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Fortieth Birthday Party Invitations
Production Method
Laser printer
Design
Kylie Hibbert
Printing
Kylie Hibbert
Birthday boy Drew must have been using some Jedi mind trick to get his fiancée Kylie to make such exquisitely nerdy invitations for his party. The best part is Kylie’s name stylized to look like the Kenner logo. The Force is definitely strong with this one.
Client
Drew
Quantity Produced
120
Production Cost
$4.50 per invite
Production Time
1 week
Dimensions (Width × Height × Depth)
Folded card: 148 mm × 210 mm
Page Count
–
Paper Stock
200 gsm
Number of Colors
CMYK
Varnishes
–
Binding
–
Typography
ITC Avant Garde Gothic
Project Description
To celebrate my partner's fortieth birthday we decided to host a science-fiction-themed costume party on the auspicious date 11.11.11. In order to encourage everyone to dress in costume for the night it was essential that a variety of science fiction heroes, villains and space creature figurines were illustrated on the cardback. Because of the diversity of the selected characters, two variations of the invitations were printed to accommodate the illustrated figurines varying shape (i.e Darth Vader was much wider than the other figurines). The printed invitations were then laser cut to match the corner edges of a Star Wars cardback and the figurines were laboriously hand cut and adhered onto each invitation with velcro dots.Production Lesson(s)
I found the result from the laser cutting and folding wasn't as crisp as I had hoped. Once the card was folded the printed surface crinkled and flaked off in areas. I highly recommend liaising with your laser cutter on which stock and printing methods work best before hand.
Post Author
Jessica Mullen
Writer for UnderConsideration LLC.
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Date Published
March 14, 2012
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