Flat-pack display for Senseo Philips coffee machines

The project

Presenting the coffee machine and working out how to transport and assemble its display were part of the same brief. Archicercle designed and manufactured an MDF structure intended to travel as flat components for the client to assemble on their own premises.

The design aimed to bring the coffee machine and its display furniture together as a single composition. The structure combines an upright back panel, a surface with a circular opening and a curved front profile. Compartments and additional holders complete the arrangement around the space intended for the coffee machine.

The studio’s contribution included the structural development of a tab-joint system. These connections between components addressed two objectives in the brief: facilitating flat-pack transport and enabling dry assembly. The way the display fits together was therefore considered as part of the product design.

The display was manufactured in MDF and underwent a documented checking stage during development. This record provides an insight into the arrangement of the components and their joints, without suggesting that the work stopped at a mock-up: the commission covered both design and production.

The display includes spaces for sachets and small coffee-related accessories. The back panel and front volume organise these elements around the coffee machine, while the knock-down construction keeps assembly by the client at the centre of the project.

The tab joints are part of the display’s structural development.

Compartments and additional holders complement the space reserved for the coffee machine.

Processes and materials: fabrication services · available materials · studio machinery.