August 2011
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Veuve Clicquot Origami Ice Bucket
New from Veuve Clicquot comes a brilliant little promotional piece in the form of an origami ice bucket. Constructed from fully foldable, water-resistant material, the bucket is the brainchild of the aesthetically-oriented champagne brand and Belgian designer Mathias van de Walle. Complete with instructions and a bottle of bubbly, this fully-foldable chilling device can be easily carried...
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ABSOLUT x Gareth Pugh
British goth-chic designer Gareth Pugh has recently teamed up with ABSOLUT MODE EDITION to participate in a redesign of the iconic ABSOLUT bottle. Having served as a blank canvas for the likes of Andy Warhol, Kurt Wenner and Spike Lee, the Swedish brand’s bottle serves doubly as a container and a piece of art, especially when designed as special limited editions. For his turn at the...
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Emergency Cocktail Station
New from urbancase comes a witty, tongue-in-cheek nod to the classic “emergency” first aid kit that every school, office and home has tucked away in a corner somewhere. Crafted completely out of a smooth, beautiful lacquered MDF and designed by Darin Montgomery, this emergency kit caters towards a different kind of crisis: the urgent need for a hand-crafted cocktail. Providing...
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ABSOLUT BLANK Artist Series
The ABSOLUT Vodka bottle’s kaleidoscopic range of iterations in print ads, short film pieces and throughout copious collaborations have made the liquor brand’s basic container a valuable asset and a veritable canvas for aspiring artists across the globe. Honing in on a marketing opportunity, ABSOLUT selected 18 creatives to get involved with ABSOLUT BLANK - a project that pretty...
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New from Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction, an organic produce brand dedicated to “work marked by fine craft and intellectual rigor” that offers a slew of culturally-relevant, anti-industrialization products, comes Rhuby. A rhubarb spirit, Rhuby’s creation was inspired by the tale of how the deliciously bitter root vegetable found its way into the US in the first place: brought over in...
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Hangar One Vodka Blimp Tour
Hangar One Vodka has long been a favorite of mine. From their quirky, seasonal flavored offerings (Buddha’s Hand Citron, anyone?) to the eponymous vintage airplane hangar that serves as their headquarters in Alameda, California - Hangar One is not your run-of-the-mill liquor brand. As the company has purposely eschewed standard publicity tactics such as club partnerships and...
