Hennessy Art (KAWS & Futura)

   Today we're gonna be looking at two bottles of art done by two very renowned artists, KAWS and Futura. Normally I'm not a big drinker but when a collectable piece of art like this comes out, I had to get it! It's nice just to have both bottles side by side to see how each artist took on the design and applied their styles to a Hennessy bottle. Each of these bottles are limited edition. The KAWS one came out last year so it might be harder to find now but grab your Futura one today while you still can!

Futura

 KAWS

The colors used on each bottle was beautifully printed and portrayed, each reflecting that specific artist's style. Each artist also incorporated small parts of Hennessy design into their piece, such as the gold foil leaves.

This is my favorite part of the bottle, the artist's logo where the Hennessy Seal was.

Futura is limited to only 200,000 bottles.

KAWS is limited to 420,000 bottles.

Each of these bottles are numbered on the back showing you which number you own out of how many was made, along with a special quote from the artist. 

Can't wait to see who Hennessy is going to collaborate with next. I need more bottles for my collection. 

- LS

2013 - New Year, New Goals!

HAPPY NEW YEARS everyone! Thank you to all of our friends and family for supporting us, without you guys we wouldn't be pursuing our dreams today. We would just like to take this moment and turn the page on 2012 and bring in 2013, and share with you guys our goals and resolutions as well as what to expect from us for the upcoming year.

Lifted Surface's 2013 Goals

1. First T-shirt printed
2. First series of clothing line
3. Create unique packaging for clothing line
4. Product + shopping cart page on website
5. First interior project finished
6. 1500 likes on FaceBook
7. Have a monthly promotion/contests for our supporters
8. Three reputable collaborations
9. Iphone 5 case design
10. Get our own studio/office space
11. Set up a Youtube channel
12. Get stickers printed
13. Design and print our sample book/portfolio
14. Devise our standard operation procedures (SOP)
15. Release a blog weekly
16. Get 1000 followers Instagram

Simon's 2013 Resolutions: "Save $10,000, meet more intelligent people and designers, enrich myself with experiences that I may get from LS and also as always improve my english and learn more vocabularies."

Long's 2013 Resolutions: "To get back in the gym (typical I know), take at least one (good) photo a week, draw more, read more books, travel out of the country, learn the art of calligraphy, and take a kickboxing or martial arts class."

Some of these are already in development and some of them we haven't even thought about but it's still things that we hope to accomplish by 2013. Early projects that you can expect to see from January is the release of our first T-shirt (be sure to get yours!), and the completion of our first interior project, both of which we can't wait to share with you guys!

We hope you guys have a great 2013 and we appreciate all you guys for your support! Continue and follow us for updates on our projects and see how develop Lifted Surface this year.

- LS

"From the Page, to the Screen"

   The idea behind our avatars is that we wanted a way to comically connect with our audience and users, what better way then: "Here's what we would look like if we were in a comic." We also wanted a way to variate and include the people we work with. So in the future keep your eyes peeled out for clients being converted to an LS avatar. Not only that does it help us build a better connection with our clients but it also leaves them with something to remember us by.

- LS

Yellow Rose

   In our quest for success, we've been reaching out to a lot of our friends who are running local businesses and asking them for their advice. Today we got the chance to visit Yellow Rose and got their insight and knowledge on business. Aside from that store design caught our attention as well. If you're into the whole vintage thing you should go and check it out. The whole store was designed and made by the owners, no contractors or anyone was hired to do it, and everything that was used for the store (props and such) was handmade from things they had laying around or had found from garage sales and such. They have a wide selection of clothes and cool trinkets, visit them at:

104 El Camino Real

San Carlos, CA 94070

(650) 576-7680

Cozy store set up, and the owner is super nice!

Cool lamp!

 

- Until next time! LS

Animals on the loose in SF!

Every day at work I always pass this light post. It's a creative advertisement by the SF Zoo that implements design into our daily surroundings. Makes me want to go to the zoo...

If you guys are in the city and spot these animals, feel free to share it with us!

- LS

First Interior Project

We just got the opportunity to work on our first interior project! We're not going to tell you guys who or what it is yet but we will tell you that it is a studio. We're super excited about this project, and we can't wait to share it with you guys! (For those that do know what we're working on, keep it on the DL.)

- LS

Welcome to our blog!

Welcome to our blog! Here you can follow us on our current projects and adventures. Please be patient with us as we are still trying to figure out a appropriate format and process on how to run this blog. Some things you can expect form our blogs are: insights on design, our design process for current projects, and good old fashion adventures. Stay Tuned!

   - LS