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Coffee is as complex as wine. Kruve’s coffee glasses help you appreciate it.
Designed with the elegance of a fluted wine or champagne glass, and with a double-walled construction that allows you to appreciate your caffeinated beverage without burning your fingers, the Kruve EQ helps turn your quick morning fix into a multi-sensory gourmet experience.
Available in a set along with an elegant double-walled carafe you can directly brew in, Kruve EQ’s glasses help activate every single one of your sense, allowing you to appreciate the golden elixir the way it was meant to. Designed by Kruve, who are all too passionate about their cups of coffee (they even designed this coffee sifter to bring consistency to your coffee grounds) the EQ glasses come in two designs that are the inverse of each other. Each glass, however, contains an inner container/wall that is either narrow and long, or wide and short. These two inner container variations are almost akin to the ones we’d see between glasses for red and white wines. The transparent, thin borosilicate construction allows you to admire the color of the brew (the brew’s hue, if you will), while the wide and narrow inner walls control the degree of oxidation, affecting the intensity of the coffee’s taste brought about by its acidity. A wider glass brings about more acidity, working well with chocolatey/nutty roasts, while a narrower glass prevents oxidization, making it apt for already acidic light-roasts that have a more fruity/citrusy flavor.
The wide and narrow glasses are further complemented by wide and narrow rims that allow the coffee to interact with larger or smaller areas on your tongue. They’re also designed to either trap or focus the aroma of the coffee, while the glasses themselves need to be held at a more horizontal angle in order to drink your coffee, allowing your nose to pick up on all the aromas as the coffee tantalizes each sense… because drinking coffee can be an incredibly nuanced gourmet experience too!
Designer: Kruve
From Sketch to Prototype: The Mercedes Benz EQ Silver Arrow Concept
Debuted at Pebble Beach just a day ago, the Mercedes Benz EQ Silver Arrow concept is quite a looker. It also bases itself on the design of the Mercedes Benz W125 Rekordwagen from 1938… a car that, 80 years ago, wrote history for traveling down a public road at a jaw-dropping speed of 269 mph; a record that remained unbroken for 79 years, until 2017.
However, I digress. The EQ Silver Arrow bases itself on a car that set a 79-year-old speed record, so it’s no surprise that the Silver Arrow was built for “acceleration and driving pleasure” too, according to design chief Gorden Wagener. Designed to be completely electric, the car comes with a single-seat open cockpit featuring a rather interesting detail wherein the hood lifts upwards, allowing the driver to enter and exit the vehicle. When shut, the driver is enclosed and seated like a Formula 1 driver.
The car’s retro-inspired aerodynamic design comes made entirely out of carbon-fiber, with a coat of Alubeam silver paint. Everything about the car’s aesthetic is a hat-tip to organic designing and aerodynamism, with the low-slung body, pointed tail, and smooth wheel arches. Details either complement, or get integrated into the car’s curvy yet switft body, be it the razor-slim headlight and taillight designs, or the spoiler, that fits into the back, ejecting upwards only when the car hits high speeds.
The renders below are done by Matthias Schenker, sticking to a style that does the car incredible justice. With its achromatic, Daniel Simon-esque style, the renders do a wonderful job of showcasing the car’s gentle curves through carefully placed highlights, making use of colors judiciously, only around the interiors and branding areas. Design Chief Gorden Wagener claims that while the Silver Arrow is just a concept, it also is a glimpse into the future of Mercedes design… and with the company debuting at Formula E next year, maybe we could see a similar looking automobile repeating history on the track…
Designer: Mercedes Benz
Sketches by Matthias Schenker
The electric Mercedes-Benz EQ Silver Arrow is retro quick
There's no shortage of electric concept cars based on vehicles of the past. But that's doesn't mean I'm any less excited about the Mercedes-Benz EQ Silver Arrow. Based on the W 125 Benz from 1937, the single-seater concept car looks like its ready fo...
Mercedes pulls its plug-in hybrids to prepare for new models
We hope you weren't dead set on buying one of Mercedes' existing plug-in hybrids, as they won't be long for this world. Autocar has learned that Mercedes has stopped producing PHEV versions of the C-Class, E-Class, S-Class and GLE. This doesn't mea...
Mercedes-Benz flaunts its all-electric compact EQA concept
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Mercedes-Benz to Rival Tesla with New EQ S Electric Sedan
Mercedes has plans to make a battery-based sedan which is close to its S-Class which costs $90,000. This is a clear challenge to Tesla’s Model S.This new sedan is a luxury vehicle. Called the EQ S,...
Mercedes-Benz to Rival Tesla with New EQ S Electric Sedan
Mercedes has plans to make a battery-based sedan which is close to its S-Class which costs $90,000. This is a clear challenge to Tesla’s Model S.This new sedan is a luxury vehicle. Called the EQ S,...
Mercedes prepares electric equivalent to its S-Class luxury sedan
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Nura’s headphones custom fit music to match your hearing
When it comes to listening to music, most headphones are equivalent to an audio "magnifying glass" -- they amplify whatever sound is fed into them. Nura and its semi-eponymous Nuraphones ($399) aim to be more like prescription specs for your ears, by...