Pritzker Prize-winning architect Frank Gehry has created a limited-edition bottle for the 150th anniversary of drinks brand Hennessy's X.O cognac, which he hopes is unlike "anything people have seen before".
The handcrafted cover, which encases the distinctive shape of the Hennessy X.O bottle, was forged from 24-carat gold-dipped bronze to evoke feelings of drinking cognac and the process by which it is made.
Top: Gold bottle for Hennessy XO's 150th anniversary. Above: Frank Gehry with the bottle
"I wanted to personify the hand-made quality of Hennessy X.O with a hand-made bottle ? one that feels good to hold, catches the light beautifully, and one that expresses the hand of the artisans who helped make the cognac," Gehry told Dezeen. "If you look at the Greek sculptures like the Charioteer in Delphi or the prize fighter, they are able to transmit feelings through thousands of years with inert materials," he continued.
"That was in my mind when we were doing this bottle. I wanted to make something that transmits feeling."
The bottle was hand-made from 24-carat gold-dipped bronze
For the bottle's crinkled shape, Gehry looked to the water in the Charente River, which runs alongside the Hennessy distillery in the town of Cognac, west France.
He wanted the form to recall the light reflecting in the river, the craftsmanship that goes into creating the cognac and the drink's history.
Gehry designing the bottle
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