Lukas Gill

IM_75

No.04
CategoryKitchen appliance
ClientProduct Design Studio 1 · Humber Polytechnic
TeamLukas + Farsab
Year2026
MaterialPolypropylene · stainless steel · glass
Process3D printed 1:1 mock-up
Brew750 ml · 80 g beans
StatusIn development
Rated forTwo to three mugs, unsupervised

An automatic full-immersion bean-to-cup brewer. Add beans and water, pick a drink and a time, and the machine grinds, steeps for about five minutes, lifts the grounds clear and has seven hundred fifty millilitres of coffee ready.

A sealed filter cup holds the grounds in full immersion, then lifts them clear when the steep ends. A stepper and lead screw do the lifting and a quarter turn releases the puck. The pull is borrowed from the Weber BIRD. Taking the grounds out of the water stops extraction, so the carafe can sit without over-steeping. A little residual moisture at the lift is accepted in exchange for a simpler seal.

One knob sets a drink, one of seven strengths and a time. Turn to change, press to confirm, hold to go back. The round screen sits in a custom bezel.

Every join is a screw and one screwdriver separates every material. Sixteen parts in five material groups, with only stainless steel, glass and silicone touching the coffee.

The 1:1 mock-up pairs a real French press carafe and plunger with 3D printed everything else, so grip and pour were tested with real mass.

IM_75 full height, a clear bean reservoir over a dark body and a glass carafe, on a light studio backdrop
Three-quarterStudio render
The machine on a wooden counter in window light, a white mug beside it
MorningWindow light render

How it works

Set, steep, pull, pour
A hand placing the bean reservoir into the machine
SetPick a drink and a time
Coffee steeping in the glass carafe, the filter cup submerged
SteepGround and steeped
The filter cup rising out of the coffee
PullGrounds lifted out
The carafe lifted off the base, the puck beside it
PourCarafe off, puck out

The dial

One knob, turn, press, hold
Dial screen reading Brew now, Coffee, Strong, Press to start
DrinkSeven strengths
Dial screen reading Brew later, Ready at 6:45 AM
TimeNow or later
Dial screen reading Your coffee is Ready, Take out the puck
ReadyTake out the puck

Full immersion

80 g in, 750 ml out
Close on the filter cup and lead screw above the base
Filter cupSealed, lifts clear
Beans poured from a scoop into the bean reservoir
Beans in80 g beans, 800 ml water

Built to come apart

One screwdriver, sixteen parts
The machine taken apart on a bench, shell lifted clear, a screwdriver in front
Taken apartEvery join a screw
Exploded view, every part separated top to bottom
Every partSixteen, exploded

Mock-up

1:1, 3D printed
Photograph to come
Mock-upPhotograph
Photograph to come
Mock-upPhotograph

Product pitch

10 slides

The studio presentation, from the idea to the circular design system.

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