This ergonomic paper cup was designed to reduce plastic waste generated by to-go coffees!





Most of us have abandoned plastic straws but the next big culprit of our to-go coffees are the plastic lids! About 8.25 million tons of plastic waste enter the ocean each year and these take a million years to decompose causing significant damage to the oceans and marine life. Not-so-fun fact: New York City alone generates enough plastic lid waste to cover the entire earth THREE times. To solve this issue and keep coffee from spilling on your clothes, Unocup designed an ergonomic paper cup that folds into itself to create a spill-proof lid!

Just fold over each flap and insert the tab to close the “lid”. To open, it is a simple press of a button that will gently open the flap instead of trying to carefully pop off the lid – praying for you if you attempt that with long nails. This cup has a unique shape that fits into your palm, the uniform structure creates a strong and consistent body that will not cave under pressure, unlike traditional paper cups. The drinking curved spout is specifically designed to fit your lips naturally as opposed to the otherwise flat plastic lids. You can also fold flaps backward and drink from the rim just like a normal drinking glass. The first prototype was developed in 2015 and it has been refined 800 times since then to create the perfect final version that is as strong as your coffee. Unocup has been optimized for mass-production using existing cup-making machinery which will yield significant cost and energy savings in manufacturing, storage, and transportation while not requiring new machinery or investment.

One of the co-founders and designers of Unocup, Tom Chan, was just a sophomore when he came up with the original concept – a single unit with an origami-like lid that you fold into place to seal liquid inside, eliminating the need for single-use plastic lids. After countless coffee-shop interviews and more than hundreds of prototypes later, he and long-time friend Kaanur Papo founded Unocup, in 2019. It is a 100% plastic-free, compostable beverage cup that replaces the traditional lid with paper folds that seal the drink tightly. “When people think of sustainable solutions they think of certain compromises that have to be made. What’s really exciting about this is that it’s a sustainable and practical solution at the same time,” says Papo. It helps coffee drinkers want a cup that they feel will contribute to waste reduction, while still keeping the convenience factor. Unocup has recently won Fast Company’s Innovation by Design Award in the Packaging Category!

Designer: Tom Chan and Kaanur Papo

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Interactive Dragon Ball Z Scene Plays out on Coffee Cups

Must of us need at least one cup of coffee to fully wake up in the morning. In ample quantities, caffeine can give us the energy to help us create some really cool things. It must have been the caffeine buzz that helped inspire Japanese artist Shinrashinge to create this awesome Dragon Ball Z animation using coffee cups.

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To create the scene, the artist drew on three stacked coffee cups with cutouts, that when turned, create an awesome comic book adventure.

He sure knows how to draw too. After a couple of cups of coffee, everything I draw looks like it was done by a kindergartner with a crack problem. So I’m in awe of people who can draw cool stuff like this. Pretty awesome.

[via Kotaku  via Geekologie]

Fill Up Your “Tank” with the Tank Up Coffee Mug

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With the price of gas these days, you never want to see your gas gauge drop down to “E”. But with the Tank Up Coffee Mug, filling up is as easy and inexpensive as heading over to your coffee pot and pouring yourself a fresh cup. The “gas” gauge on this mug is heat sensitive and as you fill it with a hot beverage the gauge turns red and climbs up to full (and vice versa as you drink it). Side benefit is you can see how much coffee you have left from across the room- that is if you can actually put down your mug for long enough to head across the room without it. Tank up!
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Fill Up Your “Tank” with the Tank Up Coffee Mug
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Starbucks-like Sippy Cups

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Both you and your baby need your “juice” to end the crankiness and get going in the morning. Except that your “juice” has caffeine and comes from roasted beans while junior’s is from fruit. With the Rise and Shine Sippy Cup it looks like baby’s getting her java fix in too. Now the kid can join you at Starbucks and not look so out of place with this “baby ducks” sippy cup. BPA free, microwave and dishwasher safe so you can fill it with a deconstructed latte, hold the espresso, and don’t steam the milk, tall size (did I get that right, a small cup of milk?)

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Mug for Klutzes: Mighty Mug Wobbles but it Won’t Fall Down

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Did your office vote you “most likely to knock over their coffee cup”? You need the Mighty Mug Mug for Klutzes: Mighty Mug Wobbles but it Wont Fall Down, the mug for klutzes. The Mighty Mug has a Smartgrip bottom that grips flat surfaces so it won’t tip over if you knock into it. No more hot drink spills on important things like keyboards, paperwork, and testicles. Dishwasher and microwave safe, it holds 16 ounces in it’s insulated BPA-free lidded cup. Unfortunately it won’t work on car dashboards as they are usually not smooth enough.

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Mug for Klutzes: Mighty Mug Wobbles but it Won’t Fall Down