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Three coffee rituals — Italian moka, Turkish ibrik, Arabic dallah — observed and documented.
WORKSHOP · PROJECT P·05 · OBJECT
SELF-INITIATED · A' DESIGN BRONZE · 2023
STATUS · OBJECT
FILE · MKP-05
CULTURES · IT × ARYEAR · 2023
Object · cultural design
Multi-cultural
Moka Pot.
Two rich icons of two coffee cultures. The brewing process of the Italian Moka — kept with the material and warmth of the Arabic Finjan.
Two icons. One object.
The Italian Moka — Bialetti's stovetop coffee maker, around since 1933 — and the Finjan, the small-handled vessel that has carried Turkish and Arabic coffee for centuries. Two icons of two coffee cultures: kept apart by ritual, separated only slightly by purpose. Both make strong coffee on a low flame.
The Multi-cultural Moka Pot took the brewing process of the Italian Moka — pressure rising through the grounds — and combined it with the traditional material and technology of the Finjan. Despite the differences between the two cultures' coffee makers, the pot was drawn around what they have in common.
The project earned a Bronze A' Design Award in 2023, in the Bakeware, Tableware, Drinkware & Cookware Design category.
[TBD — Amit's note on the chamber geometry, the specific materials chosen, whether this remains a study or a small production run.]
Three rituals, one object.
Sketch & CAD
Chamber geometry that could carry the moka pressure cycle and the Turkish boil with the same hardware.
Material study
Cast aluminium body, stainless filter plate, stoneware top — each material chosen for its ritual.
Prototype
Working samples in a small studio batch. Fire-tested across all three rituals.
Object study
The pot remains a study — a self-initiated object, exhibited and photographed, not yet in production.
Selected plates.
№ 04 · on the process
An object that admits where it is.
Most household objects pretend they belong everywhere. They are designed to be culturally invisible — the same in Milan, in Berlin, in Tel Aviv. That is fine for a kettle. It is less honest for a coffee pot, where the ritual depends on where you are and who taught you to make it.
The Multi-cultural Moka Pot tries to be honest about that. It does not flatten three rituals into one — it admits to being three different objects fused into a single piece of hardware. Cast aluminium for the moka chamber. Stainless for the filter plate. Stoneware for the top — a small ceramic vessel that the family pours from when the coffee is done.
[TBD: the family member or kitchen this object was built around.]
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