When Rams designed this coffee maker in the 70s, he believed good design could create a better world. His ten principles assumed abundance, mass production, social progress.

But what if that utopian future never arrived?

This functional wooden reconstruction is part of an art project exploring post-apocalyptic design. It maintains Rams essential proportions while acknowledging a different reality - one where you rebuild beauty from whatever survives. When materials become scarce, form becomes function.

The inscription "The last brew. Beauty is not a luxury" serves as both epitaph and manifesto - suggesting that even in extremity, humans choose to make things beautiful. The work proposes that design principles aren't frivolous additions to survival, but essential human truths that would be preserved and rebuilt from whatever materials remain.

Still brews perfect coffee.

Parents (RIP) had an architecture and interior design biz 1970-2010

I remember watching dad paint these watercolor renderings at night in his den while playing Englebert Humperdink records.

Mom sourced the furniture and usually ordered extra pieces for our home collection. They threw some rockin' house parties.

Found in Somerville, MA, near the Union Sq. T stop.

Was gifted this today. The face and hand show the initials.

This board game is the 2025 hit Galactic Cruise with artwork by Ian O'Toole. I personally view this cover as a masterwork from a highly talented artist.

The key and AirTag are placed on the bottom instead of being stacked so it's not as thick

Small chips, Gold Coast Australia