#velopresso

[duvelo]

Velopresso

[sthlmsmallwheels]

We need a fleet of these to invade the streets of Stockholm ASAP.

velopresso.cc

[inspirationfeed]

(via Velopresso Mobile Espresso Bar)

[oh-well]

(via About | Velopresso)

[fuddenuain-blog]

Velopresso, un espresso che più espresso non si può.

Al caffè, da sempre, viene spontaneo associare il concetto di energia. Ecco, ora immaginate se a prepararlo fosse proprio l'energia di un essere umano che, con il suo movimento, dà vita a una sorta di circolo virtuoso. Per un espresso che più espresso non si può. Velopresso è esattamente questo: una macchina per il caffè installata a bordo di una bicicletta. Un'idea che ha fruttato ai due designer inglesi Amos Field Reid e Lasse Oiva due prestigiosi premi firmati Deutsche Bank e Pininfarina. E che porta in giro, per le strade di Londra, una bicicletta parecchio figa. www.velopresso.cc @velopresso

[theinnovationalphabet]

W is for … Waking Up the Nation

Sustainability seems like quite a mundane subject to most people. And the reason why seems to be because their attitude is that their own actions won't make a difference in their own lifetime, or even their grandchildren's. So I might have a recycling bin AND a waste bin in just my bedroom, but I think that with the population of the planet exceeding 7 billion, as Tesco says 'Every Little Helps'.

It is easy enough to hook a piece of equipment up to a generator, which most mobile food retailers tend to do. I say most because there always is an exception. Finnish designer Lasse Oiva and London Designer Amos Field, both RCA Product Design students, have created coffee brewed by pedal power.

It pretty much does what it says on the tin. 

Velopresso, the mobile Espresso bar, can grind enough coffee beans for a double shot with just five seconds of pedal power. The on-board camp stove heats the water, with the steam then being recycled to power the coffee machine. The invention doesn't just stop there, the designers are looking into a way of generating their own fuel using the waste coffee grounds.

Sustainability doesn't seem quite as boring with little inventions like this cycling around. Being environmentally considerate takes minimal effort with maximum effects, so wake up and smell the coffee!

[trecool-blog]

Velopresso :: máquina de café sobre una bicicleta (vía TRECOOL Magazine :: blog de tendencias)