Student Name: Chapin Galowtiz
Project Name: Espresso Mono
Course Name: PDES 3771 Fall 2021 | Product Design Junior Studio
Course Instructor: Tejas Dhadphale
ABOUT THE PROJECT
Chapin's Espresso Mono is a new espresso brewing system for aspiring high-end coffee consumers that makes dialing in brew settings easier and more fluid than conventional espresso machines. The Mono allows users to input their coffee’s roast type, and controlthe grind, dose, ratio, temperature, pressure, and steam pressure. The Mono companion app opens up a conversation between the user and the machine, allowing them to develop their brew settings to match their specific coffee, and meet their personal taste. Espresso Mono features a modular bean hopper which doubles as a storage system for users who want to switch up their roast on the fly. With an integrated grinder, group head, steam wand, scale, and timer, every variable of espresso can be fine tuned from one place. Espresso Mono gives the user full control over exactly what happens in the brew from start to finish.
View Chapin's final presentation here.
ABOUT THE COURSE
This is the third studio course for product design majors in which students will further develop skills specific to their selected track/sub-plan. Students apply skills learned in their prior core classes toward several individual product design challenges. Students in the user experience section may explore topics in service design, immersive environments, IoT, digital/physical integration, or smart products. Students in the integrated product development section may explore topics in furniture, medical devices, electromechanical products, consumer electronics, digital/physical integration, or smart products.
