{"id":13209,"date":"2026-05-11T09:24:02","date_gmt":"2026-05-11T13:24:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.packagingindustrynews.com\/?p=13209"},"modified":"2026-05-11T09:24:02","modified_gmt":"2026-05-11T13:24:02","slug":"wearable-water-has-entered-the-chat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.packagingindustrynews.com\/?p=13209","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Wearable\u2019 Water Has Entered the Chat"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>The bottled water industry is no stranger to silliness. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/liquiddeath.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Liquid Death<\/a> has made bottled water absurdity their entire brand, and now the company is valued at $1.4 billion. With those brilliant clowns over at Liquid Death as the blueprint, it\u2019s not surprising others would be hornin\u2019 in on this water ridiculousness. The latest to do so is a musician turned \u201cprofessional experimenter\u201d with the moniker <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/franke\/\">@Franke<\/a>, who has just released what he calls the \u201cworld\u2019s first wearable water.\u201d It\u2019s called <a href=\"https:\/\/imwater.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">im Water<\/a>, and it\u2019s deeply unserious.<\/p>\n<p>What does \u201cwearable water\u201d mean, exactly? Well, the bottle\u2019s label doubles as a long, stretchy sticker that serves as a strap for the water bottle. Just peel the label from the corner, and the strap will unspool from the bottle, ready to be slung over your shoulder like a cross-body bag. Franke demonstrates this in the product announcement video below, which he\u2019d been teasing in an elaborate brand roll-out stunt for a few weeks, in which he pretended a \u201cbeverage mega corporation\u201d was trying to prevent him from revealing his \u201cgreatest invention.\u201d <\/p>\n<p><button id=\"expand-paywall-button\" class=\"expand-paywall-button\">Subscribe to Read More<\/button><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/thedieline.com\/wearable-water-has-entered-the-chat\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The bottled water industry is no stranger to silliness. Liquid Death has made bottled water absurdity their entire brand, and now the company is valued at $1.4 billion. With those brilliant clowns over at Liquid Death as the blueprint, it\u2019s not surprising others would be hornin\u2019 in on this water ridiculousness. 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