Bezos Wedding Invite: Billionaire Budget, Intern Energy

Jeff Bezos’ wedding invitation has gone viral for all the wrong reasons.

The Bezos wedding invite has been making the rounds online and… yeah. It’s bad.

Canva-level clip art. Typography that feels like a high schooler discovered fonts. Negative space that makes my whole body cringe. The layout? Somewhere between a church bulletin and a MLM brunch flyer.

It’s the kind of design that would’ve gotten absolutely torn apart in any semester-one critique. And this is from the guy who could afford literally any designer in the world?

But here’s what I keep thinking about: design shapes how we interpret sincerity. It’s not just about taste. It’s about trust.

When you’re the face of Amazon, a company known for eating small businesses and dodging taxes, and you send out an invite that looks like it was made in Microsoft Publisher… it doesn’t feel down-to-earth. It feels tone-deaf. Or worse, strategic.

Because in the middle of all the luxury, the mega-yacht, the space travel… are we really supposed to believe they couldn’t spot bad kerning?

So then I wonder: are they playing us? Leaning into kitsch to soften their image? Or are they just out of touch enough to think this looks good?

Design is the first impression. It guides how we feel. And this one left me asking a lot of questions, none of them about love.

I know they said "no gifts", but somebody: please get this man a Creative Market subscription!

Am I being too harsh? Do you think this was just a misguided choice, or an intentional strategy?