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Gorgeous Espresso Machines

"QUANTUM SHOT" #619
Link - Article by Radhika Seth of YankoDesign and A. Abrams

If there is no gorgeous woman in your kitchen, at least get a gorgeous espresso machine!

Isn't this a perfect theme for "Dark Roasted Blend" article? I think so! Especially since the best vintage espresso machines boast awesome design, acres of brass and chrome, ooze tons of class (and in addition pour heavenly espresso shots). For a groovy blend of steampunk and a "wish for a better future" every morning, day and evening - get an awesome kitchen sculpture... er, espresso machine, preferably from Italy.

("Pearl", by Andreas Diefenbach)

If it's the brass you want, the brass we got -

Vintage bliss... La Pavoni: Romantica Europiccola Brass Espresso Machine - buy it here

La Pavoni machine's details, dating from 1931 -

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MJ’s Brevetti Gaggia (from Michael Jackson's kitchen, no less) espresso and cappuccino machine features “polished chrome with bands of repousse and reticulated brass. Tank bears a Neverland plaque, is flanked by decorative Turkish tea vessels and is crested by an eagle finial.” Price? $1000-$2000 USD - more info:

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Since 1947, The Elektra Company also makes handsome vintage machines - buy them here

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VFA Gold Dome "1930s" Espresso Machine and other fantastic Belle Epoque creations can still be found in select (mostly European) establishments:

(left image credit: Kristin & Adam)

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Modern Creative Examples

1. "Pearl", by Andreas Diefenbach

Pure white ceramics marry rich gold in a heavenly simple shape, perfect for your private space yacht bound for Callisto:

(for more info and images click here)

2. "esPRESSivo", by Shao-Lun Chao

The esPRESSivo Portable Espresso Coffee Maker is a unique way to get your fix outdoors. This machine overcomes all the troubles of brewing espresso outdoors by allowing you to press the beans, light up a small flame at the base of the unit to brew your cuppa, and stores the surplus too!

(designer: Shao-Lun Chao)

3. One Arm Coffee Bandit! The Nilko “IMO”, by Alisson Wilson Stroher

Are you up for some arm wrestling? No? ok coffee wrestling? Aha... the Nilko “IMO” concept coffee maker wrestles you into making the java just right and nothing else.

(designer: Alisson Wilson Stroher)

4. "Deconstructed" Espresso Machine by Adam Zerbib

It seems, the weirder espresso machine 's shape, the better:

(designer: Adam Zerbib)

Next one would be "espresso machine" in cubist, or Picasso- style, or entirely deconstructed, with parts dangling around...

Unusual Coffee Machines and Coffee Bean Grinders

5. "Cocoon" Coffee Machine by Jan König

Power of two spheres! This sophisticated pot features twin-spherical bowls and the water is heated via induction in the outer sphere. A pump in the handhold transports the warm water to the filter and finally the ready coffee drips into the inner sphere. The resulting cavity (where the water was before) between the both spheres, now serves as a natural insulator and keeps the coffee warm.

(designer: Jan König)

6. "Hottie", by Arpan Maiti

On the go and don’t want to indulge in the impersonal Barista? Concoct your own potion of love with the Hottie. It uses silver as the conductive metal, with 3 modular containers to hold instant coffee, creme, and sugar. When not in use, the drinking cup hides the 3 containers on a heating base with retractable cord. When you’re ready for that morning joe, remove the containers, invert the cup and set it on the base. Mix your drink and plug it in. Within 2 minutes you’ve got your hot drink.

(designer: Arpan Maiti)

7. A Cool Jet Set & A Cup Warmer Tray

More entries from Nespresso Design Contest Left image: a concept Nespresso brewer that is to be enjoyed aboard your private aircraft. On the right is a service tray that doubles up as coffee warmers! - by Jeremy Myrier:

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8. Only Serious Coffee Drinkers Need Apply!

This coffee machine makes it almost a ceremonial process of roasting, grinding and brewing of fresh green beans... Designed by Tom Metcalfe:

(see videos of how to use this machine here)

9. "Heart Bean Coffee Grinder", by Adi Navwany, Michal Shamsian, Itamar Paloge & Danielle Ram

If have an intimate relation with your beans, I mean coffee beans, then the Heart Bean is perfect-o for you. Made from a single piece of carved wood, this coffee grinder compliments your body contours to the T. don’t get me wrong, but people are passionate about this drink:

(designers: Adi Navwany, Michal Shamsian, Itamar Paloge & Danielle Ram)

Complement your cool espresso machine with a LATTE ART MACHINE!

If you like what you see in the images below... "Latte Art" has become quite popular of late, and a specialized machine makes it easy to create, perfect every time:

(images credit: tonx)

(original unknown)

Here are some examples of the art made by the machine, displayed at SIGGRAPH 2008:

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More great latte foam art examples are here.

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Other weird examples of coffee culture and gadgetry:

Students of Shenkar College of Engineering and Design in Tel Aviv, Israel, are responsible for these design ideas for espresso cups - some are neat enough to find some customers, if manufactured:

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If you are Chuck Norris, then you serve coffee in this manner:

About the author: Yanko Design is a web magazine dedicated to introducing the best in modern international design, covering industrial design, concepts, technology, interior design, architecture, exhibition and fashion. Radhika Seth is a Graduate in Commerce, but her passion for books and writing paved the way for content writing. As a professional writer, she’s got her finger on the pulse of the readers’ expectations. However this doesn’t stop her from getting her own opinion across as well.

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Retrofuture Transportation Showcase, Part 2

"QUANTUM SHOT" #618
Link - by Avi Abrams

Do not allow anybody to steal your excitement about the future!

It seems that in the early 1950s and well into the 1970s many (if not the majority) of designers and engineers still felt the unbounded optimism about developing technology and man's ability to conquer the unknown - and this exuberance was gloriously reflected in many wild designs from leading futurism concept artists of that period.

We feel compelled to continue with our retro-future series, and today we present the next installment in "Futuristic Transportation" - read the first part here. Wait for images to load, then scroll to enjoy:

CARS...

Feast your eyes on this wild sketch for an automobile, a product of Ford design studio in 1954:

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Firebird III concept by GM, 1958:

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Another "Advanced Styling" rendering from Ford:

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Goodyear's "Amtronic" concept vehicle:

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Left: W. C. Jerome's pretty strange prototype - on the right is very futuristic concept by Alex Tremulis:

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General Motors traveling Futurama was a sort of technological circus that was meant to excite people about motoring possibilities of the future:

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Lots of cars needed a lot of multi-lane highways: the image below is from the World Fair 1939 in New York, called Citta' Del 1960:

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Even cooler: "Endless Belt Trains for the Future Cities", 1932 -

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You gotta love this automobile, with production scheduled for 1942!.. if not for the war... It has the classic aerodynamic shape that we wrote about in this series: Part and Part 2:

(cover of the "Popular Science" magazine, June 1940 - fragment, see the whole cover here)

Syd Mead is probably the best industrial designer to emerge during the early 1970s boom of futurism. His vehicles still look exciting after decades, and there is something in his "luminous space" and vibrant colors that speaks dearly to our heart and eye:

(art by Syd Mead from his book "Sentinel")

Syd Mead's student work from 1958 looked pretty groovy already:

As a side note, 1958 was pretty wild year for outrageous car concepts: here is the atrocious LAND BOAT -

UPDATE: this is actually an exaggerated concept - spoof of the excesses of the 1950s car design (from a book "The Last Dream-o-Rama").

As for some future scenarios... in case of apocalyptic shortage of gas, for example, try the solution from occupied Holland, 1941:

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More recent solution: 2008 British Steam Car, capable of reaching 170 mph (more info):

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Modular truck with extending cabin:

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TRAINS...

A fragment of futuristic train (possibly Russian in origin... similar to some Luigi Colani's designs):

(image credit: Marcin Jakubowski)

Soviet monorail trains - and American cars? - on the cover of Communist scientific magazine from the 1960s:

Russian designers did indeed dream about American cars at the time, here is proof (below left). In the meantime they were coming up with prototypes for screw-drive off-road vehicle (below right):

BOATS...

Don't miss the Screw Ship, 1939 - better than a submarine! (more info)

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Even weirder are the Turbo-Wheel Liners...

Interesting concepts of cruise ships (and mega-yachts):

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AIRPLANES...

Some of the VTOL (vertical lift-off and landing planes) concepts were quite radical looking (see our article covering most of them here). One concept we missed is this Adam Vought's plane, designed in 1965 - Vought V-460/V-485:

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Not many people remember Bill Horton's "Wingless Plane" - see video - basically a lifting body concept, quite radical for 1952:

(images via Popular Science magazine)

Even stranger is the unknown prototype plane (below left), or rather just a flying turbine:

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The VTOL plane on above right is the infamous SNECMA - Coleoptere from France (more info).

Concepts of some heavy bombers from the 1970s:

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Supersonic planes "New York Brunch - Paris Lunch" from Vanadium Corp. of America, 1958 -

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Don't miss "Strange Lifting Force for A Huge Airplane" idea from old Modern Mechanix, click here. A gyro-plane on a humongous scale. And the imposing Atomic Plane from the same source.

MISC...

Why move only the furniture? You can transport the whole house inside this truck (and the moving crew can travel in double-decker comfort, too):

Sectional Buses, 1948 - more info:

Unnamed hybrid vehicle. Wait... it actually has a name: "The Rad" - and, it's a concept for Batman Returns!

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Desert bus replaces camels - provided there is a thriving tourism industry (more info):

(image credit: Modern Mechanix)

(left: the wood cutter of the future, via - right: rubber-footed mountain busses, via, bottom: Curtis-Wright's Bee, via)

Very strange method of lunar transportation, suggested by Mattel Inc. Toymakers:

Other vintage toys still retain some charm:

(bottom image: "Operations in Antarctica", by Arnoldo Mondadori Editore, Bill Cotter, via)

The Mars Liner concept, by Christoph Anczykowski:

(image credit: Christoph Anczykowski)

The Ultimate Transport, of course, is your private asteroid - hollowed out and outfitted with stellar drives (the idea proposed in John W. Campbell's Analog way back in the 1950s):