This coffee machine with integrated milk frother offers the complete package of Italian coffee culture: from espresso to cappuccino or latte. The design takes inspiration from Italian coffee shops and bars and is an evolution of Lavazza's existing form language. It is characterised by a big, seamless shell with three-dimensional Lavazza logo on the side. Metal accents underline the main touch points like lever, drip grid and UI. The Lavazza in Black system also offers peel-able coffee pods that can be recycled more easily. A lot of work went into reducing noise level and energy consumption.

Florian Seidl is an Austrian designer with several years of professional experience. Currently he is working as Lavazza's design manager at the Innovation Center in Turin and teaching at the Scuola Politecnica di Design (SPD) in Milan. Before that he was part of the design team that developed the Fiat 500 successfully into a whole range of different models and several other projects that can now be seen on the road. He has also done work for KTM and as freelancer for various other non-automotive brands. Always with a strong feeling for brand identity and the bigger picture beyond the project as a mere product.

Luigi Lavazza S.p.A. is an Italian manufacturer of coffee products. Founded in Turin in 1895 by Luigi Lavazza, it was initially run from a small grocery store in Via San Tommaso 10. Lavazza invented the concept of the coffee blend - the art of combining different types of coffee, to achieve and maintain certain characteristics and quality. Lavazza is among the world's leading coffee roasters.