Box Vox

packaging as content

January 6, 2008

Sapporo Beer

Sappora
Shapely, recyclable bi-metal can from Sapporo Beer, but why are the graphics of a Japanese beer so Soviet? (Star, wheat, red, gold, etc.) Coincidence? Geographic proximity? (Soviet poster from an Ebay auction is provided here for comparative purposes.)

Sovietposter

 

Leninade_3

Came across another, different sort of Soviet style beverage packaging… “Leninade” This photos was from the SodaKing website. I can’t find out much about makers, Mr. Yin and Mr. Yang,  LLC” although there appears to have been some trademark litigation with Pepsi in 2005. (Anyone know anything more about it? Please comment.)

 

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