To wrap up the year, we wanted to create a series of works inspired by the concept of beating the heat this summer.

AW’s creative team including Emma van Zaane, Laurie Oxenford, Elke Gill and Claudio Kirac each created a work in response to this theme. Each piece was then animated and brought to life with AR, and accompanied by a short poem written by Laura Strange.

Get your hands on one of our summer greeting card and wrapping paper packs to experience the artworks. If you miss out – don’t despair! You can also experience AW’s Beat the heat summer illustrations through the Artivive augmented reality app, right here on this page. Watch the scenes come to life, complete with their own unique soundscapes.

Open this page on your laptop, desktop or tablet device.
Install the Artivive app on your smartphone.
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Open the app and hold your smart phone over the artwork. View the artwork through your smartphone (sound on for full experience!)

For added summer fun, download the smartphone background packs, too!

‘Oscillating hours’

Artwork by Emma van Zaane
Words by Laura Strange
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*the heat grew that summer,*
*oscillating around me,*
*clinging to my skin –*
*scorched by the sun,*
*drenched by the moonlight,*
*soaking up the sultry days.*

‘Special’

Artwork by Laurie Oxenford
Words by Laura Strange
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*summer drenches our skin*
*in a gradient of peach and pink and plum.*
*as we sit, we recall*
*all the colours*
*that painted*
*the year that was.*

‘Drink in twilight’

Artwork by Elke Gill
Words by Laura Strange
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*twilight peeks her eyes*
*over the horizon.*
*she drinks away the sunlight*
*as i drink away my icy rosé.*
*she breathes out a gentle sigh,*
*of relief –*
*it’s that time of year when, for once,*
*we know tomorrow will be*
*just the same.*

‘Ripples’

Artwork by Claudio Kirac
Words by Laura Strange
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a sigh of summer drifts by,
dances lightly across the water.
as ripples grow –
each holds a thousand tiny worlds,
writing its own stories,
full of possibility
for the new year ahead.