Main Invitation Card
Ian designed the main invitation card beautifully and spent hours and hours at TechShop on the laser cutter. It took twenty minutes for every four cards. The kraft backings were also laser cut. Using an Xacto knife, the trees were punched out carefully and bent forward to create the 3D effect. The front cards were then sewn to the kraft backings with a sewing machine.

RSVP and Map
The RSVP cards were printed on inkjet printer and individual names were stamped with red ink.

Field Guide
The front and back covers of the Field Guide were laser cut. Sketches of local wildlife were drawn, scanned and printed onto legal paper. They were then glued onto the front and back covers with the adhesive dots.

Final Touch
The main invitation card, RSVP and map, Field Guide and Return Envelope were put into a bundle and wrapped with the kraft paper band. Red and white twine was wrapped around the entire finished bundle and a wooden button, individually picked for each family, was attached. It was then put into the envelope and closed.

Watermark Identity
The concept of ‘emanating’ guided our visual direction. The way a drop forms ripples in a pond, or the way a boat causes a wake in its trail both became strong images to convey the sense of emanating, as well as referencing their new name. The mark represents this sense of ‘emanating’ as it grows, from one line to four, as in a ripple effect. The typeface used for the word mark is Aktiv Grotesk. This modern sans serif was selected to complement the classic mark. The secondary typeface Walbaum was chosen for its elegance and personality, and to provide a traditional contrast to the modern character of Aktiv Grotesk (a welcome alternative to Helvetica). A monochromatic palette was selected to clearly set a hierarchy of information, important to an audience that has no time to deal with clutter. Using black and white ensured a sense of sophistication, and conveys a personality that is clearly differentiated from its competitors, who uniformly use pinks and blues. The brand identity system included symbol, wordmark, colour, type, imagery, animation and film as well as marketing and communications plans to ensure the correct messaging and tone of voice.

It’s been a very busy period for me lately (a lot of jobs to rush) and christmas is around the corner. Design Christmas card is part of my culture, even i have not much time, yet i’m still manage to get the card done on last weekend. This year, i would like to spare my sweetness for my friends. “Have a sweet Christmas” is the theme of my card.

Nin Jiom 京都念慈菴 – What does this herbal candy do with the christmas? It’s just don’t fit into this festive season!! Well, let me show you my magical trick!

I have turned the sweet tin box into Christmas Bell! Some friend ask me why i did not use the cover of the tin box as the bell? It is because i like how the silver goes well with my design sticker (The cover of the tin box is full color printing, without silver). It bring out the how the real shinning bell look. For this X’mas card, i have spend a lot time to cut, stick and sew in order to complete the task. A lot of of handworks  involved. Even though its not easy, but i do enjoy the process of design and making – to create something out of the box. And i hope that those who received this will love it.

Some of my friend saw this, and they suggested me to contact with Nin Jiom 京都念慈菴, it’s might be a good idea for them in their packaging design. Anyway, there will be another version of this idea. If you do really like this, stay tune for my next creation!

P/S: The picture is not well taken due to last minute. Will update new nice picture asap!

Designer Kelli Anderson is the WOW!AMAZING creative that created this masterpiece!  She is an artist/designer and tinkerer who is always experimenting with new means of making images and experiences. She draw, photograph, cut, print, code, and create a variety of designed things for herself and others. From interactive paper to layered, experimental websites, everything begins and ends here in her studio which houses a 1919 letterpress and an assortment of other benevolent contraptions. she also teach art history at Pratt every summer.

She is one of the master that i really respect. Her projects are all amazing. Check out her website and blog, you will definitely “Wow” when you browse through her portfolio.
http://www.kellianderson.com/ 

Love this ribbon project so much! A simple yet inspiring masterpieces!

I have found this wonderful and creative Christmas wrapping paper from The Chase . The creative used QR codes act as pixels to build up the image of Santa, Snow man & Reindeer. What a creative, simple and nice way to promo the company as well as a season greeting! Love it!

For the web design, client requested word-press theme so that they can update the website. And i came out with a simple and clean design. What do you think of the identity? Comments and critics are mist welcome.

Atipus is a design studio established in Barcelona since 1998 which provides graphic design and web services for companies, associations and public institutions.

The studio offers creativity and strategic design for corporate projects, product lines, brands, campaigns, congresses, events, etc. The experience and technical qualifications of Atipus’ team have allowed for establishing satisfactory long-term relationships with a large number of clients.

This success is based the personal attention paid to each clients’ specific needs throughout each project. Moreover, Atipus carries out quality controls at each stage of the project and supervises the final printing works.

One of my favorite project would be – Fruita Blanch. The whole identity project is just inspiring. The packaging is simple yet nice and classy. The stationary items are just amazing. I like the way they used the fruit photo with reverse logo on the name card, and a thumb up to paper that chosen for the letter head and envelope. This amazing branding has been awarded as best identity in Anuaria Award 2011! Well deserve!