One year ago, the Foof Queens (Rocky, LuAnn, and Betty) came to 5forty design for help designing a new product. The Gift Gloss dispenser is the result of that collaboration. It is perfectly suited to their creative gifting style. More can be found on their website www.foofqueens.com which goes live Wednesday, August 19. Below and after the break are pictures of the ideation process, some renderings of an early version in various color schemes (including the glorious Maroon and Orange), and some pictures of one of the first production pieces.

The production Gift Glosser is injection molded and is made from 4 parts. The top and bottom shells and the rail were designed to be 2-part molds to reduce costs. The manufacturer was able to reduce the part count by 1 by co-molding the rubber cut-strip into the bottom shell.