Artists of WE8

Remember the previous post - "Coke asked eight artists from China to create designs (centered around the idea of the world coming together for the Olympics) for aluminium contour bottles". I found the names of the 8 artists who designed each of these Coca-Cola W8:
Global Harmony by Hio Hue no. 2008-0403

Peace on Earth by Joyn Viscom no. 2008-0402

Active Optimism by Chen Shoo Hua no. 2008-0405

Uplifting Moments by MeWe no. 2008-0407

Human Collaboration by Milkxhake no. 2008-0406

Individual Perserverence by Jiang Hua no. 2008-0408

Happiness by Wang Hu no. 2008-0410

Healthy World by Xin Jing no. 2008-0404

China Olympic WE8 Bottles

I already have 2 sets of the China 2008 Olympic Coke aluminium cans with the 5 icons (as shown below) - i will post a picture of this collection soon! Hehe.

SO WHAT EXACTLY IS WE8?
It's something every Coke collector will want to know about! (See the 8 aluminium bottles above).

Leading up to the Olympic Games in August, Coke is coming out with a special set of international bottles.

Coke asked eight artists from China to create designs (centered around the idea of the world coming together for the Olympics) for aluminum contour bottles. Then each design was paired with specially composed music (by eight musicians from around the world). For each limited-edition bottle design, a popular recording artist from the West has composed a special, companion WE8 song.

So WE8 is "West meets East" with eight designs and songs.

You can read all the details, see the bottles, learn the names or the artists and musicians, and hear the songs here. I've included a photo of the collection of bottles and two bottles so you can see them up-close, but you can see all of the designs at that link as well and read how this fits into the "Coke Side of Life" campaign for the Beijing Games.

WHERE YOU CAN FIND THE BOTTLES
The bottles - available this June through August - won't be offered everywhere, so this could be the start of a real hunt for true collectors.

The eight bottles follow different themes. One themed WE8 bottle will be available in these areas: Australia (the bottle called "Happiness"), Belgium ("Peace on Earth"), Brazil ("Global Harmony"), China ("Healthy World"), France ("Individual Perseverance"), Great Britain ("Uplifting Moments"), Greece ("Human Collaboration") and New Zealand ("Active Optimism"). All eight bottles periodically will be available in the U.S. at selected Simon Malls around the country.

And, if you're heading to Beijing for the Games, the WE8 bottles should be there as well! If you're not heading to China, a WE8 collector's set, with all eight bottles and the eight music tracks, will be available through the online Coca-Cola Store, the New World of Coca-Cola in Atlanta and the Coke stores in Las Vegas and at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport.

Coca-Cola Opener

Crush on Coke?

Check out this website - pretty interesting!
http://www.crushedcans.com/

Patty Field's Diet Coke

Patricia Field, the fashion guru behind Sex and the City has created 4 limited-edition ‘diet Coke’ City Collection bottles available exclusively to Selfridges.

Patricia Field explains: “The ‘diet Coke’ City Collection captures today's modern women - confidence, glamorous, sexy and more in charge of their own lives. The designs represent the areas of life that are most important to them such as ‘career’, ‘passion’, ‘love’ and ‘fashion’. In addition, the designs depict ‘diet Coke’ as a sexy, sassy brand perfectly compatible with today's women.

The gold bottle represents ‘Career’, the red bottle ‘Passion’, the pink bottle ‘Love’, and the turquoise bottle ‘Fashion’.

Hutchinson Holiday

This is a replica of the famous Hutchinson Coke bottle. I personally have one bottle in my collection.

Hutchinson Coke

The very first Coke bottles were Hutchinson style bottles - these are extremely rare and date before 1900. Straight-sided (S-S) Coke bottles with crown tops date about 1900-1919; colors were clear, aqua, green, blue, and amber with amber bottles in good condition typically bringing the highest prices. "Coca-Cola" embossed in script letters contained Coke and is more valuable, while the "Coca-Cola" embossed in block letters contained a flavored drink other than Coke so is less valuable.
There are two styles of Hutchinson Coke: one with "Coca-Cola" in script and one without. The Biedenharn hutch is the one without "Coca-Cola" in script.

MORE ON HUTCHINSON COKE
The first Hutchinson bottles to contain Coca-Cola were made by the Biedenharn Candy Company of Vicksburg, Mississippi. Although Biedenharn was the first to bottle Coca-Cola, the company bottled many other beverages as well, and the Biedenharn Hutchinsons were not embossed with the Coca-Cola trademark. These bottles are still highly collectible, even though many Biedenharn bottles probably never contained Coca-Cola. Some later Hutchinson bottles, though, were marked Coca-Cola, and original examples are extremely rare! A Biedenharn Candy Company Hutchinson bottle, with no mention of Coca-Cola, is generally worth around $250 in excellent condition, while original Hutchinson bottles marked with the script Coca-Cola logo may be worth $2,000 or more! Beware of reproductions, though. Both Biedenharn and "Coca-Cola" Hutchinsons have been reproduced. The reproduction Biedenharn Hutchinson bottle shown in the illustration is clearly marked "1894-1979" on the back, indicating an anniversary bottle, but other reproductions may be less obvious.

*Note: I've "whited out" the wording on the Biedenharn Hutchinson bottle so that it shows in the photos better, but the original lettering was embossed - not white.