Dennis Furniss · CLIENT: Pepsi
Pepsi Culture is a limited edition can series created for a soft drink brand in Mexico. The series consists of six collectible cans, and each can represents one Mexican city. Local stories, traditions and art references are translated into illustrative patterns that combine long-standing cultural symbols with a contemporary design approach. Each can is made of aluminium, holds 12 ounces and is finished with high definition offset printing. The cans are sold individually and together form a series that reflects regional diversity.
Press Kit
- Unique Properties
- Celebrating the diversity of Latin America is the mantra for the Pepsi Culture can series. Through the limited-edition series PepsiCo created a unique design system that celebrates the rich and vibrant culture of six unique Mexican cities. Celebrating the uniqueness of the people and the individuality of each cities ancient traditions. Leveraging a contemporary design edge the approach aligns to the brands core value of celebrating diversity.
- Dimensions & Packaging
- 12 Oz Cans, sold individually as a series.
- Tags
- Packaging Design, Pepsi Culture Series, Pepsi, Mexico, Latin America
- Production Technology
- High definition offset printing on alluminum
- Design Challenge
- This initiative was very an intuitive design program that relied heavily on understanding the culture of each city. To learn and gain insights we worked diligently to understand and translate the meaningful cultural associations and the arts that thrive within each individual city. A detailed process which took 6 months to complete. This was supported by a light qualitative process to access the design approach. In the end, we recognised that cultural-art has widespread appeal and launched with the confidence of knowing we had a well designed can series.
- Project Duration
- The initiative started in the fall of 2020 in Mexico with a nationwide distribution. Sales sky-rocketed which led to additional production in order to meet meet demand.
- Operation Flow
- Not applicable
- Research
- This is an ongoing program globally for the Pepsi brand, however, this is the first time we've explored hyperlocality as the theme for Design. It was a huge success with incredible results. Not only in sales volume, but also in building brand awareness and earned media. Across all social platforms we watched millions of people share posts of the series itself and millions of reposts in terms of the content we had also developed.
- Inspiration
- These six collectible limited-edition cans tell authentic stories from the six cities they represent in Mexico. Collectively creating a series they are inspired by local stories and traditions that make that particular region unique. Through storytelling and local art references, Pepsi brought the uniqueness of six Mexican cities together.
- Image Credits
- All work is wholly owned by Pepsico, inclusive of; brand trademarks, visuals and graphics, intellectual property.
- Patents
- Not applicable
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