UrbanGlass Packaging, Shopping Bag & Icon Sketches

Packaging box ideas shown are for single item purchases as well as multiple sets of glassware. Shopping bag, artist cards, and glassblowing tool and process icons are represented.

And here are the final icon and logos stickers finished in Adobe Illustrator CS5. Take a peak and let me know what ya think!

All designs/sketches are ™ & © 2010 Tom Genese

A Perpetual Calender for your fridge!

This project was real fun once I figured out what to do… I'm glad a craft store like Michaels exists because otherwise this would not have come out that great! Button magnets and Scrabble-like wood pieces . You'll be able to see the finished calendar in person at my portfolio review at the end of the year.

These are my beginning ideas on paper…

And here you can see how my idea develops… (note where I crossed out ideas that were not working.)

And my finished Refrigerator Perpetual Calendar!

Urban Glass Vs. glassworks…

The only real competition of Urban Glass seems to be a retail shop called glassworks of  Pittsburg, PA. Since they do not make the products they sell, they seem to be lacking the arty Co-op feel of Urban glass.

This high end shop offers glassware by famous designers from all over the World. Some include Annie Glass, Royal Doulton, Swarovski. There is no mention that any of the glassware they sell is made on-site.

Glassworks' website site features the numerous product lines they sell by each individual designer/design house that they carry. In addition they offer a Bridal Registry, Corporate Gifts including Awards and Trophies, as well as Baby Gifts. To give you an idea of the kind of glassware they sell here's a sampling of just how expensive the products they sell are:

A 4 and a half inch Sea Turtle goes for $405.00…

One Round Ruffle Tray will set you back $88.00…

A teeny tiny Salad Plate is priced at $63.00…

A pair of Candlesticks will drain your finances of $380.00…

The Annie Glass Ruffle Cake Stand is priced at a whopping $270.00…

and one lone Ruffle Wine Coaster will give you some definite sticker shock at $71.00!!!

While your at the shop or the website make sure to check out the the naughty little lingerie shop called "Cheeks"…

In addition, the MoMa Store, the Museum of Art & Design, and The Shop at Cooper-Hewett all offer some kind of upscale glassware on their sites.