• was born 1985 in Berlin

• studied Interdisciplinary Design in Bolzano, Italy

• worked for Stephen Burks at the Ready Made Design Studio in New York

• assistant to Berlin-based product designer Werner Aisslinger from 2011 to 2014

• In 2015, he founded Kaffeeform

• Red Dot Award as ‘Best of the Best’ in ‘New Materials 2018’

Plant based ploymer?

• no crude oil

• are based on renewable, plant-based materials

• requires a lot of starch, which is usually obtained from maize, sugar cane or potatoes

-> the polymer acts like a glue for the natural fibres and creates a polymermatrix

A bicycle collective collects the coffee grounds from coffee bars in Berlin.

Step 2:

The coffee grounds are dried in a social workshop in Berlin.

Step 3:

The dried coffee grounds are processed into products together with plant-based polymers at a production site in Germany (injection molding).

Step 4:

The products are shipped from a Berlin warehouse in cooperation with a social workshop to the customer.

• durable products and CO2 neutral

• uses materials that are usually thrown away

• they focus on short and green production routes to strengthen local structures

• avoid unnecessary trash