I was contacted recently by email by someone from Salford University who thought I might appreciate some unique, creative Christmas cards and asked if I could spread the word about them.

So I was directed to Card Board Blog and indeed concurred that these are yes indeed the coolest Christmas cards I’ve ever seen and so that’s why I’m blogging about them.

The page aims to raise the profile of Salford University’s 3rd year Graphic Design Students fundraising attempts for their final end of year show.

Their concept is to sell christmas cards that have been designed by professional Graphic Designers/Illustrators in industry whilst at the same time promoting the students alongside them by giving them the opportunity to design cards themselves.

Below are some of my favourite designs and you can see more at;
http://cardboardsu.blogspot.com/

Out of the student card designs (I’ve just realised there is a way to see which they are out of all the designs) those that I found very compelling and I kept returning to stare at were;

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