That tiny detail on your coffee lid has a secret most people miss ...

Architect Louise Harpman believes that her collection of disposable coffee lids is the world’s largest. And given that it’s co-owned by one of the few people as enthusiastic about coffee lids as she ...

If you’re a frequent takeout coffee drinker (and even if you’re not, for that matter), you’ll likely have noticed that the plastic lids of takeout cups typically have not one, but two holes. One of ...

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 ...

Until today I assumed, wrongly, that plastic coffee lids were not a source of inspiration for anyone. I neglected plastic coffee lid designers like Josh Harris. His Coffee Lid Caddy is actually pretty ...

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.

“Coffee Lids: Peel, Pinch, Pucker, Puncture” is a flash of light. This short, sharp and subtly witty new book by Austin architect Scott Specht — along with fellow collector and design analyst Louise ...

The architects Louise Harpman and Scott Specht began collecting takeout-coffee lids when they were in college, in the nineteen-eighties, and continued the practice as graduate students at Yale.

For some McDonald's fans in the U.K., coffee lids are saving them from their paper-straw nightmare. Fed up with the fast-food chain’s new straws, customers at some U.K. locations have begun asking for ...