The Fabulous Small Talk Vineyards Wine Bottle Packaging
When I walk into a wine store, I am completely overwhelmed! There are so many different options—bottles from different years, vineyards and countries. So how do you choose a wine? Unless you come bearing recommendations from friends, packaging design seems like your best bet for selecting a fun bottle to take home and try!
So on your next trip to the wine shop, you might consider picking up a bottle of Small Talk Vineyards—a series of distinctive wines that expose the dramatic gap between what you say, and what you think. The fabulous hand-lettered front label is the “speech bubble”—expressing what we usually say during the progression od a dinner, and the back label is the “thought bubble” expressing what we really think. If nothing else, this bottle is a great conversation piece at any gathering!
Right now the bottles are only available in Canada (so to all my Canadian readers, hope you enjoy). Hopefully, they will make their way to the US soon, and I can get my hands on one!
Check out the various bottle designs below. Which one is your favorite? Sound off!
via (The Dieline)
Happy (Belated) Birthday Saul Bass!
Yesterday, Google Doodle celebrated what would have been legendary designer, Saul Bass‘ 93rd birthday—and they did it in style! In the words of Martin Scorsese, “His titles are not simply imaginative identification tags, when his work comes on-screen, the movie itself truly begins.” Bass, who was born and raised in the Bronx, moved to Hollywood in his twenties to pursue creating film ads. For his first big gig, designing the opening sequence for Otto Preminger’s The Man with the Golden Arm, Bass shocked filmgoers with his edgy paper-animated interpretation of the film’s themes of drug addiction. Soon Hollywood’s greatest filmmakers were clamoring for Bass’ innovative touch (via Huffington Post). Bass is responsible for some of the most famous title sequences in film history (as well as his phenomenal poster and logo work), including: Vertigo, Psycho, West Side Story, North by Northwest and many more.
Check out the awesome homage to Bass by Google Doodler, Matthew Cruickshank below and see his design process here.
I want everything we do to be beautiful. I don’t give a damn whether the client understands that that’s worth anything, or that the client thinks it’s worth anything, or whether it is worth anything. It’s worth it to me. It’s the way I want to live my life. I want to make beautiful things, even if nobody cares. - Saul Bass
Are You In Need Of Some Inspiration?
Some days we are all in need of a little inspiration! The lock screen on my phone is usually an inspirational quote (besides the few times I have the Vampire Diaries hotties gracing the screen), and some mornings it really helps to put me in a good mood. Yesterday, as I was in the process of getting my Etsy store set up, I came across The Motivated Type page, and found some pretty awesome typography inspired inspirational quotes (available for $19). Check out the vintage inspired designs below, and head over to their Etsy page to pick up your favorites!
p.s. I am hoping to launch the typography quosters Etsy story in early May. Stay tuned…
The Great Gatsby and Its Many Covers
On April 10th, The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald, turned 87 years old. The original cover designed by Francis Coradal-Cugat, depicts a disembodied face floating in the night sky (top left). It is one of the prominent images in literature, but that hasn’t kept book cover designers from trying to outdo the classic. Below, check out just some of the many published variations of the book, not to mention the various different versions created by design students (which are floating all over the internet)! It’s absolutely intriguing to examine which part of the story each designer took to be the pivotal aspect which they explored in their cover design. What are some of your favorites? Was the original cover the best? Sound off!
