Paço do Frevo

Published November 17, 2025

The visual identity of the Paço do Frevo museum was revamped in February 2025.

Created by visual artist Joana Lira, together with the studios Alles Blau and Ligatura, the colors, shapes and representations that will accompany us from today on are “an alphabet of free bodies articulated in motion, mixed by graphs representing the sound frequencies of the frevo”.

The project includes print, merchandising, interior and exterior signage, using Maroni as the main display typeface.

On social media graphics, Maroni is supported by Silvana Text. The typeface by Brazilian designer Daniel Sabino is used in roman and italic styles.

Located in Recife, Brazil, Paço do Frevo is a Reference Center for the Safeguarding of Frevo, dedicated to the dissemination, research, leisure, and training in the areas of frevo dance and music. Its objective is to protect, promote, and propagate the practice for future generations and to be a space for the promotion and celebration of carnival culture and frevo throughout the year. Since 2014, Paço has developed exhibitions, activities, research, and events for the dissemination and protection of this Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity, which should be revered every day.

The Frevo Vivo (“Living Frevo”) exhibition on the 3rd floor of the museum can now be explored in a 360° virtual tour.

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