DESCRIPTION
60th Birthday Invitation
CLIENT
Mom
DATE
September 2010
DESIGN CREDITS
Design: Maarten Deckers
Photography: late grandfather Thanks to the printer who designed her birthday card 60 years ago TYPE CREDITS
Bodoni Antique Light
Saturdays Girl Helvetica Neue Condensed Black FlemishScript BT |
QUANTITY PRODUCED
150
PRODUCTION COST
€90
PRODUCTION TIME
1 week
DIMENSIONS: WIDTH × HEIGHT × DEPTH
105 mm (4.13 in) × 150 mm (5.9 in)
PRINT METHOD
Offset
PAPER STOCK
Coated 300g
NUMBER OF COLORS
CMYK
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There is something about a well-put-together collage that fascinates me, the way they tell a story by snipping pieces of smaller stories weaving themselves to something bigger. I especially like them when the subject or theme portrayed is something I am familiar with—such as a family member who needs to be celebrated. Hesitant at first, Maarten dug deep into his mothers past and found just what he was looking for.
When my mother turned 60, she gave a big party for all of her closest friends and she asked me to design the invitation. Designing for friends or family can be tricky and it’s usually best to kindly turn them down. But this was something special. And since she’d always liked my collages (as mothers do) I was determined to give it my best shot. I dug deep and found some fun pictures of when she was small, her actual birthday card, the address stamp of her mothers sewing shop and some other things that would remind her of that period. I made some scans and turned them into a collage in Photoshop. She loved it!



