Futura Very Special cognac

France's Hennessy, the world-leading cognac house, has extended its artist collaboration series with graffiti great, Futura 2000, who I interviewed last year.

Today, to celebrate the release of the limited-edition Futura x Hennessy V.S. bottle, Futura came to Los Angeles's Melrose Avenue. The venue for the "bottle-signing" was a high-end liquor store, not the Melrose Avenue graffiti alleys.

"Futura and Hennessy share a passion about the meeting of art and function. Hennessey has teamed up with the legendary Futura 2000 to collaborate on a very limited run of Very Special Cognac utilizing his signature atoms and abstractions. 

To create his limited edition bottle, Futura drew inspiration from Cognac's warm color palette, incorporating abstractions of his signature atomic motif and adapting his eye-catching use of line and shape to a new experience." Hennessy

Hennessy x Futura x Converse Chuck Allstar

Hennessy V.S. Futura limited-edition

For cognac officionados, Hennessy's Very Special cognac is one of its most popular. As the youngest cognac of the range, Hennessy V.S. is also it's budget range...you got to start somewhere. ;)

Collectibles  Wikipedia gives us a list of the Hennessy collectibles to add to your sneaker collection! ;)

• Hennessy VS "No 1" 2009 Artists Kesh and David Burrows
• Hennessy VS "44" 2009 Honor of 44th president
• Hennessy VS "NUL" 2010 National Urban League
• Hennessy VS "BOA" 2010 Blending of Art (5 different bottles with 2 designers per)
• Hennessy VS "KAWS" 2011 New York graffiti artist KAWS design
• Hennessy Fine De Cognac and Tea 2011 Tea House Maison de Thé Théodor
• Hennessy VSOP Helios 2011 Gold Bottle (Named after Greek god of sun)
• Hennessy VSOP "NyX" 2011 Platinum bottle (label glows under black light)
• Hennessy XO Odyssey 2007-2011 Released every year since 07 (2011 bottle sits on rock formation)
• Hennessy Kenzo year Fashion designer Kenzo (subsidiary of LVMH)
• Hennessy Red Book 2011 Levandovka filling