Koa Coffee Set
French press brewing, stripped back to what matters.
A university project brief called for a product redesign. Rather than reskinning something familiar, I set out to rethink the French press as a system. The result is the Koa coffee set, a minimal brewing kit designed for people who take their morning ritual seriously but don't want their gear to feel precious or overcomplicated.
The Brief
Design a coffee product that brings visual coherence and functional clarity to the French press brewing process. The target user was someone equally at home making coffee at a campsite or a kitchen counter. Portability, simplicity, and a consistent material language across the full set were the core constraints.
The Process
The project moved through moodboarding and user research, concept sketching in Procreate, and form development in Fusion360. The set evolved to include a French press, a hand grinder, and a cup, each designed to share the same visual language: clean cylindrical forms, a consistent wall thickness, and a matte finish that reads as considered without being precious.
CAD development in Fusion360 allowed me to resolve the pour spout geometry, the plunger mechanism proportions, and the grinder's handle integration before committing to final renders in KeyShot.
The Outcome
A complete product set developed across a full semester, from initial brief through final KeyShot renders and physical prototype. The Koa set demonstrates my ability to design a cohesive family of objects with a shared design language across multiple components.
Industrial Designer · Fusion360, KeyShot, Procreate · University of Oregon · 2021