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Spirit Animal Letter Opener
A familiar symbol, made ceremonial.
Miss Porter’s School
COMMUNITY KEEPSAKE COLLECTION
A collection that extends Porter’s symbols and living traditions into wearable and ceremonial forms.
The starting point
Extend Porter’s traditions into objects for Ancients, families, and friends of the school.
The opportunity was to broaden the school’s keepsake language beyond a single audience or product category.
- Audience
- Ancients, families, donors, and supporters
- Need
- Elevated wearable, ceremonial, and desk objects that are distinctly Porter’s
- What we shaped
- Research, creative direction, design, and product development
01 — Inspiration
The details Porter’s Ancients recognize.
The Farmington campus, the daisy, the MPS monogram, and the mink, possum, and squirrel tradition offered a set of symbols with meaning across generations. Together they connect everyday school life with the memories carried by Ancients.
02 — From Story to Form
A Porter’s legacy,carried forward.
We simplified the school’s symbols and tested how each could work at different scales and in different materials.
The same visual language now moves between cufflinks, lapel pins, paperweights, and letter openers—objects suited to wearing, gifting, recognition, and everyday use.
03 — The Collection
Objects made to carry connection forward.
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Daisy Paperweight
A campus emblem, held in clear form.
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Monogram Cufflinks
The Porter’s mark, worn close.
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Malachite Letter Opener
The Porter’s daisy, set in richly banded malachite.
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Daisy Lapel Pin
A quiet expression of belonging.
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Glass Paperweight
A Porter’s bloom, preserved in clear form.
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Daisy Cufflinks
A familiar flower, made for everyday ceremony.
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MPS Lapel Pin
The school’s history, worn close.
04 — In Their Words
A note from Miss Porter’s
“Very very exciting!”
Tradition stays alive through reinvention