Graphic Design-Here comes the bride

After being asked to design some wedding invitations, I started to think a little about the application and use of a wedding invitation. Here in Taiwan a wedding invitation doesn’t have to incorporate an rsvp or other method of response into the physical invitation, it is simply used to display information relevant to the wedding.

With that in mind and the restriction of using existing envelope sizes rather than custom made envelopes. That set the unit size for the invitation, but rather than using the traditional folds to allow the invitation to stand up I decides to roll the invitation into a tube to stand it up.

Using the tube form for the invitation means that it only need one side printed, reducing the printing costs, and all the information can be read while the invitation is flat. The designs on the tube form can differ, but they all have simple slot cuts to join the ends together and some of the designs have extra cutouts added to the design to enhance the overall look of the invitations.

The last little design feature of these invitations is that they can be used as mini paper lanterns. Once in their tube form, they can comfortably sit over a tealight candle and illuminate. This enhances the background patterns and cutouts that form the design of the invitation. With the transformation from invitation to lantern, the invitations can be used as little lanterns to decorate the tables at the wedding party.