Even thinking about it now, I remember how water bottles looked like when I was a child:
Bottles used to be big and hard to carry around, but even looking at a typical bottle, we can see the content and form of the bottle already being improved or transformed by designers.
A couple years back, plastic bottles were the biggest resource for a travel sized refreshment. It seems that even as the water bottle got smaller just so it was easier to carry along, there were other problems found as a problem of the form and content of a water bottle.
These are what plastic water bottles look now a days:
Designers found a problem with the content of a water bottle, so they improved on the form of the bottle. Now, as well as carrying convience, people also like to look at water bottles as a problem for the environment so a plastic water bottle is now referred to as a "ecobottle," with the plastic being a hundred percent recyclable, the label is now 30 percent smaller, and many other features.
In addition to designing a "ecobottle" designers have also started a trend of using refillable watter bottles that are BPA free. They have transformed the design and form of a water bottle by discouraging the use of plastic bottles.
Designers have taken the previous idea of hand grips, and smaller waists so it was easier and more stable to carry around. In addition to moving over those features onto the refillable bottles, there are also rings that make the bottle even easier to carry or even different bottle heads so make drinking easier or more convenient.
There are many mass produced manufactured goods that are produced with the same sorts of purposes. Whether we know it or not, designers are always improving and changing the designs of our everyday objects. If someone has a problem with the form or content of a object, there will be a designer there to help improve the experience or usefulness of an object.
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