Lavazza Coffee Carts

Aspen Snowmass ski resorts asked my company to design and build four identical carts used to serve coffee and hot chocolate on the ski slope. 

As the Design Engineer I had a few large constraints to work around: the final products had to be food safe, able to last 10 seasons, have a roof, have a trash can integrated, and be on a tight budget. This was a lot to design around but eventually I decided to use a preassembled food safe cart that I would modify. Once I had the carts to visualize I then modeled them and made the necessary adjustments to meet client spec. Then I went back and forth with a local metal shop on how they could best manufacture these changes, and creating a finalized drawing packet to full ASME requirements. After manufacturing there were a few additional pieces I had to add to the carts in-house, including a full vinyl wrap, holders for the trash cans, and an aluminum roof. I engineered, and added all of these by hand. Finally I delivered these to Aspen and the ski resort was thrilled. On a later trip to the town I saw one holding up to the weather with people getting their coffee from it.

Below are a few photos of the finished result, and the design to get there.