With over 1500 exhibitors at the Salone de Mobile, the world’s best designers know that their invitations are the first representations of the products they’ve spent the year refining.

Invitations ranged from the elegant to the humorous and this year there was no shortage of artistry in these oversized calling cards.

Here are some of our favourites from Milan:

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Laser-cut invitation from Established & Sons

Invitation for Established & Sons and Stella McCartney Dinner

Invitation with ice-cube tray by Boffi

Geometric Origami from Arketipo

Dizzying Stripes for Design Miami and Fendi's Design Vertigo

Die-cut Layers from Living DivaniSkitsch beckons us to its first birthday-party

Wonderlamp by Studio Job & Pieke Bergmans

Newspaper-style Invitation from Moncler