A single-serve coffee system designed for the modern office, transforming coffee-making into a 2–5 minute ritual that resets focus, supports wellbeing, and gives everyone an equal break.
Year
2026
client
University Brief
production scale
Batch Production
Category
Affirmative Design
Manufacturing methods
CNC Machining | Glass Casting | Lampworking
Materials
Elm | Brass | Borosilicate Glass | Expanded Cork
The Problem
The inspiration stuck, in an office, watching a colleague use a portable coffee maker, designed for outdoor use for outdoor use, at their desk, which felt super misplaced an office environment.
This highlighted a gap:
Office coffee prioritises convenience, but fails to provide quality, ownership or meaningful experience.
Proposed Solution
This project builds on my wider practice exploring how objects:
gain value through repeated use
shape behaviour over time
support emotional engagement through interaction
How Does this work?
When the user requires a break, they step away from their desk, carrying the Moment with them.
Using the Loth spoon (calibrated to their ideal coffee dosage), they measure their coffee, rinse the filter (which preheats the cup), and begins to pour.
The process is slow and deliberate - watching the bloom, listening to the drips, and enjoying the aroma.
For a few minutes, attention shifts away from work and onto the act itself.
Once finished, having engaged every sense, they return to their desk with a renewed sense of focus, and a warm cup to hold and enjoy.
A small, revitalising pause within the structure of the working day.
user journey
01
Measure: a calibrated spoon replaces digital precision with tactile repeatability.
02
Pause: the pour slows attention through bloom, drip, heat, and aroma.
03
Return: the object creates permission for a break, then carries the user back into work.
Inspired by the Hario V60, made for the office, balancing usability, minimalist aesthetics and experiential value.
Sustainability:
Elm base: Locally grown and felled hardwood which is soft enough to mark with continuous use.
Cork sleeve: Bound by its own natural suberin and without additives, making it safely biodegradable.
Borosilicate: Recyclable when kept in a closed-loop system which Moment can facilitate.
Brass: Infinitely recyclable and patinates beautifully over time.
Moment understands that accidents happen and has developed the concept of ‘Bits for Breaks’, whereby users can return a broken part for a discount on a replacement.
Returned pieces are repaired, repurposed or recycled. Every component is available individually, so you only ever replace what is needed.
Every component is made to last, and to end safely when it doesn't.
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