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12 designers create Christmas cards raising money in memory of photographer Shaun Bloodworth

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Date
27 November 2017
A grid of 12 subversive holiday cards in red, green, white and black. The cards feature a mix of bold typography, illustrations and photography, including phrases such as “Bad Satan” and “Yippee Ki Yay Mother Fucker”.

The Designers Republic, David Bailey, Give Up Art, Universal Everything and more have designed a set of 12 Christmas cards based on festive films. Organised by Sheffield-based Our Favourite Places, the cards will be sold to raise money in memory of Sheffield-born photographer Shaun Bloodworth who died in 2016.

“Shaun took portraits of everyone from John Simpson to John Shuttleworth. His work features in the National Portrait Gallery’s collections. His interest in underground music saw him regularly collaborate with Mary Anne Hobbs on images that have been seen around the globe, of the likes of Benga, Skream and Hudson Mohawke. And his move into filmmaking had a massive impact on how Sheffield is perceived both within the city and around the world,” say the organisers. “Friends of Shaun are a group of creative folk who worked with, and miss, Shaun. They first came together last year, organising an auction and events in Sheffield and London to raise money for the Bloodworth family. Now they’re back, and they’re feeling festive.”

The contributors to the pack are:
Build – Gremlins
David Bailey– Die Hard
Eleven – Trading Places
Give Up Art – Muppet Christmas Carol
Human – The Grinch
India Hobson – White Christmas
Jon Cannon – Scrooged
Nigel Barker – Home Alone
Pete McKee – It’s a Wonderful Life
Peter & Paul – Santa Klaus
The Designers Republic – Bad Santa
Universal Everything – Elf

The packs are limited to 200 and are priced at £10. Evolution provided printed services for free and all of the money raised with be donated to the Northern General hospital’s transplant department.

You can purchase the cards here.

An open greeting card featuring a dark, shaggy illustration of a creature with a long tail. The text above the figure reads “DOES SOMEONE NEED A HUG?”. The right page contains several paragraphs of small black text and a circular logo.
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Universal Everything – Elf

An open card features a black and white portrait of a person with a red Santa hat and beard painted over their face. The opposite page contains several paragraphs of text and a small circular logo.
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Peter & Paul – Santa Klaus

An illustration of a couple dancing joyfully under a “Merry Christmas” banner. The figure on the left wears a pinstriped suit, while the figure on the right wears a white dress. The opposite page contains several paragraphs of text and a circular logo.
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Pete McKee – It’s a Wonderful Life

An open card featuring a black and white photograph of a fan blowing white petals into the air. The opposite page contains a red title, “Home Alone by Nigel Barker”, followed by a short text about a fundraising project.
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Nigel Barker – Home Alone

Two white cards side by side against a dark background. The left card features a letter addressed to the president and people of Mexico, signed “Donald J. Trump” and dated “25th December”. The right card contains smaller blocks of text and a circular logo.
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Jon Cannon – Scrooged

A black and white greeting card featuring a stylised illustration of a Christmas tree. The accompanying back of the card contains a block of text beginning with the title “White Christmas”.
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India Hobson – White Christmas

A green card features the word “XMAS” crossed out with a thick black brushstroke. Below the text, a pile of colourful wrapped gifts and ornaments sits at the bottom. Beside it, a white card contains a detailed text about the project and a link to “humanstudios.com”.
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Human – The Grinch

Two greeting cards are laid side by side against a black background. One features the words “Merry Christmas!” in a stylised red and green script, while the other contains a block of text and the title “The Muppet Carol”.
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Give Up Art – Muppet Christmas Carol

An open booklet shows a graphic illustration on the left and a page of text on the right. The illustration features a green silhouette of a head with a red heart and arrow passing through it.
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Eleven – Trading Places

An open greeting card against a black background. The left side is red with the words “BAD SA TAN” in bold, white, distressed typography. The right side is white with black text and a small circular logo at the bottom.
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The Designers Republic – Bad Santa

An open card against a black background. The left side is green with bold red text that reads “YIPPEE KI-YAY MOTHER FUCKER”. The right side is white with several paragraphs of small black text and a circular logo at the bottom.
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David Bailey– Die Hard

An open card with a red left page and a white right page. The red side features white icons of a sun, water droplets and cutlery, labelled “(A)”, “(B)” and “(C)”.
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Build – Gremlins

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Owen Pritchard

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Owen joined It’s Nice That as Editor in November of 2015 leading and overseeing all editorial content across online, print and the events programme, before leaving in early 2018.

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