Last week we suggested that Unilever’s pop-up Magnum stores might be, amongst other things, a vehicle for the company to crowd fund research into new ice-cream flavours.
This week we profile an out-and-proud seeker of crowd funding, the UpperCup.
Melbourne coffee lover and hospitality veteran James McKay has just launched a Pozible crowd funding campaign to get the cash for the final stage of producing what we think is the world’s best take-away coffee cup. It may well be, as it’s been shortlisted for a 2013 Melbourne Design Award.
Designed and manufactured in Melbourne, the cup is available in white and black and comes in two sizes: 8oz and 12oz. Unique features include the cup’s double wall – which means your fingers don’t get burnt while your coffee stays hot – and the BPA-free plastic it’s made from . The plastic insulates the cup and doesn’t absorb odours or flavours, so you can enjoy uncontaminated peppermint teas and lattes on alternating days; now that’s unique!
The cup is completely recyclable should you ever tire of using it for consuming your favourite pick-me-ups when out and about.
The ‘Trending now’ section of Pozible’s website always makes for fascinating reading. Makes us wish we were uber-rich so we could fund lots of good design ideas.
