Architects Louise Harpman and Scott Specht both began collecting plastic coffee cup lids in the 1980s, but only became aware of each other’s interest in the subject when they met as grad students at ...

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 ...

“Coffee lids are modest modern marvels, but we rarely slow down and take the time to consider, admire, or even wonder about these humble masterpieces,” Louise told the publication.