Roam & Roast Coffee Set

Roam + Roast is a Cafe Cubano set (cafecito for short), tailored specifically to the wants, needs, and aesthetics of overlanding.

Duration - 5 weeks

Skills Used - Research/Demographic Analysis, Analog Sketching, Prototyping, CAD, Keyshot

Combining Overlanding & Cafecito

Overlanding and cafecito both honor resilience, ritual, and connection. One brings self-reliance on the open road, the other Cuban comfort and community. Together, even a simple sunset cafecito beside a 4x4 becomes a moment that blends solitude and togetherness, enriching the journey through how it’s shared.

Inspiration

Important to bring in a sense of intimacy, could be in the form of the amount of cups shared

Cafecito and community go hand in hand in Cuba, so incorporating elements that reflect that is important

Well-known for its continued use of classic cars, using materials associated with them is important

Cuba is known for its tobacco industry, so introducing colors/materials involved with cigars should be captured

Initial Ideation

With the goal of creating a rugged aesthetic suited for overlanding, I focused on blending that functionality-driven vibe with the classic colors and materials inspired by Cuba.

Further Exploration

As I was moving closer towards a final moka pot and mug design, I further explored how to design a component case that securely houses the pot and mugs and bolts directly onto the side of the rig.

Form Validation

Set 1

Set 2

Set 3

Final Direction

3D Exploration

Things I Found:

- Diameter of mugs and pot is too large. Hand fit around the pot ok, but in order to save space and make more comfortable, this needs to decrease.

- Overall scaling of the models is too large. This would be too large and annoying to carry to consider packing as an addition

Processes & Constraints

I had to carefully consider my materials, ultimately choosing stainless steel and vintage brown leather. This creates a clean, classic finish that mimics the patina steel from the classic cars of Havana, while also instating the colors of freshly rolled cigars .

Since I would be using spun stainless steel, I needed to focus on the process of metal spinning. I would be spinning the base forms of the moka pot and its components, and the base forms of the mugs.

There are some constraints that comewith metal spinning. It is not realistic to have a form with no fillets, and completely sharp edges. Courtesy of Tallmadge Spinning & Metal Co., I found the minimum radius of a fillet can be 0.3mm, so I later applied this to my models.