Shu’s Production is a visual production company who offers creativity and strong uniqueness. They requested us to develop a company tool that reflects who they are in a way that’s completely different than other companies so as to provide newness to the receiver. They wanted a never-seen-before tool that couldn't be imitated by any other company.

Shu’s deals with all sorts of creative professionals. Different types of individuality and uniqueness generate a “chemical reaction,” and a chemical reaction creates a work of art offering an unprecedented value. The challenge was to generate completely different colours and textures in one envelope to express “chemical reaction.”

More than 5,000 pieces were sent to people in the industry. The receivers responded well and because of the envelope the number of inquiries and new assignments went up.In Japan, it received a pre-nomination from the Art Directors Club Tokyo Award.

4-colour offset printing is rendered on usual envelopes, but for Shu, the objective was to generate a completely different, extraordinary texture. As a printing technique, we used foil, which can be soldered through heat, in order to create deep, vivid colours and luster that wouldn’t be generated by the usual printing method. For material, we utilised rough-textured tant paper. Foil develops luster with deep and vivid colors. Tant paper creates rough and vivid colours. The two facets create a "collision" between colours and textures, contributing to a halation effect which expresses "chemical reaction."