Platinum Home Appliance · 2020
Lavazza Idola Coffee Machine
- Platinum A' Design Award 2020 in Home Appliance
- CLIENT: Lavazza
- Estimated Number of Design Views: 588,591
- Verification code BD3D5D7455 · Verify this award
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About Lavazza Idola Coffee Machine
A perfect solution for coffee lovers looking for proper Italian espresso experience at home. The touch sensitive user interface with acoustic feedback has four selections and a temperature boost function offering a tailor made experience for every taste or occasion. The machine indicates missing water, a full caps container or the necessity for descaling through additional illuminated icons and the drip tray can be adjusted easily. The design with its open spirit, quality surfacing and sophisticated detailing is an evolution of Lavazza’s established form language.
About the Platinum A' Design Award
Lavazza Idola Coffee Machine is a Platinum A' Design Award winner, an extremely prestigious recognition granted to truly exceptional, elegant, and magnificent designs. Platinum winners are marvels of creation, testaments to the limits of intellectual creativity, and demonstrate the unmatched professionalism and genius of their designers. These designs are expected to be the most renowned works that define the aesthetics of an era, contribute to the well-being of society, and push the boundaries of art, science, design, and technology. Lavazza Idola Coffee Machine exhibits a transcendent level of excellence and unequivocally makes the world a better place with its advantageous and worthwhile characteristics. Lavazza Idola Coffee Machine is a Platinum A' Design Award-winning work that triggers desires, inspires, excites, delights, and sparks great joy.
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- Unique Properties
- A perfect solution for coffee lovers looking for proper Italian espresso experience at home. The touch interface with acoustic feedback has four selections and a temperature boost offering a tailor made experience for every taste or occasion. The machine indicates missing water, a full caps container or the necessity for descaling and the drip tray can be adjusted easily. The design with its open spirit, quality surfacing and sophisticated detailing is an evolution of Lavazza’s form language.
- Dimensions & Packaging
- 145mm / 380mm / 280mm
4 kg - Tags
- Lavazza, Coffee, Espresso, touch interface
- Production Technology
- injection molding (ABS/SAN), glas, steel grid, painted main shell
- Design Challenge
- Much effort went into developing a shared common platform for two machines (Idola and Deséa) at the same time.
- Research
- conceptual and formal research, 3D modeling, mock-ups, prototyping
- Inspiration
- The product was designed to be a natural extension of the Lavazza A MODO MIO product line. The shoulder profile of the main shell lowers the perceived height of the product and the overall design was inspired by a series of different products - examples include a vase and automotive interior controls.
- Project Duration
- Turin, Italy
- Operation Flow
- intuitive touch interface with acoustic feedback, quiet operation