I had the pleasure of attending an incredible auction on Saturday – a vintage packaging and advertising auction at Bamfords Auctioneers in Derby, UK.
Category Archives: Packaging
Glenlivet Whisky 70 Year Old
The second release from the Gordon & MacPhail’s Generation range is the Glenlivet 70 year old whisky.
‘Le Vin Cool’
Fashion designer Christian Audigier, of the Ed Hardy brand and his own fashion label, has designed a range of wines dubbed “Le Vin Cool”, designed to attract new drinkers and to show that wine can be playful.
Fedrigoni Calendar 2011
We recently had a visit from Mel Holme from Fedrigoni UK. Mel was kind enough to give us one of these very cool 2011 desk calendars.
Blue Nectar’s No.1 Ale
Blue Nectar’s No.1 is a limited edition ale designed by ourselves and brewed by one of our local brewery clients in the city of Derby, UK.
Packaging Exhibition – Done!
Last week saw us exhibit for the first time at the Packaging Innovations Exhibition at the London Business Design Centre in Islington. A slightly overwhelming experience considering we’re new to the exhibition arena, the logisitcs involved in shipping all our wares safely down to the show was quite daunting. That said, we got it all [...]
Highland Park 50 Year Old
This beautifully crafted bottle of whisky coupled withs it’s own bespoke oak box are a wonderful example of what can be achieved with special edition products when the designers aren’t restrained by stringent guidelines.
Bob’s Your Uncle
Not what you’d expect your normal wine bottle to look like! Cunningly disguised as a bottle of beer, this is in fact a South African wine made by Boer & Brit winery.
Jack Daniel’s 160th
2010 marks the 160th birthday of the founder of Jack Daniel’s Whisky – this limited edition bottle is dedicated to him. Whether it was a fire at the local courthouse that destroyed all the town documents – or just poor record keeping – no one is really sure what day in September Mr. Daniel’s was [...]
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