Industrial Design
Flourishing Shot Glass
A’ Design Award–winning Mayan-inspired shot glass — sculptural form in glass and colour.
- Client
- Authorial product
- Year
- 2016
- Role
- Industrial Designer
- Category
- Industrial Design · Packaging · Creative Direction
Overview
Flourishing Shot Glass explores how cultural narrative and industrial form can meet in a single handheld object. The piece translates Mayan symbolism into a contemporary drinking vessel without becoming costume or cliché.
Challenge
Design a distinctive glassware object that feels collectible and manufacturable — expressive enough to win international attention, precise enough to function as everyday product.
Process
Research into Mayan motifs informed silhouette studies, material tests, and colour explorations. Form iterations balanced symbolic ornament with clean manufacturing constraints for glass.
Concept
A flourishing silhouette: organic growth expressed through structured curves, colour accents, and a base that feels ceremonial without sacrificing stability.
Development
Refined proportions for hand feel, pour, and visual presence on shelf. Colour and surface treatments were tuned for photography and retail display.
Execution
Final design delivered as a finished product concept with award submission materials and presentation photography.
Outcome
Recognised with an A’ Design Award and established a flagship industrial design case for the studio’s product practice.
Results
- A’ Design Award winner
- International design press visibility
- Signature industrial design portfolio piece
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