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There are many good reasons to be thankful for a year of great clients and great work. There isn’t a single good one to choose the holidays as the right time to recognize it. But most people do, and thus it's easier to succumb to a lemming mentality than risk being labeled a Scrooge. So what follows is a trip down an annually hand-wringing lane. And a look at how creativity can often trump a gift’s street market value.
HOLIDAY SEASON 2009
Yin vs. yang... nice vs. naughty... engage vs. enable... there’s always a power struggle, no? Naturally, the holidays are no exception. So while it may be thoughtful (and eco-friendly) to design a card that can be broken down and re-used as four smartly-designed bookmarks... it may also be slightly less thoughtful to encourage a little gluttony by sending oversized chocolate bars to accompany some of them.
HOLIDAY SEASON 2008
As a single typographic execution, the word “Grateful” fit nicely onto a card. And as a single heartful sentiment, it fit quite nicely as well.
The reasons to feel that way multiply each year, yet this became a season to simplify. To rethink. To scale back. Fortunately, sometimes that can be a GOOD thing. A simple message for a simpler time. And the appropriate gift? Providing a tool–in the form of history’s powerful cocktail napkin and pen–to jumpstart the new year and new ideas ahead.
HOLIDAY SEASON 2007
This greeting asked that we “Find peace where it’s unexpected. See the new possibilities in what you already have.” And sometimes, the best gift that you can give is the one that shows support for other people’s dreams. Kiva.org does just that–so in lieu of something more substantial as a client gift, this year’s effort focused on a contribution to those people with big ideas and the hopes of seeing their visions become realities. Visit kiva.org for more details.
HOLIDAY SEASON 2006
Celebrate responsibly–and in 3D! What better way to drive traffic to your website than to send everyone 3D glasses and have your greeting’s message viewed online? Coupled with an eco-friendly CFL bulb, this movie-themed design embraced the quirky past while promoting our eco-future.
HOLIDAY SEASON 2005
*This greeting could not be combined with any other offers, and was available for a limited-time. Recipients did not need to be present to have the aforementioned happy holiday.
HOLIDAY SEASON 2004
Sometimes you need a little extra help around the holidays. This year’s design aimed to provide just that by offering clients and friends some specially-designed gift tags and a winter survival kit full of every little thing you might need to manage winter’s wickedness.
HOLIDAY SEASON 2003
This Where’s Waldo? for snowmen provided the backdrop for both the holiday card and the featured visual in gifts of paperweights and travel albums.
HOLIDAY SEASON 2002
Who knew that blueprints were becoming a thing of the past? This design eeked in just under the deadline of the machines becoming dinosaurs. It was a "big" theme that year. Big card, and big taste from some very special hand-crafted granola.
HOLIDAY SEASON 2001
It was not a typical holiday season in 2001. PEACE seemed to be a very necessary message to be communicated that year. So this hand-painted illustration (entitled "Pressed to the glass") was turned into a card, the label for a paint can that housed a star lamp–and a decidedly hopeful wish for the new year ahead.
HOLIDAY SEASON 2000
The gift may have been a Do-It-Yourself in the guise of a gingerbread cookie-making kit, but the assembly of several individually-designed pieces was a decidedly Do-It-A-Little-Easier-Next-Time lesson. Now the card for that year... that was waaaay easier. And yet equally as engaging.
HOLIDAY SEASON 1999
The design for this season pulled double duty as a postcard, and–when wrapped around a tin–a packaging label, as well. Recipients enjoyed a sampling of British teas and infusers, courtesy of a timely trip to London.
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