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Matchbox collection
This project started as a design prompt: to make a
few designs based on vintage matchboxes. I quickly decided to incorporate cities around the Netherlands; with the idea of a souvenir that could appeal to tourists. Living in Rotterdam, I encounter tourists often and having travelled myself around Europe I also like to collect souvenirs and little trinkets when I travel. I also get quite disappointed with how badly manufactured and - for the lack of a better description - tasteless most of these designs are. So I created the concepts of the matchboxes with that intent in mind, to make something with character but that would appeal for tourists (with good taste, of course)
.few designs based on vintage matchboxes. I quickly decided to incorporate cities around the Netherlands; with the idea of a souvenir that could appeal to tourists. Living in Rotterdam, I encounter tourists often and having travelled myself around Europe I also like to collect souvenirs and little trinkets when I travel. I also get quite disappointed with how badly manufactured and - for the lack of a better description - tasteless most of these designs are. So I created the concepts of the matchboxes with that intent in mind, to make something with character but that would appeal for tourists (with good taste, of course)
The boxes are made of two parts One outer layer that’s printed out with the design I made, and inside a smaller box with the matches. On the sides, I placed a stripe of “match striker paper” - something I had no idea existed before researching it, but it is basically a sticker paper one one side and a layer of phosphorus on the top.