Greetings Card
2002 (printed)
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Lawrence Cheung is a design consultancy working predominantly for public sector and non-profit clients. The company creates corporate identities, brochures and a variety of other materials including posters, conference and exhibition packages, signage, invitations and tickets - aswell as specialising in typography.
Every year since 1988 Lawrence Cheung has produced a limited edition Chinese New Year's greeting for its clients and friends.
The Chinese animal signs are a 12-year cycle used for dating the years. They represent a cyclical concept of time, rather than the Western linear concept. The Chinese Lunar Calendar is based on the cycles of the moon and is constructed differently to the Western solar calendar. In the Chinese calendar, the beginning of the year falls somewhere between late January and early February. The Chinese have adopted the Western calendar since 1911, but the lunar calendar is still used for festive occasions such as the Chinese New Year.
Every year since 1988 Lawrence Cheung has produced a limited edition Chinese New Year's greeting for its clients and friends.
The Chinese animal signs are a 12-year cycle used for dating the years. They represent a cyclical concept of time, rather than the Western linear concept. The Chinese Lunar Calendar is based on the cycles of the moon and is constructed differently to the Western solar calendar. In the Chinese calendar, the beginning of the year falls somewhere between late January and early February. The Chinese have adopted the Western calendar since 1911, but the lunar calendar is still used for festive occasions such as the Chinese New Year.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Lithographic printing and stitching on paper |
| Brief description | Chinese New Year card (2003) by the designers Lawrence Cheung and the illustrator David Bowyer. |
| Physical description | This greetings card is made of a single sheet of paper that has been folded and stitched down the centre, holding in place a rectangular piece of fabric resembling a label typically found in the neck of a woolen item of clothing. On this label is stitched the name of the company and a New Years greeting along side an emblem very similar to the woolmark. |
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| Credit line | Given by Lawrence Cheung |
| Summary | Lawrence Cheung is a design consultancy working predominantly for public sector and non-profit clients. The company creates corporate identities, brochures and a variety of other materials including posters, conference and exhibition packages, signage, invitations and tickets - aswell as specialising in typography. Every year since 1988 Lawrence Cheung has produced a limited edition Chinese New Year's greeting for its clients and friends. The Chinese animal signs are a 12-year cycle used for dating the years. They represent a cyclical concept of time, rather than the Western linear concept. The Chinese Lunar Calendar is based on the cycles of the moon and is constructed differently to the Western solar calendar. In the Chinese calendar, the beginning of the year falls somewhere between late January and early February. The Chinese have adopted the Western calendar since 1911, but the lunar calendar is still used for festive occasions such as the Chinese New Year. |
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| Accession number | E.893-2000 |
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| Record created | February 15, 2001 |
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