Street Artists Dominating Limited-Edition Liquor Bottles

Kristin Appenbrink
Kristin Appenbrink
Kristin is the co-founder of Part Time Vegan and Silent Book Club. As a former editor at Real Simple, she is compulsively organized and loves solving people's problems. She has a weakness for desserts, especially ice cream.
updated May 1, 2019
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Gone are the days when you would see big-name artists — like Warhol, Harring, and Chagall — collaborating with liquor companies to produce limited-edition bottles. The newest trend in artist bottles takes a page from the streetwear playbook and looks to a set of unknowns.

Punch investigated the new trend of companies, like 1800 Tequila and Hennessy, tapping little-known artists to design limited-edition bottles.

What’s most notable to us is that these limited-edition bottles are no longer filled with the absolute top-tier liquor they once were. Instead, many brands are choosing to keep the price down and appeal to a wider audience.

Read the full article on Punch, and let us know what you think.

→ Read more: Strange Bedfellows: The New Mashup of Big Booze and Street Art from Punch

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