TOPAFF ranks the top 100 french festival posters from 2020

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.

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.

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.