The Paper Skin

Fedrigoni x Leica Camera

A unique craft story: From packaging material to Leica’s iconic banderole on the Leica X2 Limited Edition Fedrigoni.

Fedrigoni's ’Constellation Jade’ is a beautiful packaging paper with extraordinary material properties, surviving heavy abrasion, withstanding extreme temperatures and resisting aggressive liquids.

Idea

To bring these assets to life, we created an extraordinary paper sample book in the guise of a Leica X2 luxury package – made to wrap the camera like an object of desire. But not just any Leica X2: a limited edition deliberately broke with tradition, officially replacing Leica’s iconic leather banderole with “Constellation Jade.”


Result

It's a sensory ceremony, sliding through meticulously crafted layers. Every reveal lands with crisp embossing and graphic depth. Pure eye-candy in slow motion. A subtle design idea had turned a luxury brand into an ambassador for a low interest product, created enormous buzz amongst a design minded target, and ultimately sold paper sample books for €3,900 each. Multiple design & craft awards simply confirm what your fingertips already know.

Leica X2 Limited Edition Fedrigoni

Leica camera with paper skin cover, featuring the Leica logo, lens at center, and the words 'The Paper Skin' on the packaging.
An open box of paper sheets with a camera in the center, showing a message about Giuseppe Antonio Fedrigoni, an Italian paper mill established in Verona, Italy, and technical innovations in paper shaping.
Open packaging of a Leica camera with the lens visible in the center and typography indicating a design focus.
A Leica camera packaged inside a white box with text that reads 'Second skin becomes first skin' and additional description about protection for the lens.
Open box showing a Leica camera and accessory, with the camera lens cap on, labeled as Leica V2 Edition Federico.
Close-up of a Leica X2 camera with a silver body, black buttons, and a black lens cap.
Silver camera with a black lens and a red Leica logo on a gray textured background, with the text "The Paper Skin" to the right.
Logo for The One Show with text in black and gray on a black background.
Logo for The One Show with gray and black design elements.
Logo for The One Show featuring brown and black geometric shapes and text.
Logo for Epica Awards featuring a pyramid of layered lines and the text 'EPICA AWARDS' underneath.
Red Dot Design Logo
Bronze Winner trophy with a figure holding a globe-like sphere, on a bronze background.
Effie Award Logo
Graphic with white arrow pointing right and a white line above it on a black background.
Cannes Lions logo with a lion's head illustration and text.
Logo for Eurobest Bronze
Logo for Eurobest Silver
London International Awards
London International Awards
ADC Silver Logo
ADC Gold
ADC Bronze