Pourover Plate

A small object for a generous pause

Pourover Plate started with a simple ritual: a V60 pour-over, a little time, and the pleasure of paying attention to what is in front of you. On a recent trip through Europe, I found myself noticing this kind of pause everywhere — at a quiet cafe table, in a hotel room before the day began, and in the careful service of specialty coffee bars. The cup is the point, but the surrounding gestures shape the experience too.

The plate brings the dripper, cup and beaker into one considered place. It is designed to make the process feel calm and complete: brew, pour, sit down, and savour the coffee while it is still changing in the cup.

Parametric design for real objects

The form is built in OpenSCAD as a parametric model rather than a fixed drawing. Fit dimensions for the cup and beaker can be adjusted independently, alongside the spacing, recesses, base thickness, rim and fillet. That makes the design useful as a small system: it can respond to the vessels you actually use and be revised without starting again from scratch.

The browser configurator exposes those decisions as a tactile design tool. Change a dimension and the geometry is regenerated live, so the relationship between a number and a physical object stays visible. The result can be saved as a render or downloaded as an STL for making.

From solid manufacturing to 3D printing

The project sits between solid manufacturing and accessible digital fabrication. The plate is conceived as a solid, durable object — something with weight, a clean edge and a surface that can live beside hot water every morning — while 3D printing makes the iteration loop immediate. A printed prototype can test the fit of a V60, the clearance around a glass beaker and the feel of the rim before the design is committed to a final material or process.

That movement between CAD, prototype and use is part of the work. The model is precise enough to manufacture, but the reason for making it remains human: to give a familiar ritual a little more room, intention and pleasure.

Try the configurator

Explore the dimensions, change the finish preview, hide the placeholder vessels and move around the model. Pourover Plate is an experiment in how parametric design can support the quiet, sensory details of everyday life.