Wednesday, January 27, 2010

The Kraken


I know that this has been around for a while now - but when I was at the liquor store the other day, I actually saw this bottle and my love for the kitschy, stylized and beautifully-designed packaging just came back - so I wanted to share.

I'd been looking for a good sea monster for a while - I always joke that if I were to get tattoos, they would all be nautical themed (ships, mermaids and sea creatures) and I've always been fond of my dover clip art books and taschen images. When I saw The Kraken, designed by Stranger&Stranger in the UK, I just knew that it would be love:




via NotCot and theDieline

1 comment:

Richard Laurence Baron said...

Oh! Just driving along (JDA) and noted your blog, Rachel. And this post about Kraken. Quite excellent. Thanks for posting about it. Ta...