I just finished my design for the AIGA holiday card competition. This is Verizon meets “Gift of the Magi.” I began with the pocket watch and lock of hair from the story, but struggled with how to include text. I finally hit on the idea of updating the love story of broke urban newlyweds by having them text message each other just before discovering that each has sacrificed their most prized possession for the other.
I like the subversiveness of hiding literary references in a product shot. OK, so Thanksgiving is in two days, and the Christmas season is now officially here. “And now suppose you put the chops on.”
