We’ve always loved Phillippe Starck’s approach to design, and the unconventional forms that his work creates.
Mortlach, a single malt Scotch whisky, employed the famous designer to enhance their liquor bottles. They named him Creative Director for the brand, and just recently released
Using a sophisticated 3D printed metal form, Starck took the existing squared-off bottle, and wrapped it in a complex, organic form that feels fully new and unexpected. It’s a big dichotomy, the traditional glass form paired with the organic metal ‘frame’.
The sinewy form of the metal creates a cage, both metaphorically and physically, to protect the whisky inside. Created in a number of metal finishes, the forms are inspired by the gyrus, the circumvolution of the brain.
This special edition Mortlach X Starck whisky is available from fine liquor distributors.
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“The form of the cage comes from the gyrus, the circumvolution of the brain. It is human intelligence creating human intelligence, to reveal the subconscious of the whisky”
-Phillippe Starck
