{"id":24318,"date":"2013-05-15T09:00:44","date_gmt":"2013-05-15T13:00:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.uncommongoods.pro\/?p=24318"},"modified":"2013-05-01T10:33:59","modified_gmt":"2013-05-01T14:33:59","slug":"square-bottles-refreshingly-clean-design","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.pro\/blog\/2013\/square-bottles-refreshingly-clean-design\/","title":{"rendered":"Square Bottle&#8217;s Refreshingly Clean Design"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>That stinky muck that likes to lurk in the deepest, darkest parts of your drink bottle finally met its match&#8211;but only after inspiring Clean Bottle founder Dave Mayer to invent a better bottle.<\/p>\n<div align=\"center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.uncommongoods.pro\/product\/square-water-bottle?source=blog\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.pro\/blog\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/square2-564x564.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"Square Water Bottle| UncommonGoods\" width=\"548\" height=\"548\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-24381\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.pro\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/square2-564x564.jpg 564w, https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.pro\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/square2-125x125.jpg 125w, https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.pro\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/square2-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.pro\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/square2-45x45.jpg 45w, https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.pro\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/square2.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 548px) 100vw, 548px\" \/><\/a><\/div align=\"center\"><center> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.uncommongoods.pro\/product\/square-water-bottle?source=blog\" title=\"Square Bottle\" target=\"_blank\">Square Water Bottle<\/a> <\/center><\/p>\n<p>The moldy mess lead to the creation of an innovative product&#8211;a sports bottle that opens on the top and bottom to allow for complete cleaning, but Dave, a triathlete himself, and his team of designers and engineers weren&#8217;t done there. Realizing that the design could still be improved, the team set to work to create the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.uncommongoods.pro\/product\/square-water-bottle?source=blog\" title=\"Square Bottle\" target=\"_blank\">Square Water Bottle<\/a>. <\/p>\n<div align=\"center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.pro\/blog\/\/2013\/square-bottles-refreshingly-clean-design\/dave_ironman\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-24369\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.pro\/blog\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/Dave_Ironman-381x450.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"Dave Mayer | UncommonGoods\" width=\"381\" height=\"450\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-24369\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.pro\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/Dave_Ironman.jpg 381w, https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.pro\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/Dave_Ironman-300x355.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 381px) 100vw, 381px\" \/><\/a><\/div align=\"center\"><center><em>Dave running in the Ironman Triathlon<\/em> <\/center><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I saw that everyone was carrying water bottles but they all had the same dull &#8216;fuel canister&#8217; look and had some real design flaws,&#8221; said Dave. &#8220;We wanted to create a bottle that was as aesthetically pleasing as the clothes, handbags, shoes and phones that people also carried with them.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The shape wasn&#8217;t hard to come up with. A square bottle makes sense, because it won&#8217;t roll away if knocked over or accidentally dropped. The challenge was making the product they envisioned a reality. It took time, but after around 40 mock ups and prototypes the Square Bottle was born. &#8220;Our final product stayed mostly true to the original design,&#8221; said Dave. &#8220;It took longer to not make compromises but it was worth it.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.pro\/blog\/\/2013\/square-bottles-refreshingly-clean-design\/bottle_dempsey\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-24370\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.pro\/blog\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/bottle_dempsey-564x510.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"Bottle Boy &amp; Patrick Dempsey | UncommonGoods\" width=\"548\" height=\"495\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-24370\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.pro\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/bottle_dempsey-564x510.jpg 564w, https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.pro\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/bottle_dempsey-300x271.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.pro\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/bottle_dempsey.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 548px) 100vw, 548px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.pro\/blog\/\/2013\/square-bottles-refreshingly-clean-design\/bottle_france\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-24371\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.pro\/blog\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/bottle_france-564x292.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"Clean Bottle | UncommonGoods\" width=\"548\" height=\"283\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-24371\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.pro\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/bottle_france-564x292.jpg 564w, https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.pro\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/bottle_france-300x155.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.pro\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/bottle_france.jpg 611w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 548px) 100vw, 548px\" \/><\/a><center><em>Dave as &#8220;Bottle Boy&#8221; posing with actor Patrick Dempsey and Bottle Boy running alongside cyclists at the Tour De France <\/em> <\/center><\/p>\n<p>The Square Bottle, like it&#8217;s predecessor, the original Clean Bottle, is easy to clean, because it screws open at both ends. It&#8217;s also durable, because the body is made of durable stainless steel, while the BPA-free plastic Vibrant Fresh Taste Lid &#8482; keeps your drink from taking on a metallic taste. The bottle is also slim enough to fit in a cup or bottle holder and is complete with an ergonomic handle, so it&#8217;s comfortable to take on the go. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.pro\/blog\/\/2013\/square-bottles-refreshingly-clean-design\/square_bottle_freda\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-24372\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.pro\/blog\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/square_bottle_freda-564x752.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"Square Bottle | UncommonGoods\" width=\"548\" height=\"730\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-24372\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.pro\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/square_bottle_freda-564x752.jpg 564w, https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.pro\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/square_bottle_freda-300x400.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 548px) 100vw, 548px\" \/><\/a><em><center><a href=\"http:\/\/www.uncommongoods.pro\/product\/square-water-bottle?source=blog\" title=\"Square Bottle\" target=\"_blank\">Square Bottle<\/a> on the go with Freda <\/center><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Creating something that had never existed was no easy task, but time, collaboration, and hard work made it possible. &#8220;It was extremely difficult to do a Square bottle &#8211; there is a reason no one has done it, but we wanted something totally unique,&#8221; Dave,who uses the product himself every day, explained. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;People either want the cheapest or they want the best,&#8221; he said. &#8220;Aim to be one of these two and create a truly unique product and you will succeed.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>That stinky muck that likes to lurk in the deepest, darkest parts of your drink bottle finally met its match&#8211;but only after inspiring Clean Bottle founder Dave Mayer to invent a better bottle.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":24436,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[742],"tags":[253,34,37,66,843,58],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.pro\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24318"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.pro\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.pro\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.pro\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/18"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.pro\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24318"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.pro\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24318\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.pro\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24436"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.pro\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24318"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.pro\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24318"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.pro\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24318"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}