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The Patrons' Wall: a proposal invitation template
A retrospective of the one you're celebrating, hung in a white gallery, and a tarnished brass plaque by the door. Rub it with a finger and their name shines up through it: the patrons of the show.
The design
Every exhibition has its patrons, the people who made it happen, their names in brass by the door. The invitation is the show: a retrospective of the person you are celebrating (a couple, a child, a mother at sixty), hung on white gallery walls under picture lights. The guest is met by a brass plaque gone dull with tarnish. They rub it with a finger, as you would with a cloth, and it polishes up bright: In grateful recognition of, and their name, engraved. The question is lettered on the wall beside it, with your note as the curator's label. The rest of the show follows the gallery's own grammar: the exhibition text (your letter), wall labels (why them), patron benefits (what being a sponsor involves), the private view (the day and the place), framed works with their labels (your photographs), a small sign that says no is a welcome answer too. At the end, under Patrons, a blank brass name plate: a yes engraves their name into it, letter by letter.
Colours and type
The Patrons' Wall comes in 3 colourways: White cube & brass, Museum blue and Gallery sage, with 2 type pairings: Gallery grotesk and Didone catalogue. The colours and type change in the editor at any time; the layout stays its own.
Who it suits
Made for sponsor and wedding party, 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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- Two Across: The weekend crossword, set by you for one solver. The starred clue is your question; the shaded answers are their name and the word date, and tapping them pens them in.
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- Par Avion: 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.
- Four Flashes: A photo booth on a fairground at night. They press the button: the strip feeds out of the slot, the booth flashes four times, and the fourth frame is you holding up a card with the question.
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