sense exploration in the Italian coffee experience
Designing Rituals_2015
In this project, we wanted to combine the positive aspects of various coffee rituals to create a new ritual that ideally consists only of (inter)actions that are experienced positively to create a meaningful, valuable experience. By starting off from a moment that is generally not perceived as very pleasant; the morning and waking, we aim for more attentiveness. We redesigned the moment by enriching the coffee making and drinking process into a ritual with the needed qualities to achieve this. One of the aspects we found important is that the ritual should facilitate the mastering of the process. Although the main goal of a ritual is not the end result, we envisioned that, giving the performer of the ritual control over factors that provide accurate feedback, will lead to increased involvement and attention to the ritual, ultimately increasing the value of it.
We designed a tray to hold all artifacts that are needed for the actual coffee drinking. This is a nice way to present this ritual as a set and enables to easily carry of all the needed artifacts. Using a tray allows the host to make the partner enjoy the finalization of the making process by pouring the coffee, add milk and sugar and stir the coffee at the coffee drinking place. The tray is designed to allow for careful positioning, to easily carry all the needed parts for the coffee drinking and to display and present the coffee when brought to the partner.
