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Two brown kraft paper envelopes lean against each other on a grey background. The front envelope features a white address label and two orange stamps, with the words “Privacy International. Prospectus 2012/2013” embossed into the paper.

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Date
5 September 2012

What’s better than getting post? Getting embossed post. What’s better than getting embossed post? Getting embossed post that’s a self-contained document. What’s better than getting embossed self-contained document post? Nothing. It offers the maximum level of enjoyment available from the postal service – it’s the apex of postal pleasure.

So you won’t be surprised to hear that This Is Real Art’s prospectus for Privcacy International, an NGO that fights against unlawful surveillance by governments and corporations, has all of the above features and we think it’s a pretty tasty piece of design.

The book’s cover is perforated along three edges, keeping the content private until torn open by the recipient, and also doubles as an envelope, allowing the whole package to be sent without any additional paraphernalia. As a piece of promotional material it’s spot on in its delivery (couldn’t help it!) and we’re big fans of anything that livens up an otherwise serious subject. Bravo This Is Real Art, bravo indeed!

An open brochure showing a table of contents page. The text includes headings such as “About Privacy International”, “Organisational Objectives” and “Project 1: Big Brother Inc.”
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An open book with deep red pages features a large, white sad face emoticon spanning across the spread. Small blocks of white text are positioned in the top corners and above the emoticon’s left eye.
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A brown kraft paper folder or envelope rests against a plain grey background. Embossed text on the cover reads “Privacy International” and “Prospectus 2012/2013”.
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This Is Real Art: Privacy International

A brown kraft paper envelope rests on a plain grey surface. A black rectangular stamp in the centre lists “PRIORITY MAIL” in several languages, with a smaller block of address text in the bottom right.
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A close-up of a textured beige card with debossed text. It reads “Privacy International” above “Prospectus 2012/2013”.
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A close-up of an open booklet on a neutral background. The page features the heading “Who’s minding your business?” followed by text about the mission of Privacy International.
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A series of printed booklets and pamphlets for Privacy International. The front cover of one white booklet reads “Project 4 Rapid Response”.
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A close-up of a red surface featuring white, pixelated text arranged like a game log. The lines list various “Player” numbers and actions, including “HAS JOINED THE GAME” and “USES EMAIL ACCOUNT PASSWORD: ILOVEMYMUM”.
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A close-up of a brown cardboard envelope against a plain grey background. A strip of adhesive sealing tape is partially peeled back from the top edge.
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James Cartwright

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James started out as an intern in 2011 and came back in summer of 2012 to work online and latterly as Print Editor, before leaving in May 2015.

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