Letters: decorative cardboard names

The project

Letters began with a simple idea at Archicercle: using material offcuts from other projects to make cardboard names. The pieces caught the attention of people passing the studio window, encouraging the studio to keep making them.

The campaign presents the names as gifts, decorations for a space or additions to a shelf. Rather than a single commission, Letters is a customisable offering that the studio continued to make for people drawn in by the window display.

The examples explore different ways of arranging a name. ‘Enrique’ has a cursive outline on an elongated base; ‘Juan’ features lettering with visible depth; and ‘Rafa’ is arranged as separate letters. The brown colour and visible thickness of the cardboard contribute to the character of the pieces.

The offering allows for a choice of typeface and also includes the possibility of making cardboard logos. Archicercle’s documented contribution to Letters is making these pieces from offcuts: a shared starting point for names in different forms.

Processes and materials: fabrication services · available materials · studio machinery.