Notes on the Design of Glass Bottles

JSGT 1934 V18 T122-T127

The artist is faced with considerable limitations in undertaking the design of glass bottles for modern use as containers and conveyors of numerous commodities. These limitations are considered under three headings relating respectively to the material, the method of manufacture, and the purpose for which the ware is to be used. The difficulties are illustrated by reference to the automatically mass-produced bottle, certain types of which are so closely defined by the conditions of manufacture and of use that there is little scope for artistic treatment of form and they may be said to design themselves. The conclusion is that it is essential for the designer of glass bottles to be associated intimately with the factory.

Edward Meigh