A Little Taste of Lilac Wine
Dr. Martens is celebrating their 50th anniversary, and Blind was invited to join the party. Dr. Martens asked 10 artists to record their version of a cult classic track that represents the spirit of the people who’ve worn DM’s over the past 50 years. One of the songs selected was Cinematic Orchestra’s rendition of the classic, “Lilac Wine,” made popular in the early 90s by Jeff Buckley. Blind was asked to direct the video, which would not include talent, but was given no other creative parameters.
Inspired by Spencerian Calligraphy, Vanessa directed a piece of moving visual poetry comprised of delicate lines. The lines extend and intertwine to form a variety of unique landscapes,populated by various incarnations of the lost lover of the song, including a bird, a fish, a butterfly and a horse.
Come and taste the wine. Also, check out the AIGA article.







this is awesome work!
un-believe-able!!!!…..It is such an unbelievable!…. I am always a big fan of Blind’s works especially Vanessa Marzaroli. I am so admind you. A mother of two children. You still pull all ever you got and surprising the world everytime by your works. Your works are so inspiring me to get go on to do design to be better. Amazing!!!
really beautiful video and im a big fan of your work but i just dont see how this has anything to do with dr. martens i know it was an open brief with full creative freedom i just dont see it celebrating the brand
I love it! It is amazing.
Amazing – I wonder how you did it because I don
I can say love it is there anyway for you please to make a tutorial pleaseeeeeeeeeeee.
projects like this are more about celebrating the song and the artist and less about dr. martens. it’s not meant to be a commercial or branding piece for the company. you have to give props to companies that are willing to be pay for something where there is no direct benefit to them. i think that idea is reflective of the brand.
This is absolutely Fantastic. It seams impossible to make a piece like this one. I would watch it over and over!
Breathtaking…
this is really beautiful.
I wonder how many of you worked on this?
and will you guy out up some sort of tutorial.
Very beautiful work.
wow!!
Great !
Amazing! That’s really good work!
This is an outstanding work! I have no adjectives to express how beautiful it is! Thank you so much for sharing this. Congratulations!
Great!!!!!!
Thanks for all your kind words. It was a lot of tedious work and detail with great team effort.
This is incredible, this is why I am going to college to specialize in motion media! I got chills at the end!
beautiful work
Amazing work!
Love it
Thanks everybody for your support.
David, go to college, work hard and be passionate.
Good luck!
Simply Awesome!
I’m Speechless!
Absolutely awesome work!!! Did you work with a calligrapher for the flourishing and the writing?
Incredible piece! I, too, am interested in the calligraphic work since that’s what I do for a living. Did you work with someone from the calligraphic community? Would love to see them get credit.
Awesome work…jst luv it… Keep rockin :)
To Harverst and Betina, yes I did work with a calligrapher. His name is Bill Kemp. He did a great job for us providing typography for the beginning and end of the piece. All the other illustrations were designed by our designers. You can see list of credit on right hand side of this page. Thanks for all the feedback.
Again, beautiful work. One of the most sophisticated and inspiring animated works I have seen.
great work!!
visual dream experience
well done,
or better,
wonderfully done
Will any of the artwork be available in prints? It’s really beautiful.
Hi Janie,
As of right now, no. If something changes I’ll let you know.
Thanks for your support.
This is a great work, love the illustrations and composition in a nice result!
Maravilhoso! Fiz um post no meu blog sobre o v
just want to comment love the website page