The goal of the Moscow festival «Greateight» is to unite international creative community in order to form the favorable landscape for developing creative economy in Russia.  This year, the theme is the «Influence of Creative Industries on Society». On August 29-30, design factory Flaсon will host lectures and workshops of the international and Russian experts, as well as discussions, exhibition and concerts. The festival will also include the competition of creative projects.

Swiss designers Adeline Mollard and Fabian Harb are among the speakers and competition jury members.

Adeline is a graphic designer. Her portfolio includes projects for publishing houses Patrick Frey, Sternbert, GTA and GetatenHolder, also for the art center in Fribourg, collaborations with the artist Claudia Comte, designers Julia Born and Marco Walser. She is also responsible for the visual communications of the concert space Bad Bonn and its festival KILBI.

Fabian is a typographer and graphic designer. Together with Johannes Breyer, they founded design studio Dinamo. The artist uses offbeat ideas in typography and experiments with letterforms. Among the studio exclusive works are the project for Elton John, MIT, Universal Music, Harvard Graduate School of Design, Manifesta 11 and the pavilions of Germany, Estonia and Cyprus at the Venice Biennale. In 2018, Fabian Harb became a member of the Alliance Graphique Internationale, the prestigious association of designers. More

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