To Coaster or Not To Coaster
For this weeks blog I have 12 concept sketches of coasters that vary from fun useful ideas to pretty useless. I have a couple favourites! My first favourite is number 1, in the top left box of the photo above. I called her "coffee & cigarettes" because people say (not me, but people), that having a coffee and a cigarette in the morning is a great way to start your day. For this idea, I think it would be interesting to have the coaster and the ashtray be separates that fit together. The bottom most piece is a flat surface, with some small "railings" on the side - this would act as the coaster. The bottom would be larger than the ashtray portion, so when the coaster is not in use it could be a standalone ashtray, or you can pop off the bottom layer and have your coffee and cigarette. For the ashtray, building it up in layers would be the way I would set it up. Cutting another base layer that fits inside the coaster, then the following layer would have the central...