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My Glass Cookbook App
A mobile-oriented studio reference app for preserving project, schedule, mold, kiln, dealer and reference workflows.
At a glance
Project snapshot
- Audience
- Glass artists who need practical studio information close at hand while planning, making, shopping or documenting work.
- Studio role
- Product definition, app structure, interface design, content/data organization and implementation for the original mobile-oriented workflow product.
- Working interface
- The App brings several reference and workflow areas into one mobile-oriented place, including project notes, kiln schedules, molds, kilns, dealer information and studio references.
- Current state
- Original app · active family context
01 The product
What artists can do with it
The App brings several reference and workflow areas into one mobile-oriented place, including project notes, kiln schedules, molds, kilns, dealer information and studio references.
It preserves working knowledge artists may need repeatedly and acts as an early foundation for the broader My Glass Cookbook family.
02 Why it matters
The problem it solves
Studio knowledge can end up spread across notebooks, supplier pages, dealer lists, saved photos and memory.
A mobile-oriented studio reference app for preserving project, schedule, mold, kiln, dealer and reference workflows.
03 Workflow
How the product helps artists
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Use dealer map workflows while researching materials.
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Carry app lessons into the wider Portal and tool family.
04 See the product
The original mobile studio app
These screens show how firing schedules, mold records, supplier research and studio references were organized for phone-first use.
In the product 01
Preserve reusable firing knowledge
The schedules library keeps named firing programs, process types and practical descriptions searchable on the phone, so studio knowledge can be reused instead of reconstructed from memory.
In the product 02
Keep physical studio inventory close at hand
The molds library records photographs, manufacturer references, names and dimensions in a searchable mobile collection instead of leaving equipment knowledge across paper notes and memory.
Moving walkthrough
See the sequence in motion
Keep supplier research close to the rest of the studio workflow.
05 Why it works this way
Choices shaped by the studio workflow
Lead with the studio workflow
Artists need practical project, schedule, dealer and reference information close at hand.
Treat it as foundation
The App established the mobile studio workflow foundation later extended by the broader My Glass Cookbook family.
Show supplier context in use
The dealer map brings supplier information into the same mobile workspace as projects and schedules.
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