Coca-Cola UK unveiled the Olympic Torch Relay commemorative bottles to celebrate the people who are carrying the Olympic Flame during its 70-day journey around the UK. Ahead of the great sportive event, which will open in less than two months, on July 27, the iconic soft drinks brand presents a plethora of special edition designs, which pay tribute to the athletes and sports. This set of Coca-Cola and one Coke Zero bottles pays tribute to those who are sharing their time and devotion to help the Olympic spirit spread vast all across the country and the planet.

Hennessy infused its legendary cognac bottle design with automobile style. The brand has invited celebrated automotive artist Chris Bangle, who has been developing BMW, Fiat and Opel car designs for the last 30 years, to reimagined Hennessy Privilege bottle, which hasn’t changed since 1954. The ex-BMW design boss, who published his book titled Peter Teufel, A Tale of Car Design in 3 Parts earlier this year, is a recognized expert in the one of the most challenging design fields, the automotive industry, and so he was the perfect choice to guide the iconic bottle modernization project.

Diet Coke is launching a new set of bottles inspired by Jean Paul Gaultier’s iconic creations. Earlier this spring, the soft drinks brand announced partnership with its new creative director, the world famous fashion designer Jean Paul Gaultier, who developed new chick Diet Coke bottle designs based on his iconic models and fronted the whole campaign. Following the launch of a series of adverts, in which the designer appeared as a shrink, paparazzi and a private detective, a new round of campaign has been revealed. Now the brand presents new bottles, and one of them is ‘dressed’ in Madonna’s iconic outfits, devised by Gaultier.

The beer brand Beck’s, which has been supporting independent creative talents for decades and has launched a number of initiatives dedicated to art, is going to present a new set of artistic bottles on the U.S. market in a month. The new limited-edition bottles, which are arriving in stores in early May, will features the works by American artists and will come as an addition to the great Art Label collection, which celebrated its 25th anniversary last year.

Coca-Cola is continuing its collaboration with fashion designer stardom, but the new project is not limited to just another fashion bottle or packaging. Diet Coke teamed up with Jean Paul Gaultier, who has become the brand’s new creative director, to produce a series of products, which include online content, European advertising campaigns, retail concepts and yes, a collection of Diet Coke—all of them to be unveiled throughout the year of 2012.

International branding and packaging consultants CARTILS developed the strategic positioning, branding, new bottle shape, and mono carton for Pernod Ricard’s new Royal Stag Barrel Select. Royal Stag, the largest brand by volume for Pernod Ricard globally, is also the valuable spirits brand in India considering net sales and profit. To consolidate the brand’s position and enhance brand power in the country, the alcohol giant introduced Royal Stag Barrel Select, locally produced premium edition of the whisky between the deluxe and premium segments on Indian market.