Look Again Coffee Mugs

by Laura Fenton, Posted Oct 9th 2009 9:28AM

I'm a coffee junkie, and I barely start functioning until I've downed my first cup of joe. So I'd be a prime candidate for a surprise pre-caffeination. In the past few years, designers have decided to use the humble coffee mug for all manner of design-y practical jokes, with many turns on the paper cup cast in ceramic and several other clever ideas.

Looks-Like-Paper Ceramic Mugs (clockwise from left): New York Coffee Cup, $14, MoMA Store, Ceramic Crinkle Cups, $10, aplusrstore.com, I am Not a Paper Cup Reusable Mug, $19, Target, Java Jacket Mug, $16, MoMA Store.

If you want to give your family or friends a little bit of an extra jolt with their morning java, add one of these trompe l'oeil mugs to your collection. If you're anything like me, your collection of coffee mugs is a hodgepodge of cups that don't match, so you can sneak the jokester cup in unnoticed.

Look Again Coffee Cups (from left): Gun Mug - Kill Time, $17, Molla Space, Teeth Mug, $24, Molla Space, 2-Carat Cup, $18, Fred Flare.

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Tags: coffee, coffee mugs, CoffeeMugs, Fred Flare, Molla Space, MoMA, Target, yesplease

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10-10-2009 @5:52PM
pamwalter said...

Love the mugs! I'm a coffee addict as well and really enjoy the humerous mugs.
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