The worldwide branding & design agency CB’a Design Solutions in Brussels has just created a new bottle for the famous water brand in Belgium owned by Spadel: Bru. Among various adaptations that needed to be made (such as having a resealable bottle cap on the 50cl format), the objectives were to make the bottle as sustainable as possible, convenient and modern as the last redesign happened in 1994.

CIROC Ultra Premium Vodka, Sean «Diddy» Combs and E! Entertainment are proud to announce the U.S. nationwide «CIROC the New Year» contest.  The contest will give five grand prize winners the ultimate New Year’s Eve experience of ringing in 2011 as an Official CIROC and E! Entertainment New Year’s Eve Correspondent for Eonline—the web’s top destination for celebrity and entertainment news—from one of five elaborate New Year’s Eve celebrations.

The Michelin automobile tyre company re-launched the UK national search for the three gorgeous stained glass panels, which decorated the front and sides of Michelin House, 81 Fulham Rd, London, before World War II started. To keep them safe during the possible bombing, in 1939 the company removed the colorful windows and took them to the basements of its factory in Stoke-on-Trent, but after the war the panels disappeared and haven’t been found since that time.

Volkswagen Brazil is giving out tickets to the upcoming 2010 Planeta Terra festival to people, who like to use Twitter and do it massively. The auto brand has launched so called “corrida” on the popular micro-blogging platform to be rolling out for four days, November 16-19. People are invited to ‘hunt down’ the tickets for the festival to be arranged in São Paulo this Saturday by tweeting.

Casa Rex, one of Brazil’s most creative and renowned agencies, has had no less than ten graphic design projects nominated as winning entries in Creativity International’s 40th Print and Packaging Competition. This is the longest running international Advertising and Graphic Design competition in the world and Casa Rex have just received 4 Gold Awards, 4 Silver Awards and 2 Honourable Mentions.

Starbucks Coffee Company celebrates the launch of the holiday season in the chain with the arrival of Starbucks® handcrafted holiday beverages in the iconic red cups. Starbucks invites customers to bring a friend to participating company-operated and licensed stores in the U.S. and Canada on November 18-21 to receive a free beverage when purchasing a holiday beverage of equal or lesser value, which includes the Caramel Brulée Latte, Peppermint Mocha, Gingerbread Latte, Eggnog Latte, Peppermint White Hot Chocolate and Peppermint Hot Chocolate.

On November 15, The Macallan® and Lalique set a record for a bottle of whisky sold at auction and all of the proceeds will go to charity: water. Coveted by bidders around the world, The Macallan® 64 Year Old in Lalique: Cire Perdue sold for $460,000 in a lively auction at Sotheby’s in New York City. This sale represents the most unique collaboration to date between The Macallan® and Lalique, with 100 percent of the proceeds benefitting charity: water, an organization that provides access to clean, safe drinking water to people in developing nations.

Unilever has released its new Sustainable Living Plan focused on minimizing the environmental impact of the company’s brands. The program will be rolling out for the next 10 years and will help the company produce more sustainable products and as well as reach a set of economical targets. Unilever CEO Paul Polman unveiled the plan in London, Rotterdam, New York and New Delhi at the same time on November 15 and noted that the new plan is to “create preference for our [the company’s] brands.”