MAGIC WITH NONOILEN
Sustainable Coffee Cups by Gazzaladra
Published on 17 August, written by Laila.
Sometimes someone special appears among 3D designers, someone whose originality of creations is completely different from others. And so is Gazzaladra, coming from Central Europe with these sustainable contemporary coffee mugs made of NonOilen® – Espresso cup “Spaghetti”.
It just looks simple
It always looks so simple in the end, but high-quality design requires long planning and often ends up completely different from how it looked at the beginning. Gazzaladra comments: “A project for me never turnes out as expected. Most of the time I start from zero a few times earlier or even later in the process. That can be frustrating at times but I don’t publish something until I am happy to share it with the world.”
Yes, a Cooking Pot
We asked about how he came up with this unexpected design because when we talked about new coffee set ideas, in our minds it was something classic, this was an awesome surprise! “I love cooking and recently got into making a few kitchen items. With 3d-printing freedom in shape is far greater than with traditional manufacturing – so I wanted it to be unusual. A product that gives a little chuckle, is cute or unexpected is always an enrichment to daily life – so why not?” Gazzaladra revealed that it is likely that he will continue on this topic.
How it started
Design is a process, it is not just a final form. Everyone approaches it differently. “I always make quick sketches in my notebook. Nothing fancy but drawings about general shape and functional parts help me iterate quickly.”
3D printing offers many new possibilities when deciding about shapes, but also brings some borders to it too. “This design was not too hard on the construction side but more on the ergonomic part. So the right size, handling, and touch took longer.”
25 Prototypes
It is one thing to see your construction design on paper or on a monitor, another thing is to see and touch it in reality. It is completely normal for the makers to prepare several iterations of ideas and only then decide what to do next. It was no different in this case either. “Iteration number 25 is the final one. So 25 prototypes that I printed one after the other. I print them every time too, since seeing and feeling it is much different.”
Testing Testing Testing
Before releasing his creations into the world, Gazaladra tests each one of them. And not just for the aesthetic side. “I usually test things at least for a few weeks or give it a quicker testing routine like opening and closing a lid a few hundred times. For some simple designs like a bowl there is not too much to test but for some things that get used and touched frequently testing is key.”
The 3D printing community is always a great resource for constructive feedback: “Of course, minor mistakes may slip my attention but the 3D printing community is always very helpful and people come forward to give me feedback to improve things.”
How to satisfy everyone
Testing is probably the most difficult phase of creating an object if you care about the satisfaction of the end user as much as Gazzaladra. We asked whether it is possible to satisfy all: “In general no, but if someone needs a different size or slightly modified product I will always try to fulfill the demand. Some of my designs come in variations like my notebook which needs to fit all sorts of paper sizes around the globe. My rule of thumb for a more complex adaptation is the among of times I heard that exact feedback. Once is an outlier, twice is weird and three times is a market. So if multiple people come forward independently and ask the exact same thing there will be more people who think the same without voicing it. If that’s the case I will probably do it since I need a lot of people to buy the designs to make it at least somewhat profitable.”
Using NonOilen® filament
NonOilen is a very interesting material – easy to print and sustainable. Thanks to his original composition, the material is also food and dishwasher-safe, which Gazzaladra wanted to test himself. We agreed and sent him a spool for trying it out for himself and making his own opinion.
“I wanted to design coffee cups for quite some time and stumbled across your NonOilen®. The EU food safety certification and the fact that Fillamentum is a well-established manufacturer convinced me. Fillamentum was so nice to provide me the filament free of charge without giving me any restraints on what to do with it was cool.”
Food & Dishwasher Safety
“So far it does a good job. It survives boiling water without deformation and a regular dishwasher cycle is enough to get it clean again. There is a constant rumor in the 3D-printing industry that 3D prints without surface finish can never be food safe due to the layers – but I found a study that begs to differ.
https://works.bepress.com/MAThomas/1/ . I will continue to monitor the prints but since you can expose it to boiling water and the material itself is certified food save an application for products that come into contact with food should be safe.” says Gazzaladra to the question about how NonOilen® stands out while using it.
Commercial license for coffee shops
The commercial use of 3D printed designs is a big topic, primarily because of worldwide problems with the unauthorized use of designs for commercial purposes. How did Gazzlaladra come up with it, since his coffee set is intended for use in cafes and restaurants? “I have a partner called Cubee. Together we manage commercial licensing. My authorized sellers are usually small to medium-sized print farms and shops that sell mostly online but also deliver to small local shops. It is a lot of fun to see my designs getting sold around the world in places that I have never been to. It is awesome and fulfilling.”
Thank you
Gazzaladras’ designs can be found printed all around the globe. The furthest from him (Central Europe) that he knows about is in Canada, Mexico, or Singapore. We are very happy that we could be a part of and watch how his idea becomes a new coffee set. We hope that makers and of course coffee shops and restaurants will love the joyful design the same as we do it.
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