Design with Spent Coffee Grounds: The Coffee Cup Project
摘要
Design is crucial in tackling the social, economic, and environmental challenges faced by societies worldwide. Well-designed solutions promote health, well-being, inclusivity, and sustainable development for people residing in rural, urban, and remote areas. The case study in this paper deals with a material that is considered waste, the coffee grounds. Coffee is one of the most widely consumed drinks in the world, known for its popularity and distinctive flavour. The aim is to firstly to revalue coffee grounds by transforming them into a usable resource based on a material that uses the Spent Coffee Grounds as a raw material. This transformation will be materialised through a design case study—a coffee cup. In the materialization phase, the first step begins with the 3d printing of the coffee cup so that the physical model is used to produce a silicone mould. This mould will then be used to pour the resin mixed with the coffee grounds. After undergoing the curing process, the newly designed coffee cup is removed from the mould.