Vienna Design Week: Vienna designers Dottings presented a series of coffee cups made of recycled aluminium coffee capsules for coffee brand Nespresso in Vienna last week. 

Called Grand Crus Cup Parade, the pieces are each made of recycled aluminium and styled to resemble Nespresso’s range of capsules in sixteen colours.

The designers propose a system where customers return their used capsules for recycling in order to collect points, which they can exchange for the set.

The design was one of three winning entires in a competition entitled SUSTAIN.ABILITY.DESIGN, sponsored by Vienna Design Week organisersNeigungsgruppe Design and Nespresso Austria.

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Here’s some more information from the designers:

dottings was invited to present their idea concerning the theme Nespresso & Sustainability for a Vienna Design Week Exhibition.
What was developed is a Vision from the used Nespresso capsule to a designed Recyclingproduct.

Grand Crus Cup Parade is produced from 100% recycled Aluminium Capsules that Nespresso followers return to Recycling Stations. For returning capsules they collect Eco-Points the only currency to buy Grand Crus Cup Parade with.

Recycling Aluminium requires just 10% of the energy compared to extraction of new aluminium.

The shape of Grand Crus Cup Parade is dedicated to the capsule. In Small, Medium & Large Size, in 16 Nespresso Blend Colours, the cups define perfect size of each coffee. Its a klind of guidance system for Nespresso Coffees Selection.

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