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Mark MavrigianLisa Cericola
July 14, 2008

These recent invitations used new technology, eco-friendly materials, and flat-out fancy designs to get attention.

A flower-seed-laced invitation for the eco-friendly Smart ForTwo car debut.
A flower-seed-laced invitation for the eco-friendly Smart ForTwo car debut.
Photo: Nick Ferrari for Bizbash
A Techie Gimmick For Bloomberg LP's White House Correspondents' Dinner after-party, a credit-card-size device was created by the company and Antenna Design. After a recipient applied his or her fingerprint to a built-in scanner, a digital screen revealed the details—but only to the person with that print.
A Techie Gimmick For Bloomberg LP's White House Correspondents' Dinner after-party, a credit-card-size device was created by the company and Antenna Design. After a recipient applied his or her fingerprint to a built-in scanner, a digital screen revealed the details—but only to the person with that print.
Photo: Nick Ferrari for Bizbash
A Feathery Favor Before Dita Von Teese performed at a Cointreau launch in New York, Dan Klores Communications worked with One Source Visual Marketing Solutions to create a save-the-date inspired by the burlesque star's fan dance.
A Feathery Favor Before Dita Von Teese performed at a Cointreau launch in New York, Dan Klores Communications worked with One Source Visual Marketing Solutions to create a save-the-date inspired by the burlesque star's fan dance.
Photo: Nick Ferrari for Bizbash
Beauty in the Details Cosmopolitan TV Canada announced its launch in Toronto with a tube of lipstick designed and manufactured by Zig Inc. It contained a rolled-up scroll of pink paper with the event details.
Beauty in the Details Cosmopolitan TV Canada announced its launch in Toronto with a tube of lipstick designed and manufactured by Zig Inc. It contained a rolled-up scroll of pink paper with the event details.
Photo: Nick Ferrari for Bizbash
A Fanciful Folder For Citymeals-on-Wheels' benefit in New York, invites came in the form of a four-panel menu with pockets for information, designed by the Rockwell Group and manufactured by TanaSeybert.
A Fanciful Folder For Citymeals-on-Wheels' benefit in New York, invites came in the form of a four-panel menu with pockets for information, designed by the Rockwell Group and manufactured by TanaSeybert.
Photo: Nick Ferrari for Bizbash
A New Take on Recycling Harrison & Shriftman worked with Fête to create a flower-seed-laced invitation for the eco-friendly Smart ForTwo car debut in New York. The envelope gave instructions for planting the card, which naturally decomposes in soil.
A New Take on Recycling Harrison & Shriftman worked with FĂŞte to create a flower-seed-laced invitation for the eco-friendly Smart ForTwo car debut in New York. The envelope gave instructions for planting the card, which naturally decomposes in soil.
Photo: Nick Ferrari for Bizbash
A Frame of Reference For the Heroes Foundation's Chill Out fund-raiser in Dallas, Marc Friedland of Creative Intelligence Inc. designed a white patent-vinyl sheet hand-sewn with clear filament and suspended in the center of a sleek acrylic frame.
A Frame of Reference For the Heroes Foundation's Chill Out fund-raiser in Dallas, Marc Friedland of Creative Intelligence Inc. designed a white patent-vinyl sheet hand-sewn with clear filament and suspended in the center of a sleek acrylic frame.
Photo: Nick Ferrari for Bizbash
A Multimedia Approach For the opening of the Water Club hotel in Atlantic City, select invitees received iPods preloaded with a virtual tour of the property, and a customized playlist by El Records. SK G, a Las Vegas-based ad agency, designed and manufactured the invitation.
A Multimedia Approach For the opening of the Water Club hotel in Atlantic City, select invitees received iPods preloaded with a virtual tour of the property, and a customized playlist by El Records. SK G, a Las Vegas-based ad agency, designed and manufactured the invitation.
Photo: Nick Ferrari for Bizbash
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