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Posted by Lisa Smith | 23 Aug 2010
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New York-based designer and RISD graduate Emily Rothschild is interested in making the ritual of medication both more convenient and more beautiful. Her carafe and glass set, called Medical Glassware, wraps the ritual of taking pills into the familiar bedside carafe, replacing clunky plastic containers and cassettes. By integrating pills into the bottom of the cup, medication comes out of the medicine cabinet and into central domestic space, no longer hidden.
A water carafe is topped by a cup with a false copper bottom. Inside is a small compartment that holds pills, which are visible through the glass. The set is currently produced to order, and are available directly from Emily.
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Do I have a carafe for every medication I take? How does this help distinguish between the medications that look similar? How does this help me to know when and with what I should be taking my medications? Is the copper bottom water-tight so my medication doesn't get ruined when I wash the cup? If it is water-tight, is it easy to open and close with my arthritic hands? What if I fill the cup before I remove the medication? Sure is pretty.
I agree to david, it's nice but that's it and this has nothing to do with design but with styling. we may need another category here.