Alex Center: Vitamin Water – The $4.1 billion brand that changed the beverage game

In Episode #39, Ross is joined by Alex Center, founder of CENTER and former Design Director at Coca-Cola. Prior to launching his own studio, Alex spent 11 years working for the global beverage leader Coca-Cola where as Design Director he led the strategy and design vision for the brands vitaminwater, smartwater & Powerade. Today, his team at CENTER is building the next generation of icon brands partnering with companies like United Sodas of America, Heywear, and Kin Euphorics among others. Ross and Alex discuss how Vitamin Water built a $4.1 billion brand and kickstarted the enhanced beverage category, and two of the most important aspects in building great brands – courage and people.

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One More Question is a podcast lovingly created by the people of Nicework, a branding studio based in South Africa that serves a range of clients across the US, UK, Europe, Australia, and New Zealand. The world doesn't need more lazy, boring, half-arsed, poorly-built brands. In this podcast, we explore what it takes to build a great one. We interview founders who have built multi-billion dollar brands and experts who know how to get people to connect with their products, services, and companies. If you’re looking for insight into the best ways to invest in and build your brand, this may well be the podcast for you. Our past guests include Bruce Mau, Chris Do, Aaron Draplin, Marina Willer, Michael Bierut and Fredrick Öst. One More Question is hosted by our founder, Ross Drakes. #welovenicework #branding #communication #purposedriven #creativity #brand innovation