Gifts
Make it memorable
Core Annual Gift 00 – SHIT
Speaker’s Corner at Hong Lim and Core opened at the same year. We thought both signified a new age of openness and BS in Singapore! Box (courtesy of Shangri-La Hotel) came with designer chocolate shaped like shit, replete with nuts but tasted otherwise!
Core Annual Gift 01 – Black Magic
Following the question, “This Christmas were You Good or Bad?, an interior with two compartments titled, “GOOD” and “BAD” was revealed…
…the BAD compartment revealed a green Perrier bottle of water/ potion and a news clipping of black magic practice on the rise… The bad would have used the potion to influence others, whether recalcitrant lover or boss…
…the GOOD compartment was for those who helped the unfortunate (broken chopsticks). They were rewarded with the luxuries of life (luxe chopsticks) because they helped others through a blank cheque of $20 that was enclosed for forwarding to a charity of their choice!
Core Annual Gift 02 – Black Boxed
When bidding goodbye to an unremarkable year…
…we encouraged all to “Sleep On It!” when thinking about how to dispel the negative in life and to “Stuff It!...
…by disposing all that was negative and bad into an enclosed designer Jim Thompson desk-trash-container
A Christmas card signoff…making a white Christmas of a “black” or bad one isn’t difficult. Everything “black” is backed by a “white”. It just takes the discerning eye to see the bright lining behind every dark cloud!
Box with separator - SLEEP ON IT. Triangular tag on box's edge: For addressing recipient.Christmas card (next to tag).
Core Annual Gift 03 – Why and How to Celebrate Christmas
While Singapore was recovering from a pandemic, SARS…
..we celebrated Singapore’s recovery by presenting N95 masks as a “bra”(in honor of our brave front liners who battled SARS) and a lighter to spark hope for the future…
Core Annual Gift 04 – Vibrator
After wading through suggestive graphics and text, recipients realized the vibrating device to be an electric toothbrush in masquerade. We spoofed the government’s previous drive to encourage procreation among Singaporeans…
…a suggestive palindrome…
REVEALED… where the joke is on the recipient – for initial prurience?:)
Core Annual Gift 05 – IR Iam
Spoofing then Singapore’s newest addition for city buzz – the IR (integrated resort/casino), recipients were presented with pennies and a piggy bank in the shape of Chairman Mao Tze Tung, to save for the future for “true buzz”
Open Sesame
Saving and all
Core Annual Gift 06 – Ang Pows
Within a fine lacquered box, recipients were presented with money packets for occasions ranging from Chinese New Year to Hari Raya, Deepavali, Christmas, weddings and birthdays… each was humorously illustrated with cartoons.
Within a fine lacquered box, recipients were presented with money packets for occasions ranging from Chinese New Year to Hari Raya, Deepavali, Christmas, weddings and birthdays… each was humorously illustrated with cartoons.
Within a fine lacquered box, recipients were presented with money packets for occasions ranging from Chinese New Year to Hari Raya, Deepavali, Christmas, weddings and birthdays… each was humorously illustrated with cartoons.
STB Tourism Industry Night ’06, “Unique Dream” Gift
Guests were given Core designed coasters printed with STB inspired “icons” representing Singapore’s diverse ethnic groups.
Guests were given Core designed coasters printed with STB inspired “icons” representing Singapore’s diverse ethnic groups.
Guests were given Core designed coasters printed with STB inspired “icons” representing Singapore’s diverse ethnic groups.