Hand Written Letter Project

Do you remember a while ago, Craig from The Chase asked me to send him a hand written letter?

Here's what I sent back.

He's scanned all the responses he received and uploaded them here. He's had an absolutely amazing response. There are letters from Wim Crouwel, Daniel Eatock, The Sagmeister, Tom Geismar, Milton Glaser, Wally Olins, Aziz Cami from The Partners, Alistair Sim from LOVE, Simon From Poke,  Lewis Moberly, Alan Dye from NB:Studio, Phil Carter from Carter Wong Tomlin, Harry Pearce from Pentagram and many, many more. Have a look at them all here.

I know I'm biased, but I think our letterhead looks bloody brilliant amongst that lot.

Comments

[Blip]

Letterhead does kick ass.

[John Dodds]

I notice that one of the responses is not hand-written. Is this an example of designerly cleverness or an inability to read the brief?

[Ben]

Inability to read the brief.

[Tom]

Hey, you're good at designing letter heads. Now why not do some for me ???

[John Dodds]

I agree about your letterhead too - it also has the advantage of enforcing the accompanying letter to be concise.

[Anthony R.]

Hey – I do like the letterhead – (is this the one you always use)

It does pose an interesting quesiton though- regarding the sustainability/ethics/recycling debate (sorry to sound like a bore) but with a lot of companies/design agencies flaunting their 'green' attitudes it kinda makes you think about the waste and the misuse of resources by designers… there is a LOT of space left unused in this...I don't want to seem to rude - but it seems a little frivolous.

[Steve J R]

Getting back to the actual project, I'm not convinced anything has been achieved, accept getting to see Daniel Eatock's letterhead maybe.

Most responses are dull and seem like a missed opportunity. What are other peoples thoughts?