Leeds International Festival of Ideas 25: Motion
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Leeds International Festival of Ideas 25

Rabbithole

• Date added

24 November 2025

Leeds International Festival of Ideas (LIFI) is a flagship city festival that brings together attendees to explore, question and connect around new ideas shaping our world. In October 2025, the festival returned for its fifth edition, attracting its largest audience in its five-year history.

Leeds and Glasgow-based creative studio Rabbithole evolved the festival’s 2025 identity by focusing on the shared curiosity that draws people together and sets ideas in motion, shaping a visual direction that builds on previous themes while responding to wider cultural moods.

Client

Leeds BID

Year

2025

Rabbithole

Creative Director

Tim Dee

Graphic Designer

Claren Tran

3D Artist

Joseph Töreki

Typefaces in Use

Leeds International Festival of Ideas 25: Outdoor ads
Leeds International Festival of Ideas 25: Social
Leeds International Festival of Ideas 25: Social
Leeds International Festival of Ideas 25: Promo
Leeds International Festival of Ideas 25: Motion
Leeds International Festival of Ideas 25: T-shirt
Identity

Rabbithole built the visual system around a single stripped-back character, with individuality expressed through colour, behaviour and movement. These figures wander, gather, drift and change direction, forming swarms or pausing alone, creating a playful visual language that captures collective curiosity in motion. Its consistent form conveys a sense of collective identity, while variations in movement suggest how ideas collide, spread and evolve.

Leeds International Festival of Ideas 25: Outdoor ads
Leeds International Festival of Ideas 25: Character close-up
Leeds International Festival of Ideas 25: Teaser poster
Leeds International Festival of Ideas 25: Social
Leeds International Festival of Ideas 25: Motion
Application

Applied across digital platforms, printed materials, stage graphics and installations, the characters adapt with ease to different scales and contexts. A solitary figure on a poster can suggest a question waiting to emerge, while a moving cluster on a screen hints at a moment of shared discovery. Across festival spaces, the identity encourages attendees to explore, gather and connect, reflecting LIFI’s ethos while helping create an atmosphere shaped by discovery and openness.

Leeds International Festival of Ideas 25: Outdoor ads
Leeds International Festival of Ideas 25: 3D
Leeds International Festival of Ideas 25: Programme booklet
Leeds International Festival of Ideas 25: Programme booklet close-up
Leeds International Festival of Ideas 25: Programme booklet
Leeds International Festival of Ideas 25: Programme booklet close-up
Leeds International Festival of Ideas 25: Website
Leeds International Festival of Ideas 25: Socials

Rabbithole

Rabbithole is a creative studio based in Leeds and Glasgow, UK. Established in 2008, the studio specialises in creative direction, brand identity, and website creation for the arts and culture, music, and architecture sectors.

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