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Shell
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One symbol, two colours.
For Shell, a seed-paper notepad, a cotton drawstring bag and four seed pencils. The pecten in red and yellow on the paper and the bag, the pecten in black on the pencil sleeves, and no other print anywhere.
- Client
- Shell
- In the bag
- Seed-paper notepad · four seed pencils in printed kraft sleeves
- The bag
- Cotton drawstring, two-colour print
- Seeds
- Marigold, with the seed named on each sleeve
The brief that is one word long.
Some marks do not need a name under them. When the brief is that confident, our job is to get out of the way: the right red, the right yellow, the right size, centred, and the materials left as they are.
Seed paper takes a two-colour print well if the ink is kept light. Too much ink and the seeds are sealed in; too little and the red goes pink. We proof it on the actual paper, not on a print-shop stock.
Get the red right, get the yellow right, and stop.
Film
A page in a pot.
Our own film of seed paper being planted.
The pieces, from the collection.
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Seven pieces, one red mark
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Brief something like this.
How many, by when, the budget per gift. We reply on WhatsApp within a day, with a shortlist and rates before GST.