Nalgene Water Bottle Stickers

The Nalgene 32oz wide-mouth bottle has become a surface for self-expression on campus in a way that the designers at Nalge Nunc International probably never anticipated when they first molded polycarbonate in the 1970s for laboratory use. Every bottle in a lecture hall tells a story through its stickers: national parks, podcast logos, political campaigns. Running events layered over each other in an order that roughly corresponds to the semesters the owner has been in school. Wide flat sides and translucent material give stickers a backlit quality that opaque bottles don't. Material is durable enough that stickers rarely peel even after going through dishwashers. The bottle addresses a basic need for hydration but it has turned into something more like a portable bulletin board. A record of where you have been and what you care about that travels with you to every class.