November 2010
9 posts
BoJo
It is beaujolias nouveau season and to celebrate here is a selection of truly gag-inducing labels from Georges DuBoef illustrated by Alain and Dominique Vavro.
More eye-melting nineties acid flashback labels after the jump…
I remember when...
…I was just a young designer and we had an illustration project to design our ‘future CV’ – how we’d think our life will pan out. At the end of mine I had moved to New Zealand and owned a vineyard. This illustration for South African winery Helderberg Wijnmakerij reminds of the woodcut I produced but is, y’know, not as good.
See for yourself, those little pigs are...
Groggle
We, Grogger, would like to announce our solidarity with our antipodean heroes ‘Groggle’ who have taken on the might of Google and refused to back down. (That is, until Google gave them a load of dosh and they changed their name to Drinkle.)
Link: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-11726029
So, Google, if you’re listening. LONG LIVE GROGGER! WE WILL NEVER SURRENDER!
We...
Ooh, Fitou, yo' Mamma too...
Very cool letter-based labels for Budgens and Londis wines designed by Harry Pearce and his team at Pentagram. Every bugger loves a big, chunky letterpress letter and we’re no exception. An excellent gift for design professionals and winos with poor eyesight – much the same thing.
New Work: Budgens and Londis Wines at Pentagram
Mrs. Robinson, you're trying to seduce me
Whilst trying to find a suitable photo of top wine writer Jancis Robinson OBE MW in order to illustrate this link to an interesting article where she interviews adman-turned-winemaker John Hegarty (of Bartle Bogle Hegarty fame), we stumbled across this distressing image:
Now, in defence of Miss J’s honour, we explored further and discover this distressing collection of crudely...
