Kalerm Model Z Mīkini Kope Automatika Piha by Nicola Zanetti and Federico Bosque

Kalerm Model Z Mīkini Kope Automatika Piha by Nicola Zanetti and Federico Bosque is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2025 A' Design Award Kala in Hoʻolālā Mīkini Hale Competition Category.

KalaMīkini Hale· 2025

Kalerm Model Z Mīkini Kope Automatika Piha

by Nicola Zanetti and Federico Bosque

Client: Segno Inverso

A' Design Award Kala Winner in Mīkini Hale Category

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The Design

About Kalerm Model Z Mīkini Kope Automatika Piha

ʻO Model Z he mīkini kope automatika piha me ka hoʻolālā kuʻē e ʻokoʻa ana mai ka nani kuʻuna. ʻOiai ma ke alo e kuleana ana i ka maʻalahi o ka hoʻohana ʻana me kahi papa hōʻike pā nui kā hiki ke koho a hoʻololi ʻia nā haneli papa kope, ʻo ka puka kope hoʻoponopono ponoʻī e neʻe pono ana i ka kīʻaha a me ka papa i koho ʻia. ʻO nā kukui hoʻopuni a me kahi ʻāpana kila nui i ke ʻano C e hana ana i ka waiwai ʻike ʻia me ka hoʻolālā inoa ikaika. ʻO nā paipu wai wela, mahu a me ka waiu huʻahuʻa e hana ana i ka Model Z he mīkini kope piha ʻoihana.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award Kala

Ua lanakila ka hoʻolālā Kalerm Model Z Mīkini Kope Automatika Piha i ka A' Design Award Kala, he ʻike hoʻohanohano nui loa i hāʻawi ʻia i nā hoʻolālā kiʻekiʻe loa, nani a kupaianaha. He mau hana ʻālohilohi loa a hana noʻeau nui nā lanakila Kala e hōʻike ana i ka loea, ka makakoho a me ka ʻoi aku o ka noʻonoʻo o kā lākou poʻe hoʻolālā. Manaʻo ʻia ʻo ka hoʻolālā Kalerm Model Z Mīkini Kope Automatika Piha he hana kupaianaha, kūlana ʻoi aku, ʻoihana kiʻekiʻe a hou loa. ʻO kēia hoʻolālā i lanakila i ka A' Design Award Kala he mea hoʻokumu kūpono loa, mahalo ʻia e hāʻawi i ka pōmaikaʻi a hoʻoneʻe i nā palena o ka hana noʻeau, ka ʻepekema, ka hoʻolālā a me ka ʻenehana. He mea i ʻeleu ʻia e nā mea he nui ka hoʻolālā Kalerm Model Z Mīkini Kope Automatika Piha e hoʻāla i ka makemake, lawe mai i nā manaʻo maikaʻi a hoʻāla i ka kamahaʻo a me ka mahalo.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.

Unique Properties: This cutting-edge fully automatic coffee machine redefines modern coffee brewing with a bold, unconventional design that breaks away from traditional aesthetics. Its sleek, angular structure, combined with premium metallic finishes and dynamic LED accents, gives it a futuristic, high-tech appeal, making it a statement piece in any environment.
Its unconventional, modern mesthetics, makes it unique and recognizable, setting a new standard in coffee machine appearence.
Dimensions & Packaging: 676 x 370 x 786 h mm
Tags: coffee, machine, automatic, cappuccino, modern, outstanding, full automatic, horeca, steam, touch display, full automatic, coffee machine
Production Technology: Injection molding for ABS and other plastic parts. Some parts are metal injected parts to give structure to the body and communicate strongness outlook. Touch display full color led. Some led decoration over the body with light guide cover to spread the light omogenously.
Design Challenge: Matching the view of a innovative outlook with the mechanical needs and the cost budget was a real challenge and finding solutions that balance all the aspects involved was really hard.
Research: The machine was developed basing on an engineering mock up that was analyzed adn modified basing on the user experience research results. The team of designers and engineers worked together to adapt the outlook design and the user experience to the technichal needs and viceversa. The test revealed some issues that drove us to a review of the design and some details for the best performance and usability.
Inspiration: The inspiration behind this groundbreaking coffee machine was a bold vision: to break away from the conventional "boxy" designs that dominate the market and create something truly unconventional, dynamic, and futuristic.
Traditional coffee machines often follow a rigid, rectangular form, prioritizing function over visual impact. We challenged this norm by thinking outside the box. Our goal was to craft a machine that is both a high-performance appliance but also an innovative statement piece.
Project Duration: the project was developed by a team of designers and engineers between Italy and China and took around 1 year between July 2023 and June 2024 and was discosed to public during the Shanghai Hotelex exhibition in 2024
Operation Flow: easy to use with a big colorfull and complete touch screen, the user need to place his cup and press the kind of coffee he likes to have. Operator will provide to refill the beans and coffee powder in the hoppers. Water is provided by direct connection to water service and used coffee cakes are collected in a huge container inside the machine that will be cleaned up by operator. This machine is studied for convenient stores and hotels where an operator can prepare the coffee for you, where steam or hot water are needed. The coffee spout is self adapting to the high of the cup you will use.
Team Members: Nicola Zanetti, Federico Gonzalez Bosque