Message in a bottle

Forgoing traditional cloth canvases, a group of innovative Chinese artists painted their interpretations of eight different themes on contoured cola bottles. The themes are happiness, active optimism, human collaboration, peace on earth, individual perseverance, a healthy world, uplifting moments and global harmony.

The designers, include Xiao Xue, MeWe, Xin Jing, Jiang Hua, Joyn Viscom, Milkxhake, Chen Shaohua and Wang Xu.

For instance, celebrated artist Chen Jianhua created a bottle with the theme of active optimism. Chen says: "I've turned to popular text messaging to ask young Chinese people: what words say happiness to you? I then placed the words in the mouths of the laughing faces - a traditional happy Chinese symbol. Together, the combination shows the ideas of active optimism, both young and old."