London agency Stranger & Stranger have designed the most sublime packaging for The Kraken Black Spiced Rum. Modeled on a Victorian Rum bottle and embelleshed with illustrations of the mythical Kraken sea monster, the design exudes adventure and mystery. Head on over to Notcot for a great article about The Kraken media kit, containing pieces of evidence which prove that the sea monster really does exist.
C215, aka Christian Guémy, is a phenomenal stencil artist who can take any surface, in any city, and turn it into a masterpiece. But Guémy does more than just leave his mark on the streets. His stencils reflect the emotions and spirit of the people who live on them, from street orphans in Sao Paulo to tramps in Brooklyn. It’s easy to see just how much of an impression the streets have made on Guémy and his art.
Dutch Osborne created this striking photogram alphabet from found objects. Using a dark room technique, made popular by American artist Man Ray, Osborne achieved these negative silhouettes by placing the objects onto photo-sensitive paper which is then exposed to light. The magic of photograms is the unique results achieved by varying the length of exposure and the transparency of the objects. Q is my favourite letter of this set.
Filed under: Music | Tags: Glissando, Off The Beaten Tracks, Trespassers William
This is my fan face. I spent most of last weekend wearing it when I met Trespassers William and had the privilege of photographing their Off The Beaten Tracks session. Watching them play an acoustic set inside the Glasshouse at Edinburgh’s Botanic Garden (along with another fine band, Glissando) was an unforgettable experience.
It was a dreich day and the place was empty enough to hear the rain drumming on the glass roof – a fitting backdrop to Trespasser’s divinely melancholic sound.
The video will be uploaded soon but, until then, you can take a peek at the photographs here.
Filed under: Photography | Tags: Elena Kalis, Flickr, Photography, underwater
Dreamy underwater photography by Elena Kalis
MadeThought have created this beautiful packaging for a new range of high-end products by the Chinese tea house and restaurant Yauatcha. I love the hints of colour and pattern that tease the eye and the subtle designs are the perfect balance to the indulgent materials used.
Sometimes you come across an artist who is so talented you can’t help but want to share their art with the rest of the world (or at least a captive blog audience). Alyssa Monks is one of those artists. Her talent for painting the human form is incredible but it’s her ability to capture the exposed emotions of her models that makes her work so fascinating.
I am smitten with Fréya’s illustrations. Perhaps I will buy and frame some of her prints to serve as little reminders of thoughts I would like to live by.
