{"id":238316,"date":"2026-05-20T18:30:09","date_gmt":"2026-05-20T18:30:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/238316\/"},"modified":"2026-05-20T18:30:09","modified_gmt":"2026-05-20T18:30:09","slug":"glassybaby-hosts-soho-pop-up-to-celebrate-new-collaboration-with-pokemon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/238316\/","title":{"rendered":"glassybaby hosts Soho pop-up to celebrate new collaboration with Pok\u00e9mon"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Seattle-based glass company glassybaby is teaming up with Pok\u00e9mon to launch an exclusive product line for the brand\u2019s 30th anniversary and is launching the collaboration at a NYC pop-up this weekend.<\/p>\n

Glassybaby, which specializes in hand-blown glass votives, is the latest brand to collaborate with the beloved Japanese franchise.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n

\u201cFor 30 years, Pok\u00e9mon has sparked imagination across generations. In 2026, that spark becomes flame with our glassybaby collection,\u201d said Lee Rhodes, founder of glassybaby. \u201cAt glassybaby, everything we create begins with the belief that light holds meaning.\u00a0 Bringing these beloved Pok\u00e9mon into hand blown glass felt like the natural meeting of two worlds rooted in collectability, authenticity and joy.\u201d<\/p>\n

Rhodes told amNewYork that Pok\u00e9mon reached out to glassybaby to team up for the brand\u2019s 30th anniversary, as it has with brands such as Lego and McDonald\u2019s. Pok\u00e9mon worked closely with glassybaby to create a special line of glass to celebrate the brand\u2019s lasting impact across the world.<\/p>\n

\"The<\/a>The glassybaby Pok\u00e9mon collection, featuring Eevee, Pikachu, and Jigglypuff.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe make everything by hand in Seattle, and I think [Pok\u00e9mon] just wanted a new partner that\u2019s kind of our size and does beautiful things,\u201d said Rhodes. \u201cWe, at one point, were like \u2018Oh, we\u2019ll just put really bright Pok\u00e9mon characters on some of our really bright glassybabies because we have thousands of colors, and they said no. They want elegant, etched [pieces] \u2014 so they really drove this design. It\u2019s really beautiful at the end of the day.\u201d<\/p>\n

The glassbaby x Pok\u00e9mon debut spring collection features votives inspired by Pikachu, Jigglypuff and Eevee, each etched into a votive and set on a vibrant color that matches the character\u2019s base color. Later this year, glassybaby will unveil additional Pok\u00e9mon characters for the collection.<\/p>\n

Each Pok\u00e9mon votive retails for $170, with a portion of the proceeds going to support the upporting the glassybaby Foundation<\/a>. To date, glassybaby has contributed over $16 million to charitable causes.<\/p>\n

To celebrate the launch, glassybaby is hosting a pop-up in Soho, located at 422 West Broadway, from May 21-24. Guests will be able to shop glassybaby\u2019s entire collection, including the new Pok\u00e9mon collection and a new New York City-exclusive collection, called New Yorker, that you can\u2019t get anywhere else.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\"glassybaby's<\/a>glassybaby\u2019s New Yorker collection, available at the pop-up.Photos by Emily Davenport<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen you make a glassybaby, you design it to look [a certain way], but every single glassblower is a righty, a lefty, a woman, a man, good mood, broken up with, whatever, and they all come to make glass and glass, it\u2019s like a ballet every single day. That\u2019s what I love about glassybaby, every single one of them is different,\u201d said Rhodes. \u201c[New Yorker] were just beautiful and summery. We knew we were coming here in the summer; they used a darker teal, so it\u2019s much more intense, and this just seemed really mellow. It\u2019s very New York to me.\u201d<\/p>\n

The glassybaby pop-up will be open daily from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. on May 21-24. For more information or to shop the Pok\u00e9mon collection online, visit glassybaby.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Details<\/p>\n

What: glassybaby x Pok\u00e9mon pop-up\n<\/p>\n

Where: 422 West Broadway, Soho\n<\/p>\n

When: May 21-24, 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. each day\n<\/p>\n

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