Growing up, receiving a red packet during the Lunar New Year was nothing short of exciting. I’d happily spread out all the packets on my bed at night and delight in counting my day’s “takings”. But even then, despite having all this extra cash amassed, I always wondered why the designs on these red packets looked so ugly.
Like, seriously ugly.
It’s as though there was some competition to splash as much gold as possible on a bright red envelope.
Then, when that became outdated, a new challenge emerged: to splash the biggest illustration possible, never mind that the whole effect made them lurid.
Yesterday, though, as I was unabashedly collecting these red packets (yes, in spite of my ripe old age) I couldn’t help noticing the shift towards designing red packets that were more… tasteful. Even illustrations had more complementary colours that worked with the customary red.
Well done, whoever designs these contemporary red packets. Next thing I’d really love is to see them adopting a more mid-century modern look. ;)
Aaaand I’m off to collect more of these! Heheh.
