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Design Category
Promotional design and advertising, 1999
Design firm
Meyer & Liechty, Inc. (Lyndon, Vermont)
Collection
(2000) AIGA 365: 21

Description

With the pressures in today’s work world, family life often takes a back seat to seemingly more urgent matters. An investment calculator seemed an appropriate way to illustrate the returns from quality and quantity time spent with the family. I wanted the piece to be insightful, yet humorous. Ike was the perfect client. Unlike other clients, he spit up on my comps only once. In addition, he granted me a lot of creative liberty, which allowed me to maintain the integrity of the original concept.

Credits
Creative director/designer: Thomas Melanson
Production manager: Jessica Melanson
Writer: Brooks Briggs
Typefaces: News Gothic, Scala, Lucia
Printer: Printing Resource, Inc.
Die cutter: Tru-cut
Paper: Matrix 12 point C1S
Client: Isaac Thomas Melanson