Cinéart Eyes Wide Open sigle at the centre of a pattern of red film reels

Cinéart 50th Anniversary

Cinéart 50th Anniversary

Client

Cinéart

YEAR

2025

Project type

New Brand

TEAM

Fréderic Chevalier
Carole Mannekens
Steffen Fredholm

Project overview

For its 50th anniversary, Cinéart went back to its own charter (red and black) and turned the volume up: a more saturated, dynamic red for the milestone.

We built a new sigle, C+50, straight out of the brand's own tagline, "Eyes Wide Open," and let the story of cinema itself do the talking: the aspect ratio has widened from 1.66:1, the European standard the year Cinéart was founded in 1975, to today's more immersive cinemascope.

We also produced a commemorative book in an oblong format that echoes the screen, giving the anniversary a lasting object to hold alongside the identity.

For its 50th anniversary, Cinéart went back to its own charter (red and black) and turned the volume up: a more saturated, dynamic red for the milestone.

We built a new sigle, C+50, straight out of the brand's own tagline, "Eyes Wide Open," and let the story of cinema itself do the talking: the aspect ratio has widened from 1.66:1, the European standard the year Cinéart was founded in 1975, to today's more immersive cinemascope.

We also produced a commemorative book in an oblong format that echoes the screen, giving the anniversary a lasting object to hold alongside the identity.

Cinéart 50th sigle in red line work on black, with film perforations and aspect-ratio marks
Cinéart 50th sigle in red line work on black, with film perforations and aspect-ratio marks
Cinéart 50th poster: a film still washed in red behind a large C50
Animated Cinéart 50th visual pairing an anime still with the word Dreams
Dark film still with the Cinéart C50 anniversary logo in white
Vertical Cinéart 50th animation: a figure leaping on a dirt road, the red Open ring around him
Red Cinéart 50th book page with the words Wide Emotions and a cinema still
Cinéart 50th anniversary book cover in dark red, the Eyes Wide Open sigle embossed
Grid of Cinéart 50th book spreads mixing film stills, the C50 sigle and the word Wide
Hand holding a phone with a Cinéart 50th post, next to a person carrying a Cinéart tote bag
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SIGN is a Brussels-based branding studio based. We specialise in brand strategy, brand positioning, visual identity, verbal identity, editorial design, digital identity, design systems and creative direction. We work with cultural institutions, hospitality brands, public organisations and businesses seeking distinctive, long-lasting identities.

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SIGN is an independent branding studio based in Brussels, Belgium. We specialise in brand strategy, brand positioning, visual identity, verbal identity, editorial design, digital identity, design systems and creative direction. We work with cultural institutions, hospitality brands, public organisations and businesses seeking distinctive, long-lasting identities.

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