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IDEA Awards
Bronze 2005
Student Designs
ACORN manual coffee grinder
Credit: Christine Miller, California College of the Arts
The product is intended to be used by the foodie, someone who has a deep appreciation for fresh, high quality food products. The ACORN grinds fresh coffee beans manually, without the use of electricity. The blade of the grinder acts as a flywheel and is powered by pumping the helical shaft. The product brings the user closer to the physical experience of grinding coffee beans—the user can feel them, smell them and see them being ground in the transparent crucible.