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KMM1 aromatic

Coffee Mill
1965 (designed)
Artist/Maker
Braun (manufacturer)
Reinhold Weiss (designer)
Place of origin
Marktheidenfeld (made)

Reinhold Weiss (b.10 May, 1933) in Stuttgart, Germany now lives in Evanston, Chicago, Illinois. He designed products now considered icons of the Functionalist school of industrial design which led to the success of the Braun brand under the Director of Design, Dieter Rams.

Object details

Categories
Electrical Appliances
Metalwork
Plastic
Product Design
Tea, Coffee & Chocolate Wares
Object type
Coffee mill
Parts
This object consists of 3 parts.

  • Coffee Mill
  • Container
  • Coffee Grinder
TitleKMM1 aromatic (manufacturer's title)
Materials and techniques
Plastic casing, metal, machine components
Plastic
Metal
Reaction Injection Moulding
Brief description
Coffee mill, plastic casing, Germany, Marktheidenfeld, made by Braun A.G., designed by Reinhold Weiss, 1965.
Physical description
Coffee mill, white rectangular plastic case, rounded at one end following the radius of the loading hopper, a clear, cylindrical bowl with a white, detachable plastic cap, placed off centre, and can be rotated against a graduated dial in order to adjust the fineness of the grounds which are caught in a clear plastic, removable box with a sloping, inward edge. The on/off switch, a rectangular orange rocker switch placed near the base of the leading side. The base has a black rubber strip around the perimeter for stability.
Dimensions
  • Height: 19cm
  • Width: 14.6cm
  • Depth: 8.2cm
Style
Modernist
Production typeMass produced
Marks and inscriptions
  • Braun (Black lettering on the side panel)
  • Braun AG Frankfurt/M / Type KM1 GB / 2220-240V a.c. / 40~60 cls / 75W (On the underside of the base.)
Summary
Reinhold Weiss (b.10 May, 1933) in Stuttgart, Germany now lives in Evanston, Chicago, Illinois. He designed products now considered icons of the Functionalist school of industrial design which led to the success of the Braun brand under the Director of Design, Dieter Rams.
Collection
Metalwork Collection
Accession number
CIRC.345-1974

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O324771/kmm1-aromatic-coffee-mill-reinhold-weiss/
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