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Minimalist Guinness Poster by Danilo Boer

Minimalist Guinness Poster by Danilo Boer posters and prints minimal illustration guinness beer

Though I’m not a Guinness drinker I really like this clever exclamation point poster by Danilo Boer. Is this for sale somewhere? (via designspiration)

American Ninja

American Ninja sculpture martial arts beer

These cement filled beer can nun-chucks (bud chucks, if you will) are a collaboration between Brooklyn based industrial designer Chen Chen and Kai Tsien Williams. See also their cold cut coasters made from industrial materials to look like thick juicy slabs of meat. (via today and tomorrow)

By Christopher on May 19, 2011 • beer martial arts sculpture

The Recovery of Discovery by Cyprien Gaillard: A 72,000 bottle pyramid of beer

Behold the latest installation by French artist Cyprien Gaillard who constructed this 72,000 bottle pyramid of beer in cardboard boxes (a beeramid, if you will) at KW Berlin. After signing a waiver participants are free to climb, open, and consume as many bottles of “Efes” beer as they desire, making this, in my eyes, the pinnacle of modern art as we know it. Though in all seriousness the pyramid is meant to act as a monument and its consumption is intended to illustrate the hyper-destruction of architectural relics that are often relocated to Berlin:

By using the monument – by climbing the sculpture and drinking the beer – its destruction is already initiated. The barbaric removal of single architectural elements that have been transported from their original location to Berlin, embodies both the concept of displacement and a tourist colonialism.

Gaillard’s pyramid will be gradually consumed through May 22. Art Observed notes:

The pyramid is now dilapidated, though one can still make out its general form. The corridor leading to the piece is lined with empty beer bottles, while the floor surrounding the former monument is covered with broken glass and half-smashed beer bottles.

(via we find wildness, art observed)

By Christopher on May 14, 2011 • alcohol beer installation performance art

An infographic diet: tea, beer, and cupcakes

An infographic diet: tea, beer, and cupcakes tea posters and prints infographics food beer

Ran into all of these today and it seemed like they should go together. First, the Taxonomy of Teas by Wendy Chan, next the 14 Surprising Facts About Beer (a $25 print) by Belancio, and lastly the Anatomy of a Cupcake (a print for $50). (hat tips to pratt, fastco, and designspiration)

By Christopher on March 16, 2011 • beer food infographics posters and prints tea

Peter Cuba’s beer labels

Peter Cubas beer labels sculpture packaging beer

Artwork by Chicago artist Peter Cuba who … puts Budweiser labels on things. (via quipsologies)

By Christopher on January 13, 2011 • beer packaging sculpture

Mille Plateaux ginger beer by Dirty Minds Wine Co.

I’m not a fan of ginger beer, but you’d have difficulty preventing me from purchasing a case of Mille Plateaux for the packaging alone. Design and illustration by Monique Kneepkens. (via dieline)

By Christopher on December 3, 2010 • beer illustration packaging typography

Please Read Responsibly: A 12-Part Detective Series Printed On Beer Labels

Please Read Responsibly: A 12 Part Detective Series Printed On Beer Labels writing packaging mystery food detective beer alcohol

Massachusetts microbrewery Just Beer has released a limited edition case of IPA with a 12-chapter detective melodrama printed on the labels.

“The Case of the IPA” is a hard-boiled detective farce printed chapter by chapter on 12 bottles of a newly released India Pale Ale. Each 22 ounce bottle not only has 22 ounces of brilliantly deduced IPA, but also 1 of the 12 chapters of the story. Each case has 12 bottles, which makes for the entire tale told in a case. And so, the Case of the IPA is indeed a case of the IPA.

Brewed by Harry Smith, written by Paul Goodchild.

By Christopher on December 1, 2010 • alcohol beer detective food mystery packaging writing

Minimalist bottle openers

After discovering Brendan Ravenhill’s excellent wood and nail bottle opener, I started thinking about how I’ve always appreciated the simplistic bottle opener over anything more ornamental or complex. Searching around online I realized that bottle openers are much like watches, in that there are literally thousands of designs that accomplish the exact same task. Here are some of the best I found.

Minimalist bottle openers wine utilitarian home beer

The marli bottle opener from Alessi, designed by Steven Blaess. Admittedly this is the opener we’ve been using here at headquarters since 2008 and I love its ergonomic steely goodness.

Minimalist bottle openers wine utilitarian home beer