Without a doubt the best designed coffee maker ever made.
Designed by Florian Seiffert for Braun in 1972, it was immediately a classic of design and technology, with its vertical automatic drip system, dual heaters, and stunning aesthetics. We bought ours from a man who bought it new at Zabar's in 1972, made 2 pots of coffee and then felt that it was too nice to keep using, and kept it as a design object instead. When he told us that I said, "That's exactly what we were going to do with it!" We made one pot of perfect coffee and then cleaned it up and put it back in its box. Occasionally it'll come out for an admiration, usually after (or during) watching Alien (it was the spaceship Nostromo's coffee maker).
Braun design links:
http://radio.gort.dk/braun/
http://www.braun.com/global/world-of-braun/braun-collection.html
http://www.braun.com/global/world-of-braun/braun-design.html
http://gizmodo.com/343641/1960s-braun-products-hold-the-secrets-to-apples-future
Alien (1979) trailer:
3 comments:
i am actually looking for a new coffee maker (and sick of spending all my moneys at starbutts). that baby is gorgeous.
Hey, I'm a product design student currently researching Braun and this coffee maker in particular. I'm going to be creating a 1:1 model but I'm currently having problems finding out the dimensions to create a technical drawing, could you help in anyway? Any help/information would be greatly appreciated.
Thank, Travis
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