![Christmas card by Ström Architects](https://static.dezeen.com/uploads/2020/12/christmas-cards-architects-designers-2020_dezeen_1704_hero-1-852x479.jpg)
Christmas cards by architects and designers for 2020 include uplifting and apocalyptic messages
A skateboarding Santa Claus, a festive snow globe and MVRDV's mirrored art depot in Rotterdam feature in our selection of the best Christmas cards sent by architects, designers and brands this year.
Alongside these joyous cards was a more apocalyptic take on Christmas from British architect Piers Taylor tiled The Raft of Plague Island (below).
The image, a hack of Théodore Géricault's iconic painting The Raft of the Medusa, features British prime minister Boris Johnson and his former chief adviser Dominic Cummings among shipwrecked sailors on a storm-tossed raft bearing a Union Jack sail.
"As the rest of the world look on agog, we sit here trapped on Plague Island," wrote Taylor, reflecting on the rising coronavirus cases in the UK and potential of a no-deal Brexit.
"The only real surprise is that most British people seem to be saying 'two sugars please', Instagramming pictures of their Christmas tree and sending out cards of cosy winter scenes, not seeming to give two hoots that the UK is fatally holed, adrift, and alone."
"There is indeed no future in England's dreaming, and there never was. We're f*cked. Happy Christmas!" he continued.
Read on for this year's best cards for architects and designers:
![Piers Taylor Christmas card](https://static.dezeen.com/uploads/2020/12/piers-taylor-christmas-cards_dezeen_1704_col_0-852x582.jpg)
![Christmas card by Holloway Studio](https://static.dezeen.com/uploads/2020/12/image001.gif)
![Christmas card by SODA](https://static.dezeen.com/uploads/2020/12/christmas-cards-architects-designers-2020_dezeen_1704_soda.gif)
![Christmas card by COBE](https://static.dezeen.com/uploads/2020/12/christmas-cards-architects-designers-2020_dezeen_1704_cobe.gif)
![Christmas card by Stanton Williams](https://static.dezeen.com/uploads/2020/12/christmas-cards-architects-designers-2020_dezeen_1704_stanton_williams-852x852.jpg)
![Christmas card by Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios](https://static.dezeen.com/uploads/2020/12/christmas-cards-architects-designers-2020_dezeen_1704_fcbs_studio-852x746.jpg)
![Christmas card by Emil Eve](https://static.dezeen.com/uploads/2020/12/christmas-cards-architects-designers-2020_dezeen_1704_emil_eve2.gif)
Emil Eve
![Christmas card by Nanimarquina](https://static.dezeen.com/uploads/2020/12/christmas-cards-architects-designers-2020_dezeen_1704_nanimarquina-852x1162.jpg)
![Christmas card by Schmidt Hammer Lassen Architects](https://static.dezeen.com/uploads/2020/12/christmas-cards-architects-designers-2020_dezeen_1704_shl-852x947.jpg)
Schmidt Hammer Lassen Architects
![Christmas card by Urban Agency](https://static.dezeen.com/uploads/2020/12/christmas-cards-architects-designers-2020_dezeen_1704_urban_agency.gif)
![Christmas card by Design Museum](https://static.dezeen.com/uploads/2020/12/christmas-cards-architects-designers-2020_dezeen_1704_designmuseum-852x1167.jpg)
![Christmas card by Ayre Chamberlain Gaunt](https://static.dezeen.com/uploads/2020/12/christmas-cards-architects-designers-2020_dezeen_1704_ayre_chamberlain-852x1025.jpg)
![Christmas card by Michaelis Boyd](https://static.dezeen.com/uploads/2020/12/christmas-cards-architects-designers-2020_dezeen_1704_michaelis_boyd.gif)
![Christmas card by Martin Mostböck](https://static.dezeen.com/uploads/2020/12/christmas-cards-architects-designers-2020_dezeen_1704_martin_mostbo%CC%88ck.gif)
Martin Mostböck
![Christmas card by Archer + Braun](https://static.dezeen.com/uploads/2020/12/christmas-cards-architects-designers-2020_dezeen_1704_archer_braun-852x1152.jpg)
Archer + Braun middle
![Christmas card by Annabelle Tugby Architects](https://static.dezeen.com/uploads/2020/12/christmas-cards-architects-designers-2020_dezeen_1704_annabelle-tugby-architects-scaled.gif)
Annabelle Tugby Architects
![Christmas card by Alma-nac](https://static.dezeen.com/uploads/2020/12/christmas-cards-architects-designers-2020_dezeen_1704_alma_nac.gif)
![Christmas card by Kjellander Sjöberg Arkitektkontor](https://static.dezeen.com/uploads/2020/12/christmas-cards-architects-designers-2020_dezeen_1704_kjellander_sjoberg-852x602.jpg)
Kjellander Sjöberg Arkitektkontor
![Christmas card by Mecanoo](https://static.dezeen.com/uploads/2020/12/christmas-cards-architects-designers-2020_dezeen_1704_mecanoo.gif)
![Christmas card by Koos Staal](https://static.dezeen.com/uploads/2020/12/christmas-cards-architects-designers-2020_dezeen_1704_koos-staal-852x853.jpg)
Koos Staal
![Christmas card by Ström Architects](https://static.dezeen.com/uploads/2020/12/christmas-cards-architects-designers-2020_dezeen_1704_strom-852x596.jpg)
![Christmas card by Campana Brothers](https://static.dezeen.com/uploads/2020/12/christmas-cards-architects-designers-2020_dezeen_1704_estudio_campana-852x852.jpg)
![Christmas card by Alison Brooks Architects](https://static.dezeen.com/uploads/2020/12/christmas-cards-architects-designers-2020_dezeen_1704_alison_brooks.gif)
![Christmas card by Emrys Architects](https://static.dezeen.com/uploads/2020/12/christmas-cards-architects-designers-2020_dezeen_1704_emrys-architects.jpg)
![Christmas card by Threefold Architects](https://static.dezeen.com/uploads/2020/12/christmas-cards-architects-designers-2020_dezeen_1704_threefold-852x695.jpg)
![Christmas card by KMK Promes](https://static.dezeen.com/uploads/2020/12/christmas-cards-architects-designers-2020_dezeen_1704_kwk_promes-852x628.jpg)
![Christmas card by William Tozer Associates](https://static.dezeen.com/uploads/2020/12/christmas-cards-architects-designers-2020_dezeen_1704_william_tozer-852x1136.jpg)
![Christmas card by Wiercinski Studio](https://static.dezeen.com/uploads/2020/12/christmas-cards-architects-designers-2020_dezeen_1704_wiercinski-studio-1-852x471.jpg)
![Christmas card by White Arkitekter](https://static.dezeen.com/uploads/2020/12/christmas-cards-architects-designers-2020_dezeen_1704_white-arkitekter-852x479.jpg)
![Christmas card by Cristina Celestino](https://static.dezeen.com/uploads/2020/12/christmas-cards-architects-designers-2020_dezeen_1704_cristina_celestino-852x1333.jpg)
![Christmas card by Pardini Hall Architecture](https://static.dezeen.com/uploads/2020/12/christmas-cards-architects-designers-2020_dezeen_1704_pardini_hall_architecture-1-852x1219.jpg)
Pardini Hall Architecture
![Christmas card by Benthem Crowel Architects](https://static.dezeen.com/uploads/2020/12/christmas-cards-architects-designers-2020_dezeen_1704_benthem-crouwel-architects.gif)
![Christmas card by Sevil Peach](https://static.dezeen.com/uploads/2020/12/christmas-cards-architects-designers-2020_dezeen_1704_sevilpeach.gif)
![Christmas card by Made By Choice](https://static.dezeen.com/uploads/2020/12/christmas-cards-architects-designers-2020_dezeen_1704_made_by_choice-852x852.jpg)
Made By Choice
![Christmas card by Molteni&C](https://static.dezeen.com/uploads/2020/12/christmas-cards-architects-designers-2020_dezeen_1704_molteni-852x1205.jpg)
![Christmas card by Mobile Studio and Studio C102](https://static.dezeen.com/uploads/2020/12/christmas-cards-architects-designers-2020_dezeen_1704_mobile_studio_architects.gif)
Mobile Studio and Studio C102
![Christmas card by Lippmann](https://static.dezeen.com/uploads/2020/12/christmas-cards-architects-designers-2020_dezeen_1704_lippmann-852x906.jpg)
Lippmann
![Christmas card by Serie Architects](https://static.dezeen.com/uploads/2020/12/christmas-cards-architects-designers-2020_dezeen_1704_serie_architects-852x599.jpg)
![Christmas card by Ryosuke Fukusada](https://static.dezeen.com/uploads/2020/12/christmas-cards-architects-designers-2020_dezeen_1704_ryosuke-fukusada-1.gif)
Ryosuke Fukusada
![Christmas card by Pablo Girones](https://static.dezeen.com/uploads/2020/12/christmas-cards-architects-designers-2020_dezeen_1704_pablo_girones-852x602.jpg)
Pablo Girones
![Christmas card by EMBT](https://static.dezeen.com/uploads/2020/12/christmas-cards-architects-designers-2020_dezeen_1704_miralles-tagliabue-embt-852x1337.jpg)
![Christmas card by Merrett Houmøller Architects](https://static.dezeen.com/uploads/2020/12/christmas-cards-architects-designers-2020_dezeen_1704_merrett_houmoller_architects.gif)
![Christmas card by Memphis Milano](https://static.dezeen.com/uploads/2020/12/christmas-cards-architects-designers-2020_dezeen_1704_memphis_milano.gif)
Memphis Milano
![Christmas card by McBridge Charles Ryan](https://static.dezeen.com/uploads/2020/12/christmas-cards-architects-designers-2020_dezeen_1704_mcbride-charles-ryan-852x567.jpg)
![Christmas card by Marcel Wanders](https://static.dezeen.com/uploads/2020/12/christmas-cards-architects-designers-2020_dezeen_1704_marcel-wanders-852x1333.jpg)
![Christmas card by Daniel Schofield](https://static.dezeen.com/uploads/2020/12/christmas-cards-architects-designers-2020_dezeen_1704_daniel-schofield-852x1282.jpg)
![Christmas card by 2260mm](https://static.dezeen.com/uploads/2020/12/christmas-cards-architects-designers-2020_dezeen_1704_2260mm-852x450.jpg)
![Christmas card by Susanna Cots & The Eleven House](https://static.dezeen.com/uploads/2020/12/christmas-cards-architects-designers-2020_dezeen_1704_susanna-cots-the-eleven-house-852x1207.jpg)
Susanna Cots & The Eleven House
![Christmas card by Hausman](https://static.dezeen.com/uploads/2020/12/christmas-cards-architects-designers-2020_dezeen_1704_hausman.gif)
Hausman