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For ages, we'd admired Mr Wells and his kiwi charms postered all over town. Thanks to Ron and Phil at Adshel Wellington, posters were released to create some samples for Meridian Energy and the rest, as they say is history.

A Meridian Energy recycled poster notebook that says 'You c Me' on the front and then opens up to read in full to say 'You can join Meridian'.
Here's the first example of the fun we had with 'paper Jeremy'. The front cover reads 'You c Me' and then opens up
to read in full 'You can join Meridian' with Jeremy doubling as a handy back pocket.

The wait to recieve an order was a long whole year.
It was worth it though. Meridian's Marketing Manager, Anna Vrede was super thoughtful in rounding up loads of different campaigns and gave us a very generous production turn around time to re-work them into potential little works of literature.

Inside view of a recycled Adshel poster notebook made for Meridian Energy that also re-used their dated letterhead paper by cutting it down to A5.
Anna also cleverly rounded up dated letterhead and follow on paper that was able to be re-used by cutting it down to A5.
The result was a beautiful, soft form of advertising that were used as clean green NZ gifts for visiting guests from overseas.

More of the recycled poster notebook in the range kindly commissioned by Meridian Energy .....Recycled Adshel poster stationery kindly commissioned by Meridian Energy

Image to show the last page and back storage pocketRecycled Adshel poster stationery kindly commissioned by Meridian Energy

Recycled Adshel poster stationery kindly commissioned by Meridian Energy

Recycled Adshel poster stationery kindly commissioned by Meridian Energy

Recycled Adshel poster stationery kindly commissioned by Meridian Energy

Recycled Adshel poster stationery kindly commissioned by Meridian Energy

Sewn range of recycled poster notebooks kindly commissioned by Meridian Energy

Recycled Adshel poster stationery kindly commissioned by Meridian Energy

Merdian Energy's smart meter posters were also amongst the range of posters turned into notebooks.

Recycled Adshel poster notebook kindly commissioned by Meridian Energy..............Recycled Adshel poster stationery kindly commissioned by Meridian Energy

Recycled Adshel poster stationery kindly commissioned by Meridian Energy Recycled Adshel poster stationery kindly commissioned by Meridian Energy

We were given loads of freedom to come up with all the different options of which there were many more than featured above.

In addition, Anna kindly let us do it in between other orders which was super appreciated. It was so much more fun than
working to a strict deadline. To thank Meridian and Anna for their work/life friendly policies, one more notebook was made:

A complimentary gift made from a WCC publication as a personal thank you to Anna Vrede, Meridian Marketing ManagerInside view of the complimentary gift made for Anna Vrede, Meridian's Marketing Manager
It was made from a WCC Summer City publication that featured Meridian's much loved three weeks of free summer concerts at the botanical gardens. To share with her team, the poster off cuts were used to make complimentary phone holders.

Inside the little complimentary A6 notebook ....A nifty origami pattern made from Adshel poster off cuts to make mobile phone holders.

Thank you indeed - cheers Meridian ;-)
And long live Nokia's old school phones that stay charged for ages and provide radio without an internet connection.

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