
This week, PaperSpecsGallery.com presents the Girl And Dragon Label. Cult Partners takes us on a Game of Thrones adventure in Gothic-luxe style with this wistful wine label. The stock choice, palette and illustrations, make the tale of this bottle irresistible.
Click on the YouTube video below to watch the video:
Flexo printed in four-color, the first thing that catches my eye is the romantic illustration of the girl—flowing hair, ropes of pearls, garlands of flowers. We’ve now entered an enchanted world where dragons fly overhead.
That dragon is subtly rendered on the background of the Fasson semi-gloss label with clear gloss foil. The smooth feel of the base label against the slightly different texture and shine of the foil adds dimension and drama. A scalloped border done with gold foil is set on an angle around the girl giving the impression that she’s standing at a window.
Does the dragon guard her or menace her? I think you’ll need to discover that over a glass of wine.

Sabine Lenz is the founder of PaperSpecs.com, the first online paper database and community specifically designed for paper specifiers.
Growing up in Germany, Sabine started her design career in Frankfurt, before moving to Australia and then the United States. She has worked on design projects ranging from corporate identities to major road shows and product launches. From start-ups to Fortune 500 companies, her list of clients included Oracle, Sun Microsystems, Deutsche Bank, IBM and KPMG.
Seeing designers struggle worldwide to stay current with new papers and paper trends inspired Sabine to create PaperSpecs, an independent and comprehensive Web-based paper database and weekly e-newsletter. She is also a speaker on paper issues and the paper industry. Some refer to her lovingly as the "paper queen" who combines her passion for this wonderful substrate called paper with a hands-on approach to sharing her knowledge.