Red thread literary embroidery via iiiinspired
One of the aspects of gift giving that’s so often underserved this days is presentation.
Maybe you’re great at wrapping presents but bought the gift online. Or maybe—like most of us—you rely too often on the old gift-bag-and-tissue-paper fallback; it gets the job done, right?
But gift giving should be as much about the ritual and anticipation of The Big Reveal as it is about the object you’re giving, and at Wantful we’re very interested in bringing that back.
And so we thought you might enjoy some photos of our version of the big reveal. Here’s the entire Wantful gift book experience, from the embossed mailer, to our custom ‘micro-perf’ pull tab, to the Japanese washi wrapping that turns the book itself into the gift.
We’re already working on new directions and personalization options for this whole experience, so let us know what you think on Facebook and Twitter.
I think the popular perception that we’re a lot like the Victorians is in large part correct. One way is that we’re all constantly in a state of ongoing technoshock, without really being aware of it—it’s just become where we live. The Victorians were the first people to experience that, and I think it made them crazy in new ways. We’re still riding that wave of craziness. We’ve gotten so used to emergent technologies that we get anxious if we haven’t had one in a while.
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Gift giving is hard. Far harder than it needs to be.
Maybe you’re a great gift giver but never have the time to get it right. Or maybe you have every intention of finding a perfect gift, but come up short on ideas.
The truth is, we all struggle with many of the gift giving occasions we…
THE ONLINE FLEA.
Coming November ‘11.
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This is going to be big, all of this.
I’m realizing now how silent this Tumblr has gotten recently but it’s for good reason: we’ll soon be launching Wantful, a new service focused on completely rethinking the gift giving experience.
Here’s how we describe Wantful on the pre-launch site we revealed yesterday:
If you’ve ever struggled with buying a gift, or gotten a gift you didn’t love, we built this for you.
We’ve partnered with hundreds of the most uncommon brands and artisans in the world to find exceptional products you’ll be excited to give and thrilled to get.
And around these products we’ve crafted an entirely new experience that makes gift giving personal again, and equally special whether you’re spending thirty dollars or hundreds.
As we put the finishing touches on the service, we could use your help: visit the site to peruse the many extraordinary products we’ve pulled together and tell us which ones you want most. Then, share your collection on Facebook and Twitter for a chance to will the entire set. (My collection is pictured above.)
Enjoy, let us know what you think, and stay tuned.
In a smart bit of concept and identity work for The Dab Hand, a typography-themed restaurant, University of Belfast student Amy McArthur created a broadsheet stitched across the fold and designed to be torn in half.
(via Newspaper Club)
This preposterous wedding invitation by Kelli Anderson opens to reveal a flexidisc record and a paper phonograph to play it on. Featured on the record? An original song from the happy couple.
(via deleteyourself)
In Bendita Gloria’s clever take on traditional album liner notes, the packaging becomes the content.
Pretty swell as well: the nagging elk on their site.
(via thedieline.com)
The fine people at Visual Editions—creators of Tree of Codes and this knock-out edition of Tristram Shandy—went so far as to rethink the presentation of a contract they’re signing, because going so far is exactly what they do.
We’re prepared. Our elephant gun has been reloaded, and my trigger finger is itchy.
Bellroy’s self-designed mailers are as gorgeous as their billfold payload.
(via Notcot)
I love this Midget and Giant webcam attachment by Ryuji Nakamura.
(via The Best Part)
Lovely detail from The Official Manufacturing Company’s cover for the Black Prairie album.
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