We’ve all been there. You have a cup of hot coffee in a paper to-go cup with a lid, but when you go to take a sip the contraption betrays your trust and you spill hot liquid on yourself. Design is ...

Unocup began in 2015 when co-founder Tom Chan first developed the concept. He partnered with Kaanur Papo and trailed 800 prototypes before landing on the final product they have today, billed as a ...

Compared to a good old fashioned coffee cup, drinking from a paper cup with a plastic lid can leave a lot to be desired, with that small stream of coffee flowing through that tiny hole. And then you ...

As you sip your afternoon pick-me-up, consider Steven Heller’s take on the humble Solo Traveler, aka the coffee lid. It’s ubiquitous, it’s barely noticeable, it’s… Freudian? The Solo Traveler lid is a ...

The humble coffee lid doesn’t get much attention, unless you’re in the process of sloshing hot coffee all over yourself. But those sippable to-go cup lids are more complicated than you think. “The ...

More goes into the design of a takeaway coffee cup than most of us realise. For instance, you might not have known that placing the cover’s drinking spout opposite the paper cup’s “seam” can help ...

NEW YORK -- When Robin Warshaw goes to Dunkin' Donuts for a caffeine fix, she never gets the small coffee, even if she's only hankering for a petite-sized wake-up call. Instead, she orders a larger ...

The convenience plastic offers through single-use straws, water bottles and disposable coffee cups comes at no small cost to the environment, but we are growing more aware of the damage they cause.