Centennial
Centennial is a week-long excursion from Independence Hall in Philadelphia to the Statue of Liberty in New York, showcasing the early history of the nation. This trip is bookened by the birth of nation in Philadelphia and a celebration of its centennial in New York. The final project transformed famous buildings and sculptures into boxes, which would be given to guests at the relevent locations. The exterior of each box features the architecture, while the interior hides a relevant quote related to the location.
Deliverables:
Packaging design and 3D mockup
Independence Hall
The United States of the America were born in Independence Hall, where both the Declaration on Independence (1776) and the Constitution (1789) were signed. The principles espoused in the Declaration of Independence and American Victory in the Revolutionary War went on to inspire similar revolutions around the world.
The interior reads:
"But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same Object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute Despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such Government, and to provide new Guards for their future security."
— The Declaration of Independence, 1776
The Statue of Liberty
A gift from France to celebrate the one-hundredth year of American independence. This massive sculpture has greeted millions of immigrants at New York Harbor, and remains a symbol of democracy, peace, and opportunity in the United States.
The interior reads:
"Give me your tired, your poor, / Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, /The wretched refuse of your teeming shore. / Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me, / I lift my lamp beside the golden door!"
— The New Colossus by Emma Lazarus, 1883
Valley Forge
During the 1777-78 winter of the Revolutionary war, Washington and his troops encamped at Valley Forge. This three month period tested the revolutionaries’ perserverence, as the soldiers’ initial enlistment periods ended admist freezing weather and tight rationing. During this time, Washington himself moved into the encampment and trained his men alongside assisting European officers, including Marquis de Lafayette.
The interior reads:
“... but soldiers! American soldiers! will despise the meanness of repining at such trifling strokes of Adversity, trifling indeed when compared to the transcendent Prize which will undoubtedly crown their Patience and Perseverance, Glory and Freedom, Peace and Plenty to themselves and the Community; The Admiration of the World, the Love of their Country and the Gratitude of Posterity!”
— General Order Issued by Washington at Valley Forge, 1778
The Lincoln Memorial
Designed by Henry Bacon, the Lincoln Memorial is modeled after the Parthenon, and pays homage to the origins of democracy. Though the Lincoln Memorial Association was started in 1867, the memorial’s construction was not completed until 1922. Atop the statue reads, “In this temple as in the hearts of the people for whom he saved the union the memory of Abraham Lincoln is enshrined forever.”
The interior reads:
“It is rather for us to be here dedicated to the great task remaining before us that from these honored dead we take increased devotion to that cause for which they gave the last full measure of devotion — that we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain, that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom — and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth.”
— Abraham Lincoln in The Gettysburg Address, 1863
