Comments on: a bottle of stormhoek

By: Martin

Martin — Wed, 12 Apr 2006 02:33:50 +0000

So you’re saying Anthony Lane is now officially redundant?

By: Mark H

Mark H — Tue, 11 Apr 2006 23:58:47 +0000

Ever heard of Jones Soda? http://www.bradthegame.com/jones/labelfaq.html#1 (Sorry to be the one saying 'Nothing new under the sun;' but I'd say it strongly validates your plan.) Link is to a fan site, BTW; not the company. As far as I can tell. Incidentally, I've been thinking about linking to some of your cartoons in a journal that I half-assedly maintain on a 'social' site (VERY few page views.) Because I keep finding myself telling friends about them. But, that site doesn't store pics on site, so I'd either need to link directly to your images, or upload them on some other image site. Where would those issues fall in your creative license? Would you allow either of those to happen?

By: hugh

hugh — Tue, 11 Apr 2006 19:04:36 +0000

I like your way of putting it, Balaji. Thanks =)

By: Balaji Sowmyanarayanan

Balaji Sowmyanarayanan — Tue, 11 Apr 2006 18:04:53 +0000

Slowly the de-comodification is unfolding.
Here the interesting thing happenning is creativity(Hugh’s Cartoons) is commoditized( by way of making it widely available, making it free etc) to help a commodity(wine) to be de-commoditized.
This is like readjusting your home and work location such that you are in the opposite side of the general commute direction.
Rock on pal!

By: Alan

Alan — Tue, 11 Apr 2006 16:55:33 +0000

Great to hear that the Bottle Innovation Project is coming to fruition. The current design, while ok, is very easy to miss. I’ve spent quite a while staring at shelves of wine looking for the Stormhoek and almost missing it entirely.
Looking forward to seeing the result and hoping it’ll be easier to find on a self!

By: Christopher Carfi

Christopher Carfi — Tue, 11 Apr 2006 10:56:13 +0000

i'm sure you've seen the bonny doon artist labels, but just in case: http://www.bonnydoonvineyard.com/dooniversity/content/artists in particular, the one ralph steadman did for "cardinal zin" is h.s.thompson-worthy...