Dina and Andreas
Wedding invitations
When I learned that Dina and Andreas are getting married I knew from the begging
that this event would be beyond the ordinary. The groom is from Greece, with origin
from Messenia, Peloponnesus, the bride russian-german, with Azerbaijani origin.
So, how these two people with so many cultural differences imagined their wedding
invitations? The answer was mutual: "We want our invitation to focus to all these
things that unite us, that we love, that indentify us as a couple and as separate personalities".
Having as base their common college in Cambridge UK where they both studied, their upcoming academic careers and their love for music, we found style shelter in 17th century books.
The logo is a result of a unique combination:
their logo of their college (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Peterhouse_shield.svg),
their college surroundings (cc. arched http://www.darknessandlight.co.uk/pictures/peterhouse_cambridge_374.jpg) and of a “musical hammer and sickle”, two musical
instruments that symbolise a strong union that lead the way to revolution! With one
inducement: Nunc Est Bibendum!(=And now we shall drink!).
And the wedding was a revolution: guests from 22 different countries, 14 spoken languages
and 8 religions where present. A contemporary Babel that received the same invitation in four different languages.
Page size: 148x198mm
Fonts used: Garamont, gothic old, charlemagne
Illustrations with pensil, processed with Photoshop CS5
Thank you!
:o)
