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Greetings Card

2000-2004 (issued)
Artist/Maker
Central Saint Martins (publisher)
Hughes, Ben (designer)
Baines, Phil (designer)
Place of origin
Britain (issued)

This Christmas card issued by Central Saint Martin's College of Art & Design was designed by two members of the Graphic Design BA and Industrial Design MA courses. It incorporates a pair of mylar spectacles for viewing the night sky with the punning exhortation to 'See Stars from Central Saint Martins' - playing on the college's promotion of its up-and-coming stars of the art and design firmament and perhaps alluding to the Magi following the star to Bethlehem.

Object details

Categories
Greeting Cards
Christmas
Object type
Greetings card
Parts
This object consists of 2 parts.

  • Greeting Cards
  • Greeting Cards
Materials and techniques
Lithography on card, mylar
Card
Mylar
Lithography
Brief description
Christmas card issued by Central Saint Martin's College of Art & Design
Physical description
Folded (along left hand edge) rectangular (A5 size, landscape format) white card printed on all sides with design, greeting and information in purple, orange and silver. Detachable pair of cardboard and mylar spectacles for viewing night sky incorporated into the design.
Credit line
Given by Tim Travis
Summary
This Christmas card issued by Central Saint Martin's College of Art & Design was designed by two members of the Graphic Design BA and Industrial Design MA courses. It incorporates a pair of mylar spectacles for viewing the night sky with the punning exhortation to 'See Stars from Central Saint Martins' - playing on the college's promotion of its up-and-coming stars of the art and design firmament and perhaps alluding to the Magi following the star to Bethlehem.
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.419:1 to 2-2009

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Record createdAugust 10, 2010
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1171144/greetings-card-hughes-ben/
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