spectacular torch-lit march, gathering large crowds each year.
The ethos of the festival is not only to acknowledge Newport's history and part in democracy but to gather the people of Newport together to spread positivity and spark change, something that we at Parade are proud to be a part of and whole-heartedly support.
Up the 'Port!
www.newportrising.co.uk - Event photography by Kamila Jarczak
A diverse events programme celebrating the arts.
Alongside the main event: the annual torch-lit march, the city comes to life with a weekend full of live music, workshops, historical talks, guided walks, a radical print fair and more.
Easy for rising rebels to replicate
Influenced by 80’s punk zine imagery and graphics - we opted for a hand-rendered aesthetic throughout the brand. Using only black ink on various fluorescent paper stocks with stencil typography we aimed to emulate DIY posters, banners and signage closely associated with political protest and expanded on an amazing selection of illustrated glyphs that we’d sourced with symbols relevant to The Chartists and Newport Uprising.
The style of the illustrations, typography and easily available fluorescent paper stocks means the brand can affordably and easily be replicated by rebels in DIY form, for Newport Rising workshops and march placards, meaning maximum brand visibility.
The brand also worked very nicely on digital platforms allowing us to expand on the design with animation and social media visuals.
The six points of the Charter
The Chartists fought for the right of the common people to have their voices heard and had six key demands:
A secret ballot, Votes for all men over 21, Payment for MPs, Equal size constituencies, No property qualification for MPs, and Annual parliamentary elections.
