Adam & Lindsay Wedding
BRANDING & EVENT DESIGN
This project was very personal to me but I wanted to share it because it was really an exercise in branding and event design. When playing client and designer, we asked ourselves what was important to us and decided to go forth with a travel/adventure theme. The color palette is inspired by the Pacific Northwest sky and greenery, since we grew up in this beautiful place. Other elements have been pulled from vintage maps and engravings. We wanted to create a romantic feel without the use of traditional florals and scripts.
MONOGRAM
rough concepts
FINAL
APPLICATIONS
INVITATION
SUMMARY
The invitation design was inspired by the radial motion of the compass. Instructions on how to open are shown on the RSVP card (as well as animated here to the left). As you turn the top layer it reveals the information in a specific order. A hand-drawn texture fills the background and the details are screen-printed in metallic copper ink. The back sides include a map with directions and more event details.
SIGNAGE
SUMMARY
A flag-based table seating system was created to continue the travel/adventure theme. Using simple lines, each flag was designed, stenciled, and painted onto sewn canvas. A guest would find their name on a toothpick version of the flag and on the back side would be a design that corresponded to their table, matching their flags to find their way.All signage was done in the Hoefler family and painted with metallic copper ink.
DRESS
SUMMARY
Being a short bride I knew that there would be a limited selection that would fit my body type. I didn’t like much of what I saw on the market and decided to take on the challenge of designing and making my wedding dress even though I had only ever sewn a pillow.
My main inspiration was the dramatic silhouettes of the 1950’s. I love puckered necklines, off-the-shoulder sleeves, and a mermaid silhouette which I incorporated in the final design. I wanted the color to be a pale ash blue, my favorite color, and to have an “airy” quality to it which I achieved by overlaying a nude fabric with 6 layers of blue tulle and tucking the skirt for a pillow-y hem.
