I'm a huge fan of art work thats presented on labels. I'm not a big drinker but I do enjoy a glass of wine or a nice cold beer on occasion. Usual, I find myself attracted to bottles of wine or beer that have really cool looking labels. Sometimes the liquid inside is a disappointment but the bottle is always a keeper because of the design on the label. Every time I walk into a grocery store or a market I will stop by the alcohol section and peruse the labels for anything new or attention grabbing. Most of the time I buy the product just for the design and never come around to drinking the liquid inside and just end up keeping the bottle for looks in my room or kitchen. Some people might think it's waste of money but I'm really a fan of the art. I'm a huge fan of skulls and retro looking labels so most of my purchases are based on those things. One of my favorite wines is Dia De Los Blancos from Southcoast winery and the bottle has a cool image of a female skeleton and a little skeleton dog. This was the first bottle of wine I actually purchased for myself after swearing never to drink wine because I thought it was too pretentious. I know people get paid good money to make products look alluring to consumers, especially alcohol but I look beyond the product and find mysel truly impressed with the aesthetic that goes beyond the promotion and into the art.
The title of this one caught my eye, well done. I've actually never thought much about labels, but just yesterday I saw some sample labels from a friend's family winery and this struck a chord. There's real thought that goes into labels, it benefits the brand to stand out. I think you just inspired me to do some wine-and-beer label window shopping.
ReplyDeleteI think that its very different from y point of view, and before reading this I didn't really look at some of the smaller and mundane thing in my life that can have an aesthetic experience on myself, so now I will definitely have to stay on the look out.
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