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Stanley Family Reserve

A fun little "side project" we recently designed for Paul Stanley of KISS: His friend in Uruguay, who is the owner of the Yellow Rose Vinyards in Punta del Este produced a limited run of Pinot Noir wine for Paul’s personal Stanley Family Reserve for which we designed the label featuring one of Paul's paintings. It was packaged in a beautiful 3-bottle box and gifted to his friends.

    VAN HALEN

    Projects

    VAN HALEN | A Visual History 1978-1984
    EDDIE VAN HALEN

    Client

    Chronicle Books

    Category
    Book Design
    About This Project

    By a funny twist of fate, we were able to put our existing manuscript for this book in front of an editor at Chronicle Books. Luckily the publisher was very excited to take on this project and realized its potential. We spent many weeks at Neil Zlozower’s Hollywood studio to edit and scan photos. A really intense but exciting process. As we were hoping, the VH book was a smash hit.

     

    A few years later we also designed the Eddie Van Halen book, which holds a very special place in our hearts. It was great to go back to Zloz’s archive and dug even deeper to unearth rare and unseen photos. Just like with the VH book, we contacted the who-is-who of guitar players to contribute their personal EVH stories. Once the book was printed, we were able to stop by 5150 Studio and hand deliver a copy to Ed. He looked through the book, smiled, got up and hugged us, and said “thank you.” This is a moment in t42design history that we cherish very much.