Friends of Glass Award for the Most Original and Creative Glass Packaging –...
For the last few weeks, we’ve been asking you to nominate the glass packaging you believe is most creatively and aesthetically appealing… The results are in, counted and from hundreds of nominations...
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Glass Packaging Award: Coca Cola and Tous H20 Perfume
As you may, or may not, know – here at Friends of Glass we’re currently looking to find the most original and creative glass packing. After hundreds of nominations, and some truly epic entries from all...
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European consumers choose iconic Coca Cola and Grolsch
Great news for Coca Cola and Grolsch today, as the results of a Pan-European survey prove that the iconic brands are the ‘real thing’ when it comes to glass packaging. The survey, completed by almost...
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Why coke tastes better in glass: Esquire
Nice read over at Esquire magazine, questioning whether the world’s favourite drink actually does taste better in glass. [The] answer to the glass bottle’s success probably lies in the chemical...
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Coca–Cola goes retro and we like it!
The symbolic Coca-Cola glass bottle, equally as famous as the soft drink itself, is making a comeback! The unique design of the Coca-Cola glass bottle was created in 1915, when the Coca-Cola Company...
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Modern Vintage
The iconic Coca-Cola bottle has been one of the world’s most easily recognised packaging products since it was first designed in 1915. Coca-Cola celebrates its 125th anniversary this year and has...
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Coke’s Glass Bottle is an Icon
Martin Kemp is Emeritus Professor in the History of Art at Trinity College, Oxford. A renowned figure in the world of art, he has just published a new book titled Christ to Coke: How Image Becomes...
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Iconic Coca Cola bottle is still a looker at 96!
For a 96 year old, the iconic Coca Cola bottle is still looking fantastic. The design was created in response to a competition for a new Coca Cola bottle. The competition specified that the bottle had...
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Upcycling Glass Coke Bottles Creates Treasure
Since Coca-Cola’s contour bottle was first introduced almost a century ago, it has become a design icon and closely associated with the Coke brand. In parts of the world such as Asia, the glass contour...
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Coca-Cola Goes Back to the Future – With Glass!
Coca-Cola was one of the first soft drink makers to use glass packaging when they introduced Coke to the world back in the late 1800s. Now the company has announced a return to glass packaging – part...
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