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neiman marcus catalog cover

christmas 2001 9”w x 11”l

A 2001 Neiman Marcus commission to create a cover for the 75th anniversary edition of the Neiman Marcus Christmas Catalog based on the theme of fantasy and using only the colors red, white and silver. The winning proposal was an abstract collage made of small rectangles of candy wrappers, the foil from the tops of wine bottles and various random shiny bits of detritus; the collage was beautifully translated into the cover you see above by using metallic inks and special embossing techniques to capture the subtle texture of the original materials. Three million copies were printed.