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The Future of Coffee Cup Design

As the third-wave coffee keeps on
sweeping the world, people start to pay atten-
tion to every aspect of coffee just as they do
with wine. “The specialty coffee industry is
constantly pushing to get better in every way
and it continues to become even more special-
ized. There are more and more people training
and becoming knowledgeable in every aspect
of the beverage,” said Vecchiarelli. Coffee cup
design specialists like KRUVE will help edu-
KRUVE cate customers and develop the trend.
While from the design perspective,
KRUVE is comprised of engineers, product new techniques and materials will be applied
developers, designers, marketing in coffee cup design, notNeutral has already
specialists, and entrepreneurs. They have used 3D modeling and designing extensive-
proven experience working for Fortune 500
companies developing products and ly and they believe that additive manufac-
services and have a successful track record turing will be widely used in the future when
bringing their own products to market. it comes to coffee cup design. Pearson told
kruveinc.com us: “We can print in an array of plastics,
carbon fiber, metals, ceramic, glass, and
notNeutral even bio-material. Ceramic and glass print-
ing is improving by the year, as well as 3D
Founded in 2001, notNeutral was born out
printing with recycled materials.”
of the idea that architecture is more than
just a building; it is everything in the However, that doesn’t mean that the
designed environment. As the design-child industry will abandon the old-fashion way
of Rios Clementi Hale Studios, notNeutral of creating coffee cups, Pearson stressed.
believes that there are many stories to be Indeed, Magdalena and her MK Studio is still
told in their designs, and they tell them busy with orders for customized handmade
by creating objects that become a part of
your daily rituals. ceramic coffee cups every day. “Ceramics is
notneutral.com timeless. I don’t see it as a trend or fashion
so it’s hard for me to say what is trendy. I
MK Studio create pieces that will serve people for years
and make them happy every morning when
MK Studio was founded by ceramicist drinking coffee,” she said.
Magdalena and chef Michal. The couple met in
Poznan and now call Copenhagen home. There No matter what kind of design form or
they make fun, colorful and high-quality Photo / Chris Tonnesen, MK Studio what innovative material dominates the
ceramics together. Thanks to the marriage of coffee cup design trend, what is for certain
the two fields – gastronomy and art – MK is that a good coffee cup will make your
Studio has a unique insight on what’s drinking experience better than ever. And
functional, what’s beautiful and what’s cool
right now. every coffee lover deserves a good cup for
mk-ceramics.com their favorite coffee!

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