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Apparatus / 03

Apparatus holds purpose-built interfaces where an existing tool, a specific ritual, and material constraints need to become one working system.

Apparatus 001

Documented bespoke apparatus

Three objects. One missing connection.

El Injerto × Paragon

A custom 3D-printed interface connecting V60 brewing, the Nucleus Paragon Chilling Rock, and El Injerto bespoke coffee cups.

  • Product design
  • Additive manufacturing
  • Specialty coffee
  1. V60 brewer
  2. Fresh extraction
  3. Paragon Chilling Rock
  4. El Injerto cup
Blueprint-style rendering of the El Injerto and Paragon cup interface in multiple views.
Design study / geometry, cradle, radial arms, and cup interface.

Interface decisions

  1. Circular cradle keeps the Chilling Rock exposed in the extraction path.

  2. Radial arms stabilize the geometry across the custom cup.

  3. El Injerto identity is integrated as negative space in the printed structure.

As-built evidence

The printed interface in service position.

With thanks to barista Juan Luna for connecting the project with El Injerto.

  1. Three-quarter view of the 3D-printed El Injerto and Paragon interface holding the Chilling Rock.
    Prototype structure
  2. Detail view of the Chilling Rock held beneath the circular cradle.
    Chilling Rock cradle
  3. Front view of the Chilling Rock and the 3D-printed interface.
    Front alignment
  4. The interface positioned over an El Injerto coffee cup with the Chilling Rock in place.
    Cup interface
  5. Wide view of the El Injerto cup, 3D-printed interface, Chilling Rock, and a separate logo sample.
    As-built system
  6. Front view of the El Injerto cup with the 3D-printed interface and Chilling Rock.
    Service position

We changed the tool to become part of the ritual.

El Injerto × Paragon / custom product design