The iconic Coca Cola glass. Everyone recognises it. Chances are, you still have one somewhere in the back of the cupboard.

Coke & McDonald's wanted to celebrate it by bringing out a collectible set of all five glasses they'd released over the past century.

Five different vintage Coca-Cola glassware from 1899, 1955, 1961, 1994, and 2015, each with distinct designs and logos.

It made sense to build a regional campaign around the iconic shape. Literally. We called it, 'The Timeless Shape of Happiness.'

We commissioned artists from within our five key markets. They each created one interpretation of happiness, for one of the years in which a different glass had been released.

The result: ads that were every bit as memorable and collectible as the glasses themselves.

Hong Kong, 1899

Indonesia, 1955

Japan, 1961

Taiwan, 1994

Philippines, 2015

Every media channel was turned into a showcase of artwork.

Billboard advertisements featuring Coca-Cola glassware and vintage illustrations, with colorful photos of smiling women, classic cars, and the McDonald's logo promoting free Coke glasses with large meals.

MacDonald’s restaurants became galleries.

A McDonald's restaurant with a colorful Coca-Cola advertisement on the wall, featuring a large portrait of a woman in front of a red background with colorful patterns and a smaller section showing glasses of Coca-Cola with the text 'Free Coca-Cola glass with every large meal'.
A colorful Coca-Cola themed tray celebrating the 100th anniversary of the Coca-Cola contour bottle in 2015. The tray features a decorative collage with various icons, illustrations, and the year 2015. There is a large cutout in the center for holding a photo, and at the bottom, images of Coca-Cola glasses and text describing the anniversary.

Using tips and inspiration from our five artists, we encouraged people across Asia to create their own Timeless Shape of Happiness. Which they did, in their thousands.

This gave us all the user-generated content we needed, to evolve the campaign into an interactive celebration of glasses and happiness.

Screenshots of a Facebook page, a smartphone with a colorful dragon artwork, and a laptop showing an art submission post for McDonald's logo designs.