Diamond

[distruktor]

been doing this where I work recently, not really a showcase thing as its already gone to print :D just thought it was worth sticking up anyway...

Its an invite to a glittering diamond jubilee ball. the box was made from sparking grey graphite paper (that represented carbon as thats where diamonds come from) and the diamond inside was made from irridescent white paper to represent a sparkly diamond... the text was in metallic blue ink printed on the inside of the diamond so when it was folded up in the box only parts of text showed through the different facets of the diamond.

[SnowAngel]

Very unique! I like! :D

[tZ]

intersting and different.

Sure would catch my eyes.

The only critism is whether its practical and/or readable.

I quess since, it was printed and it is practical as per the budget.

However, its hard to tell if its readable or not.

I really like the solution though.

Just the prcticality thing seems to be an issue on my mind.

I allways find work that goes beyond the standard production interesting. A "cool" illustration and what not is fine but, something like this is much more intriqing in my eyes.

nice job

[distruktor]

yeah it is readable... the cool thing about it is that as the paper is irridescent and the type is a soft metallic it behaves differently in different light and angles... sometimes its soft and subtle and at other angles the type is pin sharp

[steve-o]

tz, it's an invitation. You can definitely sacrifice some function for more creativity.

Good work, as usual, dis!

[Mynock]

Pretty cool.

[balou]

Love it!

[Red Kittie Kat]

Oooooh I love it!! That is very unique! :)

[distruktor]

thanks every one... glad you like it :D

[Logo-Mechanix]

Yeah definitely cool, I love when people come up with unique ways to present things like invitations and things like that.

[CeeCee]

GREAT JOB! How Unique. Congrats!!!

[Jackimalyn]

Awesome invite. How do I get one??

[Samakimoto Graphics]

Now that's a resourceful design solution!

[CamarotaDesign]

Dis, You are the bomb! Thats awesome creativity. Does each one have to be folded by hand?

by the way, I was at a bookstore the other day, saw "1000 type treaments" remembered that you had talked about it here on the forum. That book is killer! and I bought it.

[cjoe]

Dis! That is freakin cool!

We should have a sticky where all the best work is displayed. Kinda like best of the best. I think it would be good to give everyone some inspiration.

[distruktor]

Awesome invite. How do I get one??


lol...


Dis, You are the bomb! Thats awesome creativity. Does each one have to be folded by hand?



Thanks man... yeah everyone was folded by hand, i bet the people in the hand-finishing department of the printers weren't my best friend on that day ;)


by the way, I was at a bookstore the other day, saw "1000 type treaments" remembered that you had talked about it here on the forum. That book is killer! and I bought it.

yeah that is a really good book, take a look at 1000 Graphic elements too, its sweet.

Dis! That is freakin cool!

We should have a sticky where all the best work is displayed. Kinda like best of the best. I think it would be good to give everyone some inspiration.

thanks cjoe :D

[urstwile]

Cool. :cool:

No seriously, cool. Dis, I'm impressed. Your it factor just went up ten times for me: cracks me up (check); has insightful things to say from time to time (check); has creative solutions to design problems (check)

Nice work! :)

[distruktor]

thanks urstwile :)

[Tom Biederbeck]

Great solution! Should capture lots of attention.

[mac.FINN]

Ya, it's great Dis.

I wish I got to do stuff like this at work. I'm officially impressed :D

[distruktor]

wow, cheers mac.

[1ooScreamingTrees]

Great work man - love it. How many of these have to be put together though?!

[distruktor]

Great work man - love it. How many of these have to be put together though?!


a couple of hundred if i remember correctly...

[Red Kittie Kat]

I thnk you did a fantastic job .... the more I look at it the more I like it :D


I feel sorry for your hands though ...... that's a lot of folding ;)

[distruktor]

I thnk you did a fantastic job .... the more I look at it the more I like it :D


I feel sorry for your hands though ...... that's a lot of folding ;)


you wanna see my weeding invites! i had to cut all the envelopes out by hand!!! :eek: they were sore for days

[Red Kittie Kat]

I would love to see anything you do like that distruktor .... I love that kind of stuff :D


But, I still feel bad for your poor hands :p

[mac.FINN]

you wanna see my weeding invites!

:D now that's an invite I could get into. lol. What kind of paper did you use?

[distruktor]

:D now that's an invite I could get into. lol. What kind of paper did you use?


ha ha ha... thats bad typo :D

i used Conqueror textured paper, pretty nice stuff, i'll post some pics in another thread or something if you want?

[Ghastly]

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Ghastly likes :cool:

[Red Kittie Kat]

:D now that's an invite I could get into. lol. What kind of paper did you use?



:D hahaha

[Frendie]

It was an awesome job!!!! I'm so impressed !!! Just pity on your hand... :) Anyway, from all the compliment and success, i bet u are proud of yourself !

Nice work !

[budafist]

What a fun design! I'd be stoked to get that in the mail...

How many were there and what who were the poor people that had to fold them?

[jlknauff]

A herd of Albainian children.

[budafist]

Well that's ok then. They will have small fingers...

[jlknauff]

And you can pay them in tortilla chips and gummie bears :)

[Satchel]

Yep... I have to agree Dis, this is a very cool invite! Wish the pictures were a little bigger, but they show enough - nice work!