Heritage Whiskey is a branding project by Katelyn Peissig, a Graphic Design major at the University 0f Wisconsin-Stout. I love the look of the this bottle and would surely buy it if it we’re on the shelf.
Like the previously featured Proper BBQ and Cavalier Essentials, it goes to show the quality of work coming from students…Which begs the question, why is there so much bad packaging out there!?
As most of you probably already know, the word “Pub” (as in bar), comes from the term Public House. In short, public houses we’re 19th century drinking establishments and restaurants, most of which also offered a small amount lodging upstairs for travelers (a beer and a bed…pretty much all a guy needs.)
With the opening of Longman & Eagle in Chicago, The Grazing Goat in London and Honor & Folly in Detroit, this concept has been experiencing a bit of a renaissance lately…with modern updates, of course.
The Grazing Goat (London)
Longman & Eagle (Chicago)
Honor & Folly (Detroit)
* While Honor & Folly does not operate it’s own bar, it is located above The Sugar House, a craft cocktail bar.
Mixing good cocktails is essential for any party, but it can also be a huge hassle. Not to mention it takes you away from the real reason for the party…talking to your guests. If you want to mix up something quick that has a little more style than a rum and Coke, check out these two-ingredient cocktail recipes from Esquire.
Monocle launched their 24 hour radio program earlier today. Reporting on current affairs, business, culture and music, Monocle 24 aims to bring that very “Monocle” vibe to the airwaves around the clock. After reading the current issue of Monocle, which focuses on the world of media, I can gather that a Monocle television cable network is not far behind.
I’ll usually throw on some Detroit sports radio if I have down-time at the office, but I’ll certainly now have to tune in to M24 to feed my more cultural side from time to time.
WSJ Magazine recently featured a story titled, “Death of a Playboy”, in which they report on a time when globe-trotting men with a certain swagger and privilege didn’t feel the need to advertise their status to everyone around them. the whole piece is worth a read, however the following excerpt sums it up pretty nicely:
Perhaps the phoniest version of the jet-setting “good life” appears in Sean “Diddy” Combs’s TV ads for his Sean John I Am King cologne. Diddy rides a jet-ski in a full tux, arrives at a helipad armed with body-suited supermodels Bar Refaeli and Ana Paula Araújo at his side, and strides through the Mediterranean in full black tie. If he saw it, Gunter Sachs, the impeccably dressed, tousled-haired heir to Germany’s Opel automobile dynasty, might shoot himself all over again. In his day, a playboy didn’t shout he was a “playah”—he just . . . was. What the deuce did he care if anyone else knew it?
The second installment of Monocle Mediterraneo, the Media brands large-format summer newspaper, is set to hit newsstands on July 28th. With a report from Pitti Uomo, as well as the usual briefings on food, culture, retail and design, Mediterraneo is sure to please the cultural senses.
Check out the preview video, here.
Apparently I’m about a year late to the party, but I tried Kelvin Natural Slush Co. yesterday for the first time, and really enjoyed it. Founded by laid-off lawyer, Alex Rein, Kelvin (named after the Kelvin temperature scale) is a more adult, more natural, more delicious version of a 7-11 Slurpee that does business from their New York City based truck. I was very pleased with my citrus and mixed berry slush, but I was even more impressed with the clean brand identity created by Aaron Harowitz.
So I’ve decided to expand the Dapper Dude brand to new categories by rolling out my own signature Bourbon…
Not one word of that is true.
I actually came across this student work cruising around Lovely Package today.
Like the design…love the name.
Who knows, some day I might launch a Bourbon and I’ll certainly need a “Dapper” label.
Buttermilk Channel 524 Court St. Brooklyn, NY (0ne block from Smith St.)
I’m going out on a limb by posting about things I haven’t tried first hand…but here it goes. I went out to a barbecue at a friends place in the Carroll Gardens neighborhood of Brooklyn this past weekend. The subways wasn’t running correctly (surprise, surprise) so we got off a few stops early and walked Smith St. in it’s entirety. I was pleasantly surprised by the great shops and restaurants that we passed along the way (had trouble finding a liquor store though..that was an issue). As mentioned above, I haven’t been to most of these places, but you better believe I’ll be paying them a visit soon. (Buttermilk Channel for brunch and a stop by Smith & Butler this weekend most likely).
Van Leeuwen Ice Cream 81 Bergen St. Brooklyn, NY (just off Smith St.)
Smith & Butler 225 Smith St. Brooklyn, NY
The Grocery 288 Smith St. Brooklyn, NY
Image: Adam Rapoport, Bon Appétit (pulled from The Observer)
Adam Rapoport, EIC at Bon Appétit and former Style Editor at GQ, is one of the inspirations for this site…just a regular dude who knows a shit ton about style, food, design…
WWD posted a great story today about Rapoport and other young male editors, including Hugo Lindgren of the New York Times magazine, who are rising to the top of the magazine world and gaining a bit of rebel status along the way. These guys don’t fit your stereotypical Editor-In-Chief mold…they’re just dudes…very dapper dudes.
On Monday, NBC announced it’s plans for a stylish 1960s drama, The Playboy Club, due out this Fall. Hard to tell if this is just NBC trying to bank on the success of Mad Men or if this show will actually have some legs to it (not just the kind in a bunny costume).
Check out the trailer above.
