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haha, this is awesome! but we'll just find something else to use to hurt each other just as badly...probably worse. lol

The Twin Wall design might also offer the added bonus of insulating the beverage better.

Where does this 87000 figure come from?
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?

I'm no expert, but I think in a bar brawl the preferred weapon is a botlle rather than a glass as the neck acts as a convenient handle and there's less chance of the attacker cutting himself. What are the statistics for pint glasses causing injury as opposed to bottles? If this technology could be applied to bottles as well it would help but there are already several plastics available that impersonate glass for use in the cosmetics/perfume packaging industry, you could just use them instead of the glass which would be much easier to recycle than two materials bonded together. Could someone also invent the soft impact - non splinter pool cue.

The original article talks about the number of glass attacks, not the number of fights (which is probably higher).

This is a social problem not a product design problem. New, ugly, non-recyclable glassware will not solve this issue no matter how many "Encapsulated Branding Opportunities" it creates.

Yeah! Good thought, but..what about recycling the glasses afterwards? How do you separate resin from glass? Glass its self is a 100% recyclable and clean material, why complicate things like that?

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..)

Correct company link:

http://www.designbridge.co.uk/

Interesting, but I couldn't help but notice how they detailed the benefits but not the drawbacks.

"New, ugly and non-recyclable" thanks for all the compliments people!
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