Hidden Messages in Label Designs

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  1. josmickam

    josmickam Initiate (0) Apr 19, 2013 Georgia

    I studied graphic design for a couple years before switching to printmaking, but I still love nerding out about label designs. I flipped out last year when I got a bottle of Stone's 17th Anniversary Götterdämmerung and noticed it had a hidden message. Sort of. It's pretty blatant but it could easily go unnoticed. [Little late on the post, I know]

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    ST(one) / ONE(seven), separated by the gargoyle's arm.

    Have you any of you noticed any clever label designs like this?
     
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  2. mlhyatt

    mlhyatt Initiate (0) Jul 27, 2013 Georgia

    I might be slow or just stupid when it comes to this but... why is this clever?
     
  3. Knobs303

    Knobs303 Initiate (0) Nov 8, 2013 Colorado

    I'm not HIGH enough for this thread. Good Luck...
     
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  4. jRocco2021

    jRocco2021 Savant (1,083) Mar 13, 2010 Wisconsin

    Split up the letters ST with the number one under it is ST-one or Stone. ONE with the number seven under is 17. Its redundant but clever.
     
  5. mlhyatt

    mlhyatt Initiate (0) Jul 27, 2013 Georgia

    Ah, I see it now. Thanks!
     
  6. evilcatfish

    evilcatfish Pooh-Bah (2,116) May 11, 2012 Missouri
    Pooh-Bah Trader

    Is this like the hidden messages in Ozzy Osbourne songs about suicide?
     
  7. mpayne5

    mpayne5 Initiate (0) Aug 18, 2011 Indiana

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    On the computer screen it says "Eye. M. A. Pness"
     
  8. themind

    themind Initiate (0) Mar 14, 2011 New Jersey

    Actually that was very clever on the Stone bottle, nice find.
     
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  9. markdrinksbeer

    markdrinksbeer Initiate (0) Nov 14, 2013 Massachusetts

    I believe stone has done this with each anniversary release, at least since the 11th anniversary.
     
  10. spicoli00

    spicoli00 Pooh-Bah (2,305) Jul 6, 2005 Indiana
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    On the Lagunitas Lucky 13 label you might notice the "EXAYEAYEAYE" at the top. Which if you read it out loud is the phonetic for X, I, I, I or XIII the roman numeral 13.
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    i hope someone notices a label that turns into a treasure map when you fold it in half.
     
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  11. spicoli00

    spicoli00 Pooh-Bah (2,305) Jul 6, 2005 Indiana
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    "1675" is Pipeworks' address on Western.
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  12. JMS1512

    JMS1512 Initiate (0) Feb 18, 2013 New Jersey

    Yes, and will lead to untold riches... whalez buried in the earth somewhere in a Belgian forest.
     
  13. josmickam

    josmickam Initiate (0) Apr 19, 2013 Georgia

    I just looked back, and they have! That's wild.
     
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