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Design Category
Experience design, 1999
Design firm
Oh Boy, A Design Company (San Francisco, California)
Collection
(2000) AIGA 365: 21

Description

Oh Boy designed this whimsical and endearing wedding invitation for close personal friends. Drawing inspiration from the location of the wedding reception—the Enoch Pratt Free Library in Baltimore—the invitation takes the form of a 1950s-era grade school primer. Included with the invitation is a report card–style comment card, rating the couple’s performance in areas such as “Bouquet toss (distance and height)” and “Apparel and general hygiene,” as well as library-style cards as response cards.

Credits
Art director/designer: David Salanitro
Print production: Elizabeth Cutter
Illustrator: Heather Layne
Writers: David Salanitro, Ted Bluey
Typefaces: Century Schoolbook, Twentieth Century
Printers: Expressions Litho, Digital Engraving
Paper: Mohawk 80 pound softwhite eggshell
Client: Tracy Chaney