7:10 pm - 05/07/2012
Shepard Fairey has made his mark on an unexpected spot -- Drew Barrymore's Pinot Grigio. The street artist and actress teamed up to create a label for her eponymous variety that was released last month.
The label features Barrymore's family crest and was designed by Fairey's Los Angeles-based creative firm Studio Number One, which counts Disney, Google and Comedy Central among its clientele.
The $20 bottle of wine distributed by Wilson Daniels is made from grapes grown in Italy's northeast area of Triveneto. The Pinot appears to be a hit with oenophiles and recently picked up a gold medal in the prestigious French Le Challenge International du Vin.
Taste aside, however, the Twittersphere hasn't been kind to the design, with critics tweeting that the logo was "blah" (lol) and would go unnoticed without the stars' names attached.
The wine design is another addition to Fairey's recent artistic Hollywood-related endeavors. The Los Angeles artist is working with Ron Howard and Brian Grazer's Imagine Entertainment to adapt George Orwell’s dystopian classic “1984” for the big screen. Fairey could earn a producer credit once the deal is done.
He also got animated on "The Simpsons," playing a graffiti artist/police informant in an episode called "Exit Through the Kwik-E Mart," a nod to the 2010 Oscar-nominated documentary "Exit Through the Gift Shop."
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Interesting. Oh and by the way...she's like one of those people I never expected to have a child so it was kinda a surprise. Congrats to her though and I wish her the best.
Shepard Fairey, Drew Barrymore team up for wine design
Shepard Fairey has made his mark on an unexpected spot -- Drew Barrymore's Pinot Grigio. The street artist and actress teamed up to create a label for her eponymous variety that was released last month.
The label features Barrymore's family crest and was designed by Fairey's Los Angeles-based creative firm Studio Number One, which counts Disney, Google and Comedy Central among its clientele.
The $20 bottle of wine distributed by Wilson Daniels is made from grapes grown in Italy's northeast area of Triveneto. The Pinot appears to be a hit with oenophiles and recently picked up a gold medal in the prestigious French Le Challenge International du Vin.
Taste aside, however, the Twittersphere hasn't been kind to the design, with critics tweeting that the logo was "blah" (lol) and would go unnoticed without the stars' names attached.
The wine design is another addition to Fairey's recent artistic Hollywood-related endeavors. The Los Angeles artist is working with Ron Howard and Brian Grazer's Imagine Entertainment to adapt George Orwell’s dystopian classic “1984” for the big screen. Fairey could earn a producer credit once the deal is done.
He also got animated on "The Simpsons," playing a graffiti artist/police informant in an episode called "Exit Through the Kwik-E Mart," a nod to the 2010 Oscar-nominated documentary "Exit Through the Gift Shop."
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Interesting. Oh and by the way...she's like one of those people I never expected to have a child so it was kinda a surprise. Congrats to her though and I wish her the best.
mostly because I really love the idea of the ~Barrymore dynasty continuing tbh
please d'fwink responsibly
For reds, I second other people's comments about pinot noir and shiraz. Other options include syrah, petit syrah (I have had the flavor difference between those explained to me like five times and I still can't remember), and malbec. Do not start with California cabernet sauvignons -- they feel like a punch to the face. European cabernet sauvignons are usually gentler, but I have yet to figure out how to tell from the region.
Um, I swear I don't know wine very much. I just drink a lot and try to remember what I liked. Hope this helps! If you are truly interested, stop by a local-owned wine shop during a weekend afternoon and see if they are doing tastings. People are really getting over wine snobbery, which I think is great news.
Maybe I'll make a trip up to Napa or Sonoma one of these days since I don't live too far away
And thus far, I've had an 85% success rate in how much I liked them.
So this probably means I have little to no class.
if he'd won that court case, it would have set a dangerous precedent for the copying of art without having to give credit where credit is due.
and to add insult to injury, he's threatened to sue other people for using his work in the same way he used mannie garcia's.