created by
Landor Associates
Smithsonian record ties the object/design work to Landor Associates.
Material-culture artifact · bottle
Hamm’s Beer Bottle — Landor-associated package object
Smithsonian beer-bottle object dated broadly 1945–1979 and associated with Landor Associates/Walter Landor as designers.
Artifact facts
What this record represents
- Artifact kind
- bottle
- Identity class
- package or container object
- Date
- 1945–1979
- Creators
- Walter Landor · Landor Associates
- Brand/brewery context
- None asserted for this identity.
- Place context
- None asserted for this identity.
- Package format
- Crown-capped glass beer bottle
- Glassware form
- None asserted for this identity.
- Design context
- Landor beer package identity programs
- Marks referenced
- None asserted for this identity.
Rights ledger
Citation/reference only by default
- Recorded uses
- reference · derived facts
- Constraints
- copyright · trademark · trade dress · museum archive terms · photography or scan rights
- Trademark reference
- descriptive reference only
- Review
- Item/use-specific review required
Metadata/reference use only by default. Reproduction of artwork, marks, photographs, scans, or trade dress requires item/use-specific rights review.
Material record
Physical/material notes
- glass
- paper label
Knowledge graph
Documented relationships
Design context, creators, brands, places, formats, marks, and media remain separate nodes.
created by
Walter Landor
Smithsonian object record attributes designer relationship to Walter Landor.
documented by
Smithsonian digital reproduction — Hamm’s Beer Bottle
Documentary media is a separate node with its own rights state.
embodied on
Crown-capped glass beer bottle
Specific artifact/package design is linked to a generic format without collapsing the identities.
uses design context
Landor beer package identity programs
Artifact participates in a sourced BEU design/material-culture context; the context is not itself an artifact.
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packaging format
Crown-capped glass beer bottle
Crown-capped glass beer bottle as a generic material/package identity.
Navigation heuristic: 39. semantic 16 + evidence 4 + verification 8 + confidence 5 + cross-type 3 + route 3 + extra-relations 0
embodied_on · forward
Hamm’s Beer Bottle — Landor-associated package object — embodied on → Crown-capped glass beer bottle.
Specific design/material-culture artifact is embodied on or instantiated through a generic package or glassware format; the artifact and format remain separate identities. Specific artifact/package design is linked to a generic format without collapsing the identities.
Evidence: Hamm’s Beer Bottle
organization
Landor Associates
Design-firm identity used for sourced mid-century beer packaging and identity work represented in the Smithsonian collection.
Navigation heuristic: 39. semantic 16 + evidence 4 + verification 8 + confidence 5 + cross-type 3 + route 3 + extra-relations 0
created_by · forward
Hamm’s Beer Bottle — Landor-associated package object — created by → Landor Associates.
Artifact/template was created by target. Smithsonian record ties the object/design work to Landor Associates.
Evidence: Hamm’s Beer Bottle
design context
Landor beer package identity programs
Mid-20th-century package/brand identity work evidenced by Smithsonian beer bottle and prototype objects attributed to Walter Landor / Landor Associates.
Navigation heuristic: 39. semantic 16 + evidence 4 + verification 8 + confidence 5 + cross-type 3 + route 3 + extra-relations 0
uses_design_context · forward
Hamm’s Beer Bottle — Landor-associated package object — uses design context → Landor beer package identity programs.
Artifact is produced within or materially demonstrates a sourced printing, design, typography, production, advertising, or material-culture context. Artifact participates in a sourced BEU design/material-culture context; the context is not itself an artifact.
Evidence: Hamm’s Beer Bottle
media asset
Smithsonian digital reproduction — Hamm’s Beer Bottle
Museum-hosted object photography/reproduction kept separate from the physical bottle/package artifact and its trademarks.
Navigation heuristic: 39. semantic 16 + evidence 4 + verification 8 + confidence 5 + cross-type 3 + route 3 + extra-relations 0
documented_by · forward
Hamm’s Beer Bottle — Landor-associated package object — documented by → Smithsonian digital reproduction — Hamm’s Beer Bottle.
Artifact is documented by a distinct photograph, scan, IIIF reproduction, or other media asset; media rights do not automatically equal artifact rights. Documentary media is a separate node with its own rights state.
Evidence: Hamm’s Beer Bottle
Provenance
Sources and source-level rights
Source authority, artifact copyright, trademark rights, and reproduction rights are separate questions.
archive museum
Hamm’s Beer Bottle
National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution
BEU may cite and derive factual metadata from this source. Source-page authority does not by itself clear embedded images, trademarks, object photography, scans, or catalog text for republication.