Coffee makes the world go ’round for millions every day, but in Vienna, over 700 dirty, used Nespresso capsules were combined with copper and salt water to make battery-powered clocks that linked together to keep a radio playing away happily. More »
Nespresso—makers of single serve pseudo-coffee machines—have announced the winners for their design contest. The entries range from the abstract of the winner—”Untitled,” by Brice Genre and Hanika Perez, left—to the 2001-like spiffiness of the second entry—”Pearl,” by Andreas Diefenbach, center—to the completely absurd but pretty, as you will see in the full gallery with 21 concepts after the jump.
In case that Swarovski espresso machine was too gaudy for your tastes, Nespresso has teamed up with Porsche Design to bring you this piece of kitchen gadgetry. The Nespresso Siemens by Porsche Design lets you play barista by serving up cups of espresso, cappuccino, and macchiato. Unfortunately, though it carries the Porsche name, it doesn’t make your coffee any faster in the morning. – Louis Ramirez
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Good gawd, now they’re adding those tacky Swarovski crystals to coffee makers? Nespresso, which should know better, brings you a choice of pink or black sparkles on its Limited Edition Essenza machines. These little “Crystal Couture” espresso makers will set you back $1000, and there will only be 100 of each variety made. Maybe this is a great idea for espresso coffee machine collectors. That, along with luxury doggie hotels, is yet another harbinger of the fall of the Empire.
That’s a nice head of crema foaming up on top of those little espresso cups, however we’re not convinced that all those crystalline pieces of plastic spangled all over the outside of these machines will make the coffee taste any better. But then, stranger things have happened. – Charlie White
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