We thought someone might find this piece from our archives amusing, so we decided to share this with whomever is interested. One of our good friends commissioned us to create one of their infamous holiday greeting cards last Christmas for their insanely long list of family and friends. We decided to illustrate them, and put them in a conventional busy mall setting with a line of people waiting to see Santa. If you notice, everyone has got their ideal gift already picked out in their minds, and they’re just waiting to spill the beans. I can’t tell you how long this took, but it was quite a while. Every element was intricately illustrated, from the mall backdrop and Christmas tree, to the family and Santa in the foreground. Although it was very detail oriented, it was extremely fun to work on. We’re looking forward to taking it on next year as well.

Hope you enjoy.

Peace,

- m / Colorcubic™

Christy and I found this dope article in Graphis Annual™ 85/86 about featured package design. This one in particular really stood out to us, so we thought we would feature it here. The package was designed by Yasuo Itou of the Tac Co. Agency for the Japanese gift company, Zeniya™. I personally love the use of negative space. It’s very minimal, and the logo treatment is beautiful as well. Almost seems like something you would expect to see in Los Logos.

Enjoy

- m / Colorcubic™