thank you so much for scanning these and sharing them here! I really think of personal archiving projects like this as a real gift to the internet—you're sharing a part of graphic design history and culture with everyone else
the variety is amazing—I love the square, soft brown envelope with the dog illustrations…and the branded envelopes (the Louis Vuitton one has such a dynamic composition!)…and the multicolor ones (especially the ones that don't have a red background) are fascinating; I've never come across any, as my parents were always very traditional with their red envelope choices!
ahhh thank you celine, such a thoughtful comment 💗 i love seeing others’ personal archive projects as well, so am glad to be able to add to that practice! and loved hearing your favorites — the non-red and non-gold ones are fun for sure, i think they’re still pretty uncommon, and usually from newer brands (don’t think i’ve seen any from banks, for example, or sold in local shops.)
I love this so much, thank you for doing the work of digitising and sharing them! They’re all amazing treats of design and memory.
My favourite from your collection might be the one with handwritten greetings (I’m sentimental like that…). In Malaysia where I’m from, design studios use angpow (lai see) packets as an opportunity to flex their creativity and push boundaries of what an angpow can be (see: Fictionist studio, The Alphabet Press, menn studio)
I’ve kept loads of red packets over the years, and this has inspired me to scan and archive them!!
im glad you enjoyed, and v happy to meet another red packet collector / admirer !! i am also a big sentimental gal + fan of anything handwritten. thanks for sharing those examples, the ones playing with unconventional forms forms or bundling as a package with other items (like the Leaping Rabbit Gift Kit from alphabet press) are really interesting. also found out about raya packets from their instagram, which i am now texting a friend from malaysia about hahaha. i'd love to see your collection if you end up scanning it!
thank you so much for scanning these and sharing them here! I really think of personal archiving projects like this as a real gift to the internet—you're sharing a part of graphic design history and culture with everyone else
the variety is amazing—I love the square, soft brown envelope with the dog illustrations…and the branded envelopes (the Louis Vuitton one has such a dynamic composition!)…and the multicolor ones (especially the ones that don't have a red background) are fascinating; I've never come across any, as my parents were always very traditional with their red envelope choices!
ahhh thank you celine, such a thoughtful comment 💗 i love seeing others’ personal archive projects as well, so am glad to be able to add to that practice! and loved hearing your favorites — the non-red and non-gold ones are fun for sure, i think they’re still pretty uncommon, and usually from newer brands (don’t think i’ve seen any from banks, for example, or sold in local shops.)
I love this so much, thank you for doing the work of digitising and sharing them! They’re all amazing treats of design and memory.
My favourite from your collection might be the one with handwritten greetings (I’m sentimental like that…). In Malaysia where I’m from, design studios use angpow (lai see) packets as an opportunity to flex their creativity and push boundaries of what an angpow can be (see: Fictionist studio, The Alphabet Press, menn studio)
I’ve kept loads of red packets over the years, and this has inspired me to scan and archive them!!
im glad you enjoyed, and v happy to meet another red packet collector / admirer !! i am also a big sentimental gal + fan of anything handwritten. thanks for sharing those examples, the ones playing with unconventional forms forms or bundling as a package with other items (like the Leaping Rabbit Gift Kit from alphabet press) are really interesting. also found out about raya packets from their instagram, which i am now texting a friend from malaysia about hahaha. i'd love to see your collection if you end up scanning it!
yess! it’s a treat getting festive packet money twice a year sometimes 🙈 i’ll link back to this post when i do find some time to scan them :—)
This is so sweet!
thanks for reading nicola 💗 (if you collected your lai see too im going to ask to see them the next time we’re in HK together)
They’re gorgeous!! What a fun documentation project 👏
Thank you Jess !! 💗
My prankster bestie once gave all of his friends red envelopes for lunar new year filled with 100 pennies in each… lol
wow were the red packets each able to hold 100 pennies ?? that sounds pretty heavy duty