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LaCimbali M100 Installation

Technology and suggestion, mechanics and charm, an installation that tells the story of coffee machines.

Exploded view of the LaCimbali M100 coffee machine as an installation in the experiential path of the Mumac museum in Milan, designed by Valerio Cometti + V12 Design

Client

Mumac

Year

2012

Services

Product Design

Engineering

Brief

Gruppo Cimbali asked us to create an installation that was both evocative and technological, to be displayed in the central hall of the MUMAC museum. The installation was also to be a tribute to the most innovative coffee machine of those years, LaCimbali M100.

Exploded view of the LaCimbali M100 coffee machine as an installation in the experiential path of the Mumac museum in Milan, designed by Valerio Cometti + V12 Design
Exploded view of the LaCimbali M100 coffee machine as an installation in the experiential path of the Mumac museum in Milan, designed by Valerio Cometti + V12 Design

Solution

We made the Cimbali M100 “explode,” allowing the visitor to grasp the technological content and level of complexity of this machine, with a clear invitation to reflect on the extraordinary path the coffee machine has taken in these hundred years.

Exploded view of the LaCimbali M100 coffee machine as an installation in the experiential path of the Mumac museum in Milan, designed by Valerio Cometti + V12 Design
Exploded view of the LaCimbali M100 coffee machine as an installation in the experiential path of the Mumac museum in Milan, designed by Valerio Cometti + V12 Design
Exploded view of the LaCimbali M100 coffee machine as an installation in the experiential path of the Mumac museum in Milan, designed by Valerio Cometti + V12 Design