A Coffee Machine for the Dashboard: The Hertella Auto Kaffeemachine, a VW Beetle Accessory from 1959
If you are a coffee lover and a fan of classic cars, you might be interested in this quirky gadget that was designed to make your road trips more enjoyable. It’s a coffee machine that fits on the dashboard of a 1959 Volkswagen Beetle, and it can brew a hot cup of joe while you drive!
The gadget is called the Hertella-Auto Kaffeemaschine, and it was produced and marketed by a German company called Hertella in the late 1950s. Continue reading »
Designer Turns Mundane Life Into Graphic Stories on The Back of Coffee Recipes and Organizes Papers Into Massive Web Archive
Hopes and fears, dreams and travel, happy and mundane life in Japan are the core sources of inspiration for the hand-drawn comics of Chinese-born artist Odding Wang. Continue reading »
This Handmade Belly Fat Coffee Mug
What better way to enjoy your morning coffee than from a mug that makes fun of your belly fat? You can also use it for tea, hot chocolate, milk, or your failed dreams to start exercising and eating healthy. Continue reading »
Italian Artist Giulia Bernardelli Turns Spilled Coffee Into Art
Some people are so incredibly talented that they can be artistically inspired by the most unexpected of things, such as spilled drinks. Case in point – Italian artist Giulia Bernardelli, whose amazing coffee art began as a mishap. Continue reading »
A Camera Made of 23,248 Coffee Stirrers, Powered by A Raspberry Pi, and Controlled with A Nintendo Controller
Here’s one of the more unique cameras you’ll ever see: designer Adrian Hanft took 28,248 coffee stirrer straws and turned them into a one-of-a-kind camera — the images show up as 28,248 points of light. Continue reading »
These Live Edge Ocean Shore Coffee Tables Are Incredible
Artist Rivka Wilkins and woodworker Jared Davis have collaborated on a series of beautiful coffee tables that capture ocean waves crashing on the shores of a live edge walnut coffee table. Continue reading »
Japanese Illustrator Enchants Twitter With Magical ‘Full Moon Coffee Shop’ That Only Appears To Exhausted People
In the famously overworked country of Japan, many people are on the look out for the ultimate way to chill out after a hard days work, resulting in establishments like cat cafes and sleep cafes popping up in the cities. Continue reading »
Guy Turns Bus Stop Into A Free Coffee Shop And Spreads A Little Joy
George Barratt-Jones set up a coffee shop inside a bus shelter and spread a little joy on people’s morning commute. George served people coffee, tea, and homemade cookies while cafe music played in the background. Continue reading »
Japanese Latte Artist Creates Beautiful And Colourful Depictions Of Various Bird Species
Japanese artist Ku-san is a home barista who has taken on latte art as a hobby. As the owner of a pet bird, she has combined both her passions and depicts various colourful bird species in gorgeous designs. Continue reading »
Singapore Coffee Maker Invented A Fluffy Cotton Candy Cloud Drips A ‘Rain’ Of Sugar Into A Coffee Cup
The Chinese coffee company Mellower has created a tempest in a teacup with their uniquely poetic “Sweet Little Rain” espresso drink. The primary feature of this concoction is a fluffy white cloud made of cotton candy that sits above a steaming Americano and melts little raindrops of sugar right into the cup. The bulk of the photos taken are from the Mellower Coffee Singapore, but there may be other locations that serve this whimsical, very popular treat. Continue reading »
Happy Cats, Coffee Shops And Carefree Times In TAO’s Cheerful, Detailed And Nostalgic Illustrations
As she explains on her Tumblr profile, Sapporo-based illustrator TAO is particularly fond of cats, Showa Era things, and sneakers. With their cheerful tone and kawaii characters enjoying relaxing moments, coffee mug in hand, her artwork will surely put a smile on your face or dispel any clouds hanging over your head. Continue reading »
Artist Imagines Spilled Coffee As Monsters
Stefan Kuhnigk is a German illustrator and copywriter who works at an ad agency by day and turns coffee stains into monsters by night. Prompted by his love for coffee (and can we blame him?) and clumsiness, he created his first character during a boring meeting when he accidentally spilled a cup of coffee. Continue reading »
This Awesome Tiny Landscape In A Coffee Cup
Amazing coffee cup art by artist Yukihiro Kaneuchi.
When a product is created, it is as though new born, with no memory or understanding of the world around it. These relationships are formed through user interaction over time, the product “ages” and gains knowledge of it’s purpose in the world.The stain’s image is a representation of the products feelings, memory as the product ages through use. Continue reading »
This Cozy Coffee Shop Was Inserted In An Apartment Block In Overpopulated Chinese City
Architecture firm FANAF, have designed the Pause Cafe that’s nestled within a 1980s apartment building in Nanjing, China. Continue reading »
This 3D Printed Coffee Table Shows Art As Seen Under The Microscope
Scientists have long been fascinated with viewing objects under the microscope, and it’s easy to see why. You get a fresh perspective on everyday items that look completely different under the lens. With pretty patterns and vivid colors, there’s a sense of surprise when you get a closer look at images that can’t be seen with the naked eye. Continue reading »
Coffee Served In A Cone? Enjoy This Unique Drink At A Specialty Cafes Around The World!
#coffeeinacone is a concept developed by Dayne Levinrad to bring some much needed innovation and excitement into the coffee industry worldwide. Dayne mastered his Coffee skill in Australia for 4 years and has consulted in Brazil and America helping various Coffee shops develop products. Continue reading »
Korean Barista Creates Impressive Art On Your Coffee Foam
The very popular Korean barista Lee Kang Bin is a specialist of coffee art, creating real pieces of art on your coffee foam! In addition to his personal creations, delicate and detailed, he also enjoys paying tribute to pop culture or art history, from Bambi to Vincent van Gogh through Alice in Wonderland or Pikachu. Continue reading »
An Artist Creates Mesmerizing Kinetic Sand Drawings Coffee Tables
Bruce Shapiro is an artist standing behind this unusual tables which will mesmerize you few moments after you start watching them. This kinetic sand drawing machines in a form of tables trace beautiful patterns in thin layers of sand by a movement of a metal ball. He named this project Sisyphus, alluding to infinity of motion and struggles of the hero from the Greek myth, just like a ball seems to roll endlessly creating beautiful patterns in the sand under the surface of a coffee table. Continue reading »
Functional Mixtape Coffee Tables
Catering to musicians and music lovers alike, Los Angeles-based company TAYBLES has created a functional piece of furniture that also acts as a nostalgic throwback to the time of homemade mixtapes. The trio of artists behind the company produces cassette tape coffee tables, each work crafted from hardwood and sealed with clear epoxy. Every table also comes with a classic cassette label affixed to the top, and LED lights hidden within the center of the mixtape’s holes. Continue reading »
We’ll Just Happen To Serve Great Coffee In The Company Of Homeless Cats With Leukemia
A family of homeless cats with leukemia are “sentenced for life” because their probabilities of being adopted are so low. Their only choice of having a better life was to develop a business plan to create their dream home with all the comfort. This includes human visits to scratch their backs. Continue reading »
Artist Uses Coffee Spills To Create Cute Coffee Monsters
Little accidents and oopsies can be serendipitous sometimes. Stefan Kuhnigk is a copywriter and artist from Hamburg, Germany, who spilled a cup of coffee one day and – much in the same way that we used to see monsters in the dark when we were kids – saw a monster staring back at him from within the deepest depths of that cheerless puddle of java. The monster implored Stefan to free it, so Stefan picked up a pen and did, witlessly opening a dimensional portal for hordes of other monsters to keep coming over to our side: the Coffee Monsters have come. Continue reading »
Inception Coffee Table By Stelios Mousarris
Cyprus-based designer Stelios Mousarris created the ‘Wave City Coffee Table‘, a curved table that features the design of a cityscape, which appears to be lifted upside down. Made of wood and steel, the structure of the table was achieved using 3D printing technology. On the idea behind it, the designer says that he was inspired by the movie ‘Inception’. Continue reading »
You’ll Want To Be Seen With One Of These Starbucks Coffee Cups
Unlike millions of people who toss away their used Starbucks cups each day, 20-year-old artist Carrah Aldridge sees them as the perfect canvas to express herself. Armed with a white gel pen, trusty Sharpie and colour pens she spends hours turning the iconic paper cups into unique and eye-catching artworks. Continue reading »
Coffee Kiss by Jang Woo-Seok
“Take ‘Kiss’ Out” is a coffee cup lid designed by Korean designer Jang Woo-Seok. It features puckered lips and a nose – as much human face as a lid needs for a kiss. So smooch your cup first thing in the morning! Continue reading »
This Artist Uses Leftover Coffee To Create Beautiful Artworks
Painting with coffee and creating other food-based art is all the rage right now. Occasionally, though, someone comes along and ups the ante a bit, pushing the trend even further. One such artist is Ghidaq al-Nizar, who creates magical little scenes using the remnants of his morning brew. Continue reading »
