Tocco

All-in-One Coffee Maker

Client:
Student Project

Professor:
Meichun Liu

Teammate:
Owen Giesie (UWID 2024)

Professional Partner:
Anvil Studio

Responsibilities:
CAD
Concept Development
CMF
Design for Manufacturing
Prototyping
User Journey

Single use coffee pods are unsustainable.
Takeout coffee is expensive and difficult to find personal flavors.
We need a way to start from the beans.

Interviews

We asked those who want that one perfect personal espresso. Their ages vary from 22 to 50. Regarding personal coffee, 11 interview participants revealed 3 pain points:
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01. Consumers sacrifice quality for convenience
02. Artisan coffee is complex + time consuming
03. Consumers feel a lack of coffee community

Affinity & Journey Map

Mapping users' journey helped us untie complex user journey around a cup of coffee.

Design Process

Sketching various ideas around reusable capsules and single serve roasts

User tests with a single roast-to-brew concepts

Sketches to understand component layouts and parting lines

Rough mockups

Internal component mockups to understand engineering

Final design assembly

Style in Action

We visited and studied color and style trends from retailers like Willams Sonoma and home designers like Ferguson.

Glacier Blue
Blend of baby blue and turquoise that complements style-forward customers.

Porcelain
‍Warm and smooth white for those who enjoy neutral and calm.

Onyx
Contemporary take on black for customers who seek sleekness and modernity in their homes.

Online Market Place

We wanted to take the personal experience further with an online marketplace that connects fair trade coffee farms to a consumer community.