The famous contour shaped Coca-Cola bottle first appeared in 1915, with the shape being modelled on the look of two of the drink’s ingredients, coca leaves and kola nuts:
The first bottle was designed in 1915 by the Root Glass Company. The bottle designer, Earl R. Dean and his team decided to base the bottle [...]
What inspired the coke bottle shape? You may be surprised…
Posted by John Lampard on Tuesday, 24 November, 2009 to the design and art subset
New Coke formula
Posted by John Lampard on Wednesday, 23 April, 2008 to the comment subset
It’s been 23 years since Coca-Cola announced it was changing the formula of the classic soft-drink, and probably 22 years and 364 days since it rescinded the infamous decision.
Some people suggested the formula change was little more than a publicity stunt, an effort to reverse the then flagging fortunes of the company.
One way or [...]
