Sounds of Quartzo
An art-magazine website and an offline guide app for a festival in Brazil's remote central highlands.
The challenge
The festival sits in a remote corner of Chapada dos Veadeiros, and its schedule keeps changing right up to the last minute. In the 2025 survey, festivalgoers asked for a guide with the full schedule.
The website
A festival in Brazil's central highlands, presented like an art magazine, that answers every question standing between people and a ticket.
What we built
- Original art directionArt magazine, museum, and field notebook in a single visual language.
- Easy to followNights, stages, venues, and wellness in five chapters.
- Questions answeredWhat each night includes, how to get there, and where to stay.
- Made for phonesFull-screen video and a swipe to switch stages.
- No blank screensA lightweight image holds the spot until each video starts.
- Tickets one tap awayA buy button that stays put from top to bottom.
- Easy to findGoogle understands the event, and shared links look good.
The app
A night guide that works offline in Chapada dos Veadeiros, deep in Brazil's central highlands, and turns the festival into a ritual.
We designed the experience, the screens, and the prototype. A development partner built the native app.
What we designed
- Dark by natureA night festival calls for dark screens, bronze, and gold.
- Works offlineSchedule and guide stored right on the phone.
- Acts by nightThree nights, three stages, and a page for every artist.
- My CrystalEverything you've saved, night by night, with conflict alerts.
- Oracle of the dayOne card a day, the same until tomorrow, like a small daily ritual.
- Badges and journalAchievements, plus a journal built around this year's theme, synchronicity.
- Chapada guideWaterfalls, sunset spots, and food, with distances and entry fees.
- A surprise at 11:11Open the app at that minute and a special screen appears.
All screens
Home
Guide
You
Chapada
More from this project
- Sample data
Capacity dashboard
The production team sees how full each night is and how four years compare, without touching a spreadsheet.
Also works for restaurants, music venues, theaters, and spaces with capped attendance.
See the details - Sample data
Staff credentialing
Gate staff check in every crew member by face or QR code in a few taps.
Also works for factories, job sites, apartment buildings, and companies that manage access for staff and contractors.
See the details - Sample data
Quartzo Records
The festival's record label takes submissions all year, and each curator votes before seeing anyone else's.
Also works for grant programs, open calls, awards, and any application reviewed by a panel.
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Synchronicity campaign
Past festivalgoers got first access to the presale, in emails sent at 11:11 and 21:12, with a phrase hidden across the whole series.
Also works for brands preparing a launch, a collection, or a presale and looking for a story-driven campaign.
See the details- Fictional profiles
Creator casting
One sign-up for all the festival's parties, a dashboard for picking creators, and a shortlist for the brand, with no personal data attached.
Also works for brands and agencies that screen creators, models, or vendors.
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Credits
- Intuitu Labs
- Website art direction and build. App experience, screens, and prototype, plus starter code handed off to the development partner.
- Development partner
- Native app development and app store release.
- Live at
- soundsofquartzo.com.br
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