I've posted about this before (here and here), about how horrible individual plastic water bottles are for our environment. Our family does not buy them anymore... unless we are really, really stranded. We now refill our Sigg water bottles instead. And, as we all become more aware of this problem, we are seeing many designers coming up with inventive uses for repurposing the plastic water or drink bottle. It's not that any of these ideas will have any great impact on the environmental cause, but it's refreshing to see and to know that our newfound awareness is making its way into original concepts and designs.
By Xuan Ju, engineer and industrial designer comes the plastic bottle clothing hanger: simply assemble two plastic bottles into a hook-hanger by screwing the bottles into the hook.
Or this fun Facade Vase by Orca Design. In their words: "Recycled products are often stigmatized as aesthetically inferior and reusing an old product usually means a compromise in the visual appeal". But not so with the elegant "facade" that Orca has designed for this existing "vase" that is the water bottle.
I love the simple and oh-so clear visuals of this campaign. Even if trying to have any addict make the switch from a venti-caramel-frappuccino-with-whip to a green tea that one needs to prepare themselves is quite the stretch, the campaign still has merit. It does illustrate the consequences of drinking the Starbucks frothy brews very effectively. It simple and clever and highly visual. Might just take Celestial Seasonings a little time to meet their converts... 
