Heineken recently hired French designer Ora-Ïto to develop a new aluminum bottle design. It’s quite a bold design, especially with its use of white. Most aluminum beer bottles I’ve seen are in silver, red or other flashy colors. Ora-Ito’s Icone Pure design uses the iconic green Heineken logo against the rather stark white background. Ora-Ïto […]
We’ve covered a number of consumer beverage applications for aluminum bottles over the last few posts. Here’s an interesting non-beverage application – a bug spray in an aluminum bottle that uses all natural ingredients. BeatIt insect repellent uses lemon grass oil, lemon eucalyptus oil, mint oil, citronella, aloe vera and coconut oil. Some of these […]
The momentum behind reusable, eco-friendly beverage containers is clearly growing. University of of Texas students recently protested the school’s launching of its own branded bottled water, called H2Orange. Green activists at the university are seeing red when it comes H2Orange. Students are suggesting that the university use aluminum bottles instead of plastic. The youth/student segment […]
Aluminum bottles are now used for a number of consumer beverages including wine, juices, beer and of course water. The Mixed Ape company now packages ready–to-enjoy cocktails in 230 ml aluminium bottles. So now you can enjoy a Tequila Sunrise, Mai Tai, or Sex on the beach in a convenient, disposable and eco-friendly package. Just […]
It was bound to happen. First we had plain old aluminum bottles. Then we got aluminum bottles in various colors and designs. Then we had designer bottles. Personally decorated bottles using craft materials then came along. I wouldn’t be surprised to see stores in malls providing custom decorating services for aluminum bottles, while you wait […]
I came across an interesting page by Food and Water Watch , “a non-profit organization that advocates for common sense policies that will result in healthy, safe food and access to safe and affordable drinking water. ” They pick aluminum bottles and stainless steel bottles as the most eco-friendly alternatives to packaging water. In their […]
There seems to be no end to the ways people use aluminum bottles. This lady bought some aluminum water bottles at a Dollar Store and decorated them with what look like stick-on letters and shapes. (Check out her blog here) She is giving them out as gifts. What a great idea. I’m sure some enterprising […]
I rather like this innovative use of aluminum bottles. Volute Wine has introduced a new line of single serve Bordeaux AOC wines packaged in aluminum bottles. Now wine lovers can enjoy wine without having to use glasses. Just dunk the bottles in a cooler with ice and you have a convenient way to enjoy some […]
There’s actually a website that specializes in selling collectible Coca-Cola bottles. It’s called 2collectcola.com. One of the more interesting bottles on sale is the “iTunes Black Coca-Cola Zero Aluminum Bottle Record Player from Belgium”. It is described as a “hot new silver aluminum Coke bottles . . .from Belgium! Each is a work of art […]
Further evidence of the power of aluminum bottles for building a brand. Now Playboy has its own aluminum bottle! It’s supposedly an aluminum water bottle. Then again, it’s easy enough to put some other drinks into them. Maybe I will try putting in some iced tea. I can fill the bottle with ice cubes and […]