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The "Ultimate Coffee Cup" ?
Has anyone else seen this?
KEY ATTRIBUTES
• 12 fl. oz. (36 dl) volume
• Lead-free
• Microwave and dishwasher safe
• Designed by award-winning artist David Pier
• Made of the finest translucent high-fire vitreous porcelain
• Saucers double as lids and enable artful stacking
About the Design:
“After thousands of years of ceramic history you might think there isn’t anything significant left to try in the design of cups with handles. The fact that unusual mugs usually are awkward to use would reinforce this idea. However, after years of designing ceramics, I realized that all conventional coffee cup designs were determined more by the manufacturing and design processes than by the needs of the coffee cup user. What does a perfect cylinder have to do with the shape of the human hands or lips? It is merely a simple shape that is easy to make on a lathe, turntable, or in a CAD program.” …more.
Cup ergonomics? A worthwhile endeavor?
What do you think?
I think it’s kind of nice to see the concept of “quality” applied to more than just use of material in regards to cups. We talk about coffee quality in more depth than simply the quality of the green or the quality of the roast.
If nothing else, it is definitely an eye catcher.
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Very cool cups. I dig ‘em. When you have a cup/mug you like, you tend to use it all the time (at least that’s how it works for me). Depending on the retail price + existing cash flow, might be a good buy.