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Coca-Cola Bottle: Object Analysis

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Coca-Cola Bottle: Object Analysis

The Coca-Cola logo is a very recognisable logo, when people think of the colours red and white they instantly think of Coca-Cola. It is famous world round. This month it will be celebrating its 125 year anniversary. Therefore, I thought Coca-Cola would be a good contemporary piece of text from packaging to examine. There were different size bottles, in different shapes made out of plastic and glass and also coke cans are available too. I picked the Coca-Cola plastic bottle and I will conduct an object analysis of the bottle, I will research the typeface used on the logo and the other typefaces used on the bottle. I will look at previous typefaces used by the brand and the history behind the typeface …show more content…

Dean. In 1915, the Coca-Cola Company launched a competition among its bottle suppliers to create a new bottle for the beverage that would distinguish it from other beverage bottles. "a bottle which a person could recognize even if they felt it in the dark, and so shaped that, even if broken, a person could tell at a glance what it was." In 1970, Coca- Cola test marked the world’s first plastic beverage bottle for carbonated beverages. (Dean, 2010). Today, the contour Coca-Cola bottle is one of the most recognised packaging.

The Coca-Cola logo, like the brand itself, is recognised world-wide. It is a classic design with white curvy text on a bright red background. Something would be missing if an ad for Coca-Cola didn’t include the curvy Coca-cola typeface or the sharp, clean serifs. (Hutchinson, 1986) .The characteristic design with a white swirl and a curvy style gives the youth spirit. The white swirl beneath the fonts not only gives it a unique feature but also highlights its simplicity. The only two colours used in the Coca-Cola logo are red and white. When you think Coca-Cola the colour red accompanies your thought but when you think of the colour red, you don’t necessarily think of Coca-Cola. (Mokhonoana, 2009). The red and white coloured scheme in the Coca-Cola logo was kept simple and attracts the younger audience.

The Coca-Cola logo is the same classic design today as it was since the late 19th century. Over

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