Andrew Parks is a Minneapolis-based writer and editor who covers topics ranging from food, drink, dining, and travel to arts and culture. "Highland was ready for a big change," explains the creative ...

El Greco, the great painter and architect of the Spanish Renaissance, was gazing at the night sky when he declared, "Art is everywhere you look for it." And, indeed, it is right there in the tranquil ...

Behind the frosted glass at your local bottle store stands an unorthodox display of modern art. You’ve slugged back its muse for years, popped its logoed caps to get at what’s considered the star of ...

The craft beer boom has beer makers, local and abroad, spewing out artsy booze labels. The stickers range from cryptically coded to simply stated to everything in between. Whether they are designed ...

At its best, a craft beer name sets expectations. It hints at flavor, mood, or occasion. When the beer delivers on that ...

Most of the things you see on a beer label are pretty easy to figure out: The brand name, the company logo, the style of beer, perhaps the alcohol content, and the name of the beer itself. (OK, that's ...

In the war for your beer money, craft breweries have learned to leverage what some are calling an unfair advantage over the big industrial brewers -- the label on the bottles. Beer and breweries are, ...

With the craft beer market shows no signs of slowing down and shelf space at a premium across nearly every aisle, there's no denying how important graphic design is these days. Compelling packaging is ...

Ohio's first brewpub has been around for nearly 30 years—long enough for Great Lakes Brewing Co. to build a considerable following that likes the way it looks. Keeping that under consideration while ...