LEONHARD KURZ also received the award for its Tree of Life housenote series, created to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the company’s production site in Sulzbach-Rosenberg, Germany.
The notes are themed around the beauty and strength of nature and the passage of time. First is Celebration Note ‘Day’, providing a backdrop for a wide KINEGRAM ZERO.ZERO® stripe with golden metallisation. The daytime scene depicts the old oak drawing water up from the earth to nourish each bough and leaf. On the reverse, a bird swoops in to perch amidst the foliage where, when spring comes again, it will nest, and the tree will cradle a new generation of life.
The second Celebration Note, ‘Dusk’, features a wide KINEGRAM® HDM stripe (with effects including Golden Mirror, Achromatic Effect, or Deep Spot). The tree at dusk is lit by the waning daylight, with shadows lengthening as evening approaches. Among the leaf litter, deer move carefully – alert, yet reassured by the steady, towering presence of the oak, a place they will return to time and again throughout their lives.
Finally, Celebration Note ‘Night’ showcases a wide KINEGRAM® COSMIC stripe with multiple effects including Colorful Movement, Flux Effect, and Surface Relief. By night, the tree is bathed in moonlight that silvers its knurls and contours, shaped across the aeons of its long life. A fox races past its trunk, seeking opportunity in unsuspecting small mammals or insects asleep in the darkness.
On the reverse side of all three celebration notes is a KINEGRAM® VIVID patch. VIVID combines kinematic movements in all directions with a powerful depth effect, and the version on the Tree of Life notes features matching colours and the numeral 30.