Friday, June 29th, 2007
Coke’s Simplified Redesign
Great article on the latest Coke redesign. “Compared with Pepsi’s blow-it-all-out how-many-designs-can-we-produce-in-a-summer strategy, this takes guts.”
Entries Tagged as 'asides'
Monday, June 18th, 2007
Pepsi Planet
Pepsi Planet features pictures of semi-clothed women occasionally posing with Pepsi products. That is all. [via Adrants]
Monday, June 18th, 2007
Top Ten Weird and Bizarre Japanese Soft Drinks
The first 10 inductees into InventorSpot’s Soft Drink Hell of Fame [thx, E]
Friday, June 15th, 2007
Future Cola
China’s #3 cola behind Coke and Pepsi is Future Cola. Wikipedia says it’s marketed as “a healthy way to cool off the Chinese youngsters and clean out their fiery livers.” Not sure I buy that, but it makes for a good read. How to go about smuggling some of this over the Great Wall, I [...]
Thursday, June 14th, 2007
Pepsi Ice Cucumber reviews
The reviews of Pepsi Ice Cucumber are starting to trickle in. My favorite so far: I was able to finish it.
Wednesday, June 13th, 2007
The mint-colored artificial taste of cucumber
Slightly more info on Pepsi’s Japan-only Cucumber Ice soda. Further updates as cucumber soda-related news warrants.
Tuesday, June 12th, 2007
The Bevolution
Coca-Cola’s new dispenser offers 50 flavor combos. Come to me. Come to me, my pretty.
Tuesday, June 12th, 2007
Vitamin Water Ads
Slate on the new Vitamin Water [sic] TV spots. I didn’t know people actually got paid to write long, forgettable beverage-related analyses. Kev were you aware of this.
Tuesday, June 12th, 2007
Gum Arabic Embargo
“Try to stop the killings in Darfur, and we’ll take away your Coca-Cola.” [thx tmn]
Friday, June 8th, 2007
More Water Hating
Mindy from The Office on Crystal Light and water-hating. Seriously, this is like a thing now.
