It is 4 months out from Christmas and now is a great time to think about developing the world’s greatest Christmas card design. In recent times it feels like the world has lost it’s taste for a decent card and many Decembers are awash with well intended charity cards and lousy ho-hum e-cards.

In a recent clean up this card by Gallaher + Associates appeared. Over the years we have got much pleasure from this goofy card and it prompted us to question the Christmas card thing, the low communication values put in this process and out of it we have developed a project to roll out of a Christmas card range for order clients and lovers of our work to order in 2009.

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Detail of image by J Geoffry Badner, design by Gallaher + Associates

Detail of image by J Geoffry Badner, design by Gallaher + Associates

G+A Xmas 2004, image by J Geoffry Badner, design by Gallaher + Associates

This Christmas card produced by Gallaher + Associates is one of our all time favourite cards sent to our office which has survived many new year culls.

Produced in 2004, this poor little dog in sheep’s clothing by photographer J Geoffrey Badner, summed up the idea of the silly season. It reminded one of what I loved and learned working with Alan and Andrew at Gallaher + Associates back in 1994 – a belief in the process and strength in producing creative works that are centered around the delivery of a single, evocative, sometimes inspired or provocative image.

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Peace Dove by Studio Pip and Co, 2008

Studio Pip and Co’s greeting cards

Sign up for our Christmas card project

The studio produces a card every year and we are committed to making an impact in very clichéd space. In 2008 the studio produced peace dove, which happened to be one of the most inventive, impactful and inexpensive options that has rolled out of the studio, and we are charged to do it again. We have devised a studio Christmas card project for clients looking for an effective design and production solution. We invite you to join us and make a Christmas card that will blow away the raft of boring cards forever.

For details call 03 9525 9844, production cut off is 15 November 2009.