Fighting after drinking in pubs in Britain has been found to cost over 2.5 million pounds to the British health care system as there are over 87,000 fights a year. The British Design Council enlisted a local design studio - DesignBridge - to make the glasses more difficult to smash and less dangerous to the victim. They've designed two prototypes, the Twin Wall and the Glass Plus. via
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Is no-one congratulating the initiative to highlight that Design can be a more practical and elegant tool for dealing with social issues rather than throwing money & legislation at it ? (or just spoiling most people's fun).
The concept is transferable technology (bottles as well) recyclable, it keeps the drink cooler for longer, it costs the same and it remains a blunt object rather than breaking into many lethally sharp ones. It has the potential to reduce glass weight by 30%.
David - Design Bridge
http://www.designbridge.co.uk/
If the aim is to lower fighting after drinking then...lower drinking!!
(or, at worst, serve alcohol in bioplastic glasses.They won't harm anyone at all..)
p25 here http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/rds/pdfs08/hosb0708chap3.pdf says 4% of violent assaults involve glass. Which is very near the 87000 figure. But why assume all these assaults are pub fights?