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Par Avion: a proposal invitation template
A paper plane folded from airmail paper waits on the desk with their name on the wing. One tap throws it: it loops the room, lands, and unfolds into the question.
The design
The whole invitation is one sheet of airmail paper, red and blue chevrons round the edge, folded into a classic dart. It rests on a desk by a fountain pen with their name pencilled on the wing. A tap throws it: it flies a full loop, drawing a dashed flight line behind it, touches down with a little skid, turns nose-up and unfolds the way it was folded, last fold first, until the flat sheet rises into the page. The page keeps every crease the plane left, and reads like folding instructions: the question in the nose, your note typed below, then numbered steps (why you, the flight plan, where it lands) with photographs tucked into slits cut in the paper, a P.S. that makes no as easy as yes, and your signature beside a little plane they can throw again. The answer is the last step, fold it back: two small planes of the same size and ink. Yes loops the loop and climbs away; No glides off level and calm, and both leave a flight line behind.
Colours and type
Par Avion comes in 3 colourways: Airmail on a walnut desk, Blue onionskin on pale oak and Night flight, gold and navy, with 2 type pairings: Bodoni & typewriter and Young Serif & Literata. The colours and type change in the editor at any time; the layout stays its own.
Who it suits
Made for date, in the Interactive style.
What is included
An invitation website with a page made for the one person you are asking, with your own note on why them and a reply they send with one tap. You write your own words and add your photos in the live editor, send every guest a personal link by email or any messaging app, and follow the replies as they come in. Free for up to 10 people, with the full design.
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- Admit Two: A pair of cinema tickets, seats side by side. They tear off the stub to keep, turn it over, and the question is printed on the back.
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- Table for Two: A reserved table in a dark restaurant. They tap the candle, the light spreads across the white tablecloth and two glasses, and the reservation card reads: a table for two, if you'll say yes.
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