Cylinda Line coffee maker

The form is defining, not just in its name.

After Jacobsen’s designs were submitted, a long journey began before the Cylinda Line was ready for market in 1967. Its design created a distinctive appearance using only the essentials. The logical construction of all the vessels from cylinders and hemispheres is astonishing. The same basic shapes are used for a wide variety of functions. This is reminiscent of Marianne Brandt, who had already created an entire tableware collection based on the hemisphere at the Bauhaus in 1927.

Initially, preparing the Cylinda Line for production presented problems. Stainless steel is extremely demanding to work with and deforms undesirably at the slightest inaccuracy in the tools. The manufacturer first had to develop machinery and welding techniques to realize the designs, which are technically demanding precisely because of their stereometric forms. (oem)