In an ongoing demonstration of its commitment to the 10 generation-strong company and family motto—ancestry, prestige and tradition—Jose Cuervo unveiled the 2011 edition of Reserva de la Familia. The 16th installment of the limited-edition handcrafted wooden box collection is adorned with the artistic styling of celebrated tattoo artist Jerónimo López Ramírez, known in the tattoo community as ‘Dr. Lakra.’
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From the tiniest to the biggest. Nokia, which last year presented an awesome stop-motion set ‘Dot,’ the world’s smallest character animation, recently has released a new story dubbed ‘Gulp,’ the world’s largest stop-motion animation video. Both of the spots were filmed with N8 phones with 12-megapixel cameras to prove that these mobile devices are just perfect for creating artwork, not just communicating with people on one’s contact list.
The BMW Guggenheim Lab launches its worldwide tour today, August 3, in Manhattan’s East Village. A combination of think tank, public forum, and community center, the Lab will offer free programs that explore the challenges of today’s cities within an innovative mobile structure that was designed to house this urban experiment. Over the next six years, the Lab will travel to nine cities in three successive cycles, each with its own distinct theme and structure, to help raise awareness of urban challenges and yield sustainable benefits for cities around the world.
Heineken, which is well-known for its successful bottle design experiments and deep involvement with the music industry and youth culture, is stepping into the interior design zone and is encouraging emerging designers to take part in development of a pioneering nightclub. The project, which was announced back in April, has been launched last week and will be open until August 14 for young and aspiring designers from New York City, São Paulo, Tokyo and Milan. The ultimate goal is to develop a state-of-the-art live concept club space, which will be unveiled throughout the duration of Salone Internazionale del Mobile 2012 in April in Milan.
Last fall, PUMA.Creative and Channel 4 and BRITDOC Foundation launched a set of six international programmes and awards aimed at supporting talented filmmakers, who create their works to spread the word about environmental issues, global conflict and social injustice. At the Durban International Film Festival (July 21–31), on July 25, five finalists for 2011 PUMA.Creative Impact Award were announced—they were selected from over 70 entries sent over starting January based on the budget of the film, social impact it has made around the globe, influencing politics and businessmen who can foster positive change, and a range of other facts.
Today, street art is one of the favourite fields when it comes to consumer engagement. Red Bull, HUGO, Sprite and Nissan to name a few are among brands which imbedded this trend into their initiatives, and Mountain Dew, as one of the biggest supporters of modern culture, also belongs to this list. Following the successful Green Label Art Shop Series campaign launched last summer and based on graffiti culture, the soft drinks brand has kicked off a hilarious Street Art project on its UK Facebook page, inviting its fans to create a piece of street art in the digital dimension.
Hennessy now has black ‘crossed’ eyes thanks to one of the most eccentric and unconventional artist, KAWS, who also belongs to the roster of most celebrated talents in the design industry in our days. The signature element—the two little crosses representing eyes—have been already featured on a number of bottles, apparel and merchandize by brands including Dos Equis and Nike to name but a few.