Christmas Card

Agency: Big Red
Year: 2024

It’s Christmas. It’s time to take a break. But employees struggle to log off, with 52% feeling pressured to work (Slack, 2022).

For our agency’s Christmas card, we dreamt up a 2000s-inspired folder with all the ingredients for a happy holidays. It linked to a CustomGPT that could write clients the perfect OOO message. Then, they could paste it into their automatic Outlook reply and take a well-earned rest.

Open notebook with holiday greeting, QR code, and assorted items like markers, a shrimp, hand lotion, a chocolate Santa, erasers, and correction tape on a white page.
Clippy on a computer screen with humorous dialog boxes
Old Windows desktop screen with an open email draft in Outlook Express. Desktop icons include 'Hard Rubbish,' 'HR Complaints,' 'My Computer,' 'Rice Cookers,' and an executable file named 'Kn0t_V1rus.exe.' The email reads: 'I'm out of the office. And unless you're a crisp lager, I'm not interested. See you on the 2nd!' The taskbar shows it's 9:32 AM.
A retro computer desktop with a beach wallpaper, featuring an open email window on Outlook Express. The email is addressed to "thetimemachine@gmail.com" and reads: "Past me wrote this message to present you. Future me will reply. Time travel is real." Desktop icons include "Love Letters," "Music," "Insurance Claim," "Do Not Open," and a file labeled "Kn0t_V1rus.exe."
A vintage Windows desktop with a new email open. The email is addressed to leavemeinpeace@gmail.com and mentions not replying until January 2nd due to Christmas. The background features a desert landscape with a moon, and there's an icon labeled "Kn0t_Virus.exe" on the desktop.