Gizmodo: nespresso

Nespresso Contest Winners Could Make Tasty Coffee If You Knew How to Use Them

Jesus Diaz — Thu, 15 May 2008 09:45:00 EDT

Nespresso—maker of single serve pseudo-coffee machines—has announced its design contest winners. The entries range from the abstract of the winner—"Untitled," by Brice Genre and Hanika Perez, left—to the 2001-like spiffiness of the second entry—"Pearl," by Andreas Diefenbach, center—to the completely absurd but pretty, as you will see in the full gallery with 21 concepts after the jump.

[Nespresso via Single Serve Coffee]

Porsche-designed Nespresso Machine Empties Your Wallet Faster

Louis Ramirez — Wed, 30 May 2007 14:00:50 EDT

In case that Swarovski espresso machine was too gaudy for your tastes, Nespresso has teamed up with Porsche Design to bring you this piece of kitchen gadgetry. The Nespresso Siemens by Porsche Design lets you play barista by serving up cups of espresso, cappuccino, and macchiato. Unfortunately, though it carries the Porsche name, it doesn't make your coffee any faster in the morning. – Louis Ramirez

Porsche Designed Nespresso Espresso Machine [Single Serve Coffee]

Miele-Nespresso Espresso Maker: Worth Every Penny

Mark Wilson — Sat, 09 Dec 2006 13:45:16 EST

The Miele-Nespresso CVA 2650 Espresso Maker simultaneously makes your espresso and steams your milk, funneling each into your cup with perfection where perfection is programmed based upon your individual preference.

But it costs $2,099, which is only the price of 525 lattes at $4 apiece. But let's face it, you'll pull this out like 5 times a year, relearning how to use it each time, thereby guaranteeing that you'll only pull it out 5 times a year. But we still want one. – Mark Wilson

Product Page [via MSN]

Nespresso InCar Coffee Machine Concept

gizmodo.com — Mon, 10 Apr 2006 15:08:21 EDT

Nespresso invited design students from all over Europe to consider how coffee rituals of today might evolve and fit into future lifestyles, and announced the winners of their Design Contest last week at the Milan furniture fair. The gadget to the left is the second place winner, the InCar coffee machine, designed by Thijs van Cuyk and Lavrans Laading of the Netherlands.

As you might guess from its name, the InCar is a Nespresso machine meant to be installed into the center console of a car, that can double as an armrest when you aren't using it to make lattes. We're not sure this is something we'd particularly want in our own car (a cold soda dispenser would be more to our liking), and we certainly wouldn't trust New York City cab drivers to keep in-car coffee machines clean, but your mileage may vary.

Nespresso Design Contest [Nespresso]
Coffee Contest Inspires Innovative Designs [The NewsMarket]
Nespresso InCar coffee machine concept [Gizmag]